BHAGAVAN SRI RAMANA TALKS

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 you will enjoy profusely. JKS

MAHARISHI RAMANA: That alone which shines as the tiny Akasa , void of sorrow, in the lotus heart, the tiny seat of the spotless Supreme in the (inner) core of the body, is worthy of worship.

He alone is the Supreme Lord, who is beyond the Primal Word

which is the beginning and end of the Veda and in which merges the creative Cause.

Devotee: What is meant by Muktaloka (region of the liberated).

M: it meant the same as Brahmaloka.

D.: Is it necessary or required that we should have sukshma tanu (subtle body) such as pranava tanu or suddha tanu (tanu = body; suddha = pure) to gain such loka.

M.: Pranava means real japa. It is however interpreted to be A, U, M, Nada and Bindu. Of these, the first three are interpreted as Visva, Taijasa, Prajna and Virat, Hiranyagarbha, Isvara, Nada and Bindu correspond to prana and manas (mind).

The Mandukya Upanishad speaks of the three matras and turiya matra. The final meaning is that it represents the real state.

There are said to be Panchapada Mahavakyani (mahavakyas with five words) e.g., Tattvamasi atinijam (‘you are that’is the great truth). The first three words have their lakshya artha (significance) all of which signify only the one Truth. So many efforts and so much discipline are said to be necessary for eradicating the non-existing avidya!