Post by Amritha Varshini on Feb 19, 2024 5:37:38 GMT 5.5
From Face to Face with Sri Ramana Maharshi published by Sri Ramana Kendram, Hyderabad.
Manu Subedar was a member of the Central Legislative Assembly in Pre-Independence Era.
I was alone in the car from Katpadi to Thiruvannamalai and wanted to go over my questions and revise them, if necessary. As I formulated each question, I found I knew the answer! So when I went and had the darshan of the Maharshi, I had really no question to ask.
I presented to the Maharshi the Avadhoota Gita and the Ashtavakra Gita published by the Sastu Sahitya Mudranalaya Trust, Ahmedabad, of which I am the Chairman and drew his attention to the first verse of the Avadhoota Gita, which says “ It is only through the Grace of God that in men with knowledge is born a desire to experience cosmic unity, a desire which protects from the great dangers of samsara”.
With infinite compassion in his eyes the Maharshi looked at me and instructed one of the followers to bring a book. This was the Maha Bhakta Vijayam of Nabhaji. Bhagavan opened the book and began to read. I noted with awe that the book opened exactly at the page where Bhagavan intended to read. The Maharshi seemed to relish reading the discourse.
There are teachers who mystify in order to impress the pupil. The Maharshi on the contrary has the direct method. He discloses the truth and the whole truth in the simplest form in which he has not only formulated it as a thought but lived it as an experience.
The look which the Maharshi gives you, is a question. At least I felt it so. The question is “I see a unity, but you keep grasping at the variety. Why don’t you know yourself properly and realise your true self? You can then march on to the realisation of the unity of self with the self.” Nothing is so helpful as the august presence of the Maharshi for those who seriously intend to progress on the spiritual path.
There is spiritual communication and kindliness in his looks, eliciting what is best in a person. His presence during the silent hour acts as a catalyst, enabling us to secure our spiritual yearning. There is grace and benignity in the way he looks at the devotee as a mother looks at her children.
Manu Subedar was a member of the Central Legislative Assembly in Pre-Independence Era.
I was alone in the car from Katpadi to Thiruvannamalai and wanted to go over my questions and revise them, if necessary. As I formulated each question, I found I knew the answer! So when I went and had the darshan of the Maharshi, I had really no question to ask.
I presented to the Maharshi the Avadhoota Gita and the Ashtavakra Gita published by the Sastu Sahitya Mudranalaya Trust, Ahmedabad, of which I am the Chairman and drew his attention to the first verse of the Avadhoota Gita, which says “ It is only through the Grace of God that in men with knowledge is born a desire to experience cosmic unity, a desire which protects from the great dangers of samsara”.
With infinite compassion in his eyes the Maharshi looked at me and instructed one of the followers to bring a book. This was the Maha Bhakta Vijayam of Nabhaji. Bhagavan opened the book and began to read. I noted with awe that the book opened exactly at the page where Bhagavan intended to read. The Maharshi seemed to relish reading the discourse.
There are teachers who mystify in order to impress the pupil. The Maharshi on the contrary has the direct method. He discloses the truth and the whole truth in the simplest form in which he has not only formulated it as a thought but lived it as an experience.
The look which the Maharshi gives you, is a question. At least I felt it so. The question is “I see a unity, but you keep grasping at the variety. Why don’t you know yourself properly and realise your true self? You can then march on to the realisation of the unity of self with the self.” Nothing is so helpful as the august presence of the Maharshi for those who seriously intend to progress on the spiritual path.
There is spiritual communication and kindliness in his looks, eliciting what is best in a person. His presence during the silent hour acts as a catalyst, enabling us to secure our spiritual yearning. There is grace and benignity in the way he looks at the devotee as a mother looks at her children.