Is Reincarnation True? | Ramana Answers

🪔 This video is made with excerpts taken from Ramana's own teachings from the book "Be As You Are", recorded with a human voice and made by devotees for devotees.

Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879–1950) is one of the most revered sages of Advaita Vedanta, known for his direct path of ātma-vicāra (Self-inquiry) and the timeless question "Who am I?" Living most of his life on the sacred mountain of Arunāchala, Ramana became a guiding light for seekers of nonduality worldwide. His life embodied spontaneous wisdom, silent presence, and the understanding that the Self (Ātman) is already complete, limitless, and eternally free. His teachings continue to inspire millions to turn inward and discover their true nature beyond body, mind, and time itself.

This video explores Ramana Maharshi's profound answers to a series of questions about reincarnation, birth, death, karma, and the continuity of life. Drawing on the dialogues recorded in "Be As You Are" (the section addressing reincarnation), the master points to the essential misunderstanding at the root of these questions: the belief that we are the body. When questioned about the veracity of reincarnation, Ramana responds that birth and rebirth exist only as long as ignorance exists. When the Self is known, the idea of ​​a "soul" assuming new bodies is seen as nothing more than a dream within the illusion of the ego.

Throughout the conversation, Ramana redirects attention from speculative metaphysics to practical Self-realization. He challenges the desire to know "past lives" or the "afterlife," when even the present life is poorly understood. Why burden the mind with stories about what we were before birth or what we will be after death, when we still do not fully understand what we truly are now? All concepts of time are tied to the body. When we mistake the body for the Self, we fall into a cycle of fear, attachment, pleasure, and suffering—and then we call it saṁsāra.

Ramana reveals that true liberation occurs when the mind surrenders to its Source, awakening to Brahman—the unchanging reality that was never born and will never die. For one who realizes the Self, there is no reincarnation, no karma to be exhausted, no world separate from Consciousness. To know the Self is to awaken from the long dream of countless imaginary lives. Past and future dissipate in the silent presence of the "I Am," the timeless ground of all experience.

Ultimately, the master's message is tender and radical:
"Engage in the living present. Know your true self—and all doubts will dissolve."

Ramana, instead of seeking comfort in philosophical explanations, invites us to direct inner inquiry:
"Who is born? Who dies? Who asks these questions?"

This video brings these essential teachings into focus for both dedicated practitioners and new seekers of nonduality, helping us shift our attention from curiosity about the afterlife to the liberating discovery of the Self here and now.

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