RAMANA MAHARSHI

BHAGAVAN SRI RAMANA'S TALKS : J.K. SIVAN

IT IS NOT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND BHAGAVAN RAMANA IF YOU READ THE QUESTIONS PUT TO HIM AND THE ANSWERS GIVEN BY HIM, SLOWLY, CONCENTRATING ON EACH WORD ATTENTIVELY WITH INVOLVEM
ENT AND INTEREST TO LEARN.- It is made simple for you. So you will enjoy profusely. JKS

Somerset Maugham, a well-known English author, visited Sri Bhagavan. He also went to see Maj. Chadwick in his room and there he suddenly became unconscious. Maj. Chadwick requested Sri Bhagavan to see him. Sri Bhagavan went into the room, took a seat and gazed on Mr. Maugham. He regained his senses and saluted Sri Bhagavan. They remained silent and sat facing each other for nearly an hour. The author attempted to ask questions but did not speak. Maj. Chadwick encouraged him to ask. Sri Bhagavan said, “All finished. Heart-talk is all talk. All talk must end in silence only.” They smiled and Sri Bhagavan left the room.

Devotee: “How is it that Atma vidya is said to be the easiest?”

Maharishi Ramana: Any other vidya requires a knower, knowledge and the object to be known, whereas this does not require any of them. It is the Self. Can anything be so obvious as that? Hence it is the easiest. All that you need do is to enquire, “Who am I?”

D: “How were we all in our previous births? Why do we not know our own past?”

M.: God in His mercy has withheld this knowledge from people. If they knew that they were virtuous, they will grow proud; contrariwise they will be depressed. Both are bad. It is enough that one knows the Self.

M:Just as a river doesnot continue its flow after its discharge into the ocean, so also a person loses all movements after he merges in the Self.

D: Cannot a man can live on Rs. 3 a month. What is Sri Bhagavan’s opinion in the matter?

M.: A man can live happily only if he knows that he requires nothing wherewith to live.