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Self-enquiry, also spelled self-inquiry (Sanskrit vichara, also called jnana-vichara[1] or ātma-vichār), is the constant attention to the inner awareness of "I" or "I am" recommended by Ramana Maharshi as the most efficient and direct way of discovering the unreality of the "I"-thought.
Ramana Mahirishi taught that the "I"-thought will disappear and only "I-I"[web 1] or self-awareness remains. This results in an "effortless awareness of being",[2] and by staying with it[3] this "I-I" gradually destroys the vasanas "which cause the 'I'-thought to rise,"[2] and finally the 'I'-thought never rises again, which is Self-realization or liberation.[2]
- ^ Sadhu Om 2005a, p. 136.
- ^ a b c "Self-enquiry". Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Godman, David (23 June 2008). "Arunachala and Ramana Maharshi: More on Bhagavan's death experience". Arunachala and Ramana Maharshi. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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