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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
by Himself. The pandit put the matter to the test. He spread some
food before them; they would not touch it; then Sri Bhagavan, after
a time, put a small morsel of it into His mouth. Immediately they fell
to and devoured the food.
Talk 120.
Later a man brought two peacocks with their eyes screened. When
let loose in Maharshi’s presence they flew away to a distance. They
were brought back but still they flew away. Sri Bhagavan then said,
“It is no use trying to keep them here. They are not ripe in their minds
as these dogs.” However much they tried to keep the peacocks they
would not remain there even a minute.
Talk 121.
Talks between the Master and two Moslems on a previous occasion.
D.: Has God a form?
M.: Who says so?
D.: Well, if God has no form is it proper to worship idols?
M.: Leave God alone because He is unknown. What about you? Have
you a form?
D.: Yes. I am this and so and so.
M.: So then, you are a man with limbs, about three and a half cubits
high, with beard, etc. Is it so?
D.: Certainly.
M.: Then do you find yourself so in deep sleep?
D.: After waking I perceive that I was asleep. Therefore by inference
I remained thus in deep sleep also.
M.: If you are the body why do they bury the corpse after death? The
body must refuse to be buried.
D.: No, I am the subtle jiva within the gross body.
M.: So you see that you are really formless; but you are at present
identifying yourself with the body. So long as you are formful why
should you not worship the formless God as being formful?
The questioner was baffled and perplexed.
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