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Self-enquiry (also spelled self-inquiry) (Sanskrit ''vichara'', also called ''jnana-vichara'' or '), 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 taught that the 'I'-thought will disappear and only "I-I"〔(David Godman (1991), I' and 'I-I' — A Reader's Query'', The Mountain Path, 1991, pp. 79–88. Part one )〕 or Self-awareness remains. This results in an "effortless awareness of being",〔 and by staying with it〔(David Godman (23 june 2008), ''More on Bhagavan's death experience'' )〕 this "I-I" gradually destroys the vasanas "which cause the 'I'-thought to rise,"〔 and finally the 'I'-thought never rises again, which is Self-realization or liberation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hinduism.co.za/self-enq.htm )〕 ==Etymology== Vichāra (Sanskrit: विचार) means deliberation; its root is वि (prefix to verbs and nouns it expresses) – चर् (to move, roam, obtain knowledge of). It is the faculty of discrimination between right and wrong; it is deliberation about cause and effect, and the final analysis; it is also the enquiry into the nature of the Atman, Satya, Ishvara and Brahman. This Sanskrit word, ''Vichāra'', does not have a corresponding word in English. ''Vichāra'' is reflection and contemplation upon the meaning of Vedantic truths, and leads the individual to true knowledge, it leads to Brahman, the Universal Self. ''Vichara'' is also called ''jnana-vichara'' or ' by his devotees. ''Ātman'' (IAST: ātman, Sanskrit: आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit word that is usually translated as "self". The root *ēt-men (breath) is cognate with Old English "æþm", Greek "asthma", German "Atem": "atmen" (to breathe). It is derived from Latin "anima" (breath,soul), which is cognate to Sanskrit "ánilaḥ" (wind). Although "ánilaḥ" and "ātman" have similar meaning, they are not etymologically related. In Hindu philosophy, especially in the Vedanta school of Hinduism, Ātman is the first principle, the ''true'' self of an individual beyond identification with phenomena, the essence of an individual. To attain salvation (liberation), a human being must acquire self-knowledge (atma jnana), which is to realise that one's true self (Ātman) is identical with the transcendent self Brahman (or paramatman). Strictly speaking, "self-enquiry" is not the investigation of the "Self", "atman", but of the "I", "aham" (Sanskrit), "nan" (Tamil). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Self-enquiry (Ramana Maharshi)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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