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 INVOLVEMENT AND INTEREST TO LEARN.- It is made simple for you so that you will enjoy His teaching profusely.

A Devotee:;  Chinese philosopher Lao tse saysa:  “By his non-action the sage governs all.”

Maharishi Ramana:  Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage

is characterised by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like

the apparent stillness of a fast rotating top (gyroscope). Its very speed cannot be followed by the eye and so it appears to be still. Yet it is rotating. So is the apparent inaction of the sage.

This must be explained because the people generally mistake stillness to be inertness. It is not so.

D: How long will it be before Self-Realisation?

M.: First know what Self means and also what Realisation means:

then you will know all.

D.: The mind must realise in the Heart.

M.: Be it so. What is mind?

D.: Mind, Heart are all avatars of Perumal (Vaishnavite term for

incarnate God).

M.: If so no need to worry ourselves.

D.: On this basis how can we realise?

M.: Surrender the mind to Perumal (God). His avatar cannot remain independent of Him. Render unto Him what is His and be happy.

D.: How to do so?

M.: How is the mind known to us? Owing to its activities, namely,

thoughts. Whenever thoughts arise remember they are all modes

of Perumal and they cannot be otherwise, this is enough; this is

the surrender of the mind.

Can anything exist independent of Perumal? All is Perumal alone.

He acts through all. Why worry ourselves?