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?
He acts through all. Why worry ourselves?
ReplyDeleteBecause "I" think that I am doing everything.If there is no (th)ink in the pen(mind) we cannot write with it. we must try to empty it little by little.(because it is self inking pen.) Because it is powered by the inner self within.