Śravaṇa, Manana, Nididhyāsana

śravaṇa - hearing the truth; manana: contemplating it;
nididhyāsana: one-pointed abidance in that.

Citations

• Atma Bodha  verse 66
  
• Gems from Bhagavan – Ch.08  [1]
  
• kaivalya-navaneeta – text  [1]
• Reminiscences  [1]
• Letters – Ch.146  [1]
• Ribhu Gita – Ch.26 
• Talks #92-96  [1]
• Talk #647 [1]
• glossary:  sravana, manana, nididhyāsana
• Nov/Dec 2025 – Kunju Swami & Bhagavan's Glance of Grace  [1]
• Jan/Feb 2023 – Sri Kunju Swami and the Steadfastness of Jnana  [1]
• Nov/Dec 2022 – Akhilandamma  [1]
• Mar/Apr 2021 – Sri Kunju Swami’s Recollections  [1]
• Jan/Feb 2011 – The Sri Ramana Gita, #10  [1]
• Nov/Dec 2010 – The Sri Ramana Gita, #9  [1]
• Nov/Dec 2008 – Continue With Aids Until Samadhi State  [1]
• Sep/Oct 2005 – Hearing, Reflection and One-pointedness 
• – Guru Kripa  [1]
• Nadhia Sutara  [1] Sri Ramana Gita (transliteration), verse 15
  
  Nadhia Sutara 'In Profile' March 2022 issue of the Saranāgatī eNewsletter [1] [2]
  
  Nov / Dec 2022 – Akhilanandamma [1]
  Nov / Dec 2010 – Sri Ramana Gita, part 9

  [1] Kavyakantha: Pray Sir, what are śravaṇa, manana and nididhyāsana?
  Maharshi: These terms have several meanings – each to some extent derived from...
  Jul / Aug 1997 – Devotion and Meditation
  Mar / Apr 1997 – Obstacles and Aids –

  These aids are hearing the truth from the Master (śravaṇa), reflection (manana)
  and one-pointedness (nididhyāsana). The effects of śravaṇa may be immediate ...
  Jul / Aug 1991 – As I Saw Him - No.3

  The Guru says that it would be until he took care to practise śravaṇa, manana
  and nididhyāsana, that is hearing from the Guru the Truth, reflecting over it and ...

  /newsletters/1993/may-jun
  
  

  

  
  

  By śravaṇa, Knowledge dawns. That is the flame.
  By manana, the Knowledge is not allowed to vanish. Just as the
     flame is protected by a wind-screen, so the other thoughts are not
     allowed to overwhelm the right knowledge.
  By nididhyasana, the flame is kept up to burn bright by trimming
     the wick. Whenever other thoughts arise, the mind is turned inward
     to the light of true knowledge.
  
  When this becomes natural, it is samadhi. The enquiry
   “Who am I?” is the śravaṇa.
  The ascertainment of the true import of ‘I’ is the manana.
  The practical application on each occasion is nididhyasana.
  
  Being as ‘I’ is samadhi.
    
  – Talks, #647