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title: "Ramana Maharshi | Non-duality | Thought Archive"
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# Ramana Maharshi（Non-duality）



## Common research question

**What is the purpose of Ramana Maharshi's Who am I inquiry?**

Ramana Maharshi's “Who am I?” does not seek a biography or personality label; it examines the arising of the “I”-thought and identification. Self-inquiry has a methodical role in his teaching. The relation between the self said to be ever-present and its realization must be established from reliable sayings, not one catchphrase.

## Interpretive boundary

Many teachings are disciple-recorded and edited; identify the source and translation.

## Archive evidence

- [E-23 ｜ Who Am I? , the author’s prose, paragraph 6](#E-23)
- [E-19 ｜ Forty Verses on Reality verse 26](#E-19)