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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
D.: What is the difference between yoga and surrender?
M.: Surrender is Bhakti Yoga. To reach the source of the ‘I-thought’ is
the destruction of the ego, is the attainment of the goal, is prapatti
(surrender), jnana, etc.
Talk 130.
Lakshman Brahmachari from Sri Ramakrishna Mission asked:
Enquiry of ‘Who am I?’ or of the ‘I-thought’ being itself a thought,
how can it be destroyed in the process?
M.: When Sita was asked who was her husband among the rishis
(Rama himself being present there as a rishi) in the forest by the
wives of the rishis, she denied each one as he was pointed out to
her, but simply hung down her head when Rama was pointed out.
Her silence was eloquent.
Similarly, the Vedas also are eloquent in ‘neti’ - ‘neti’ (not this - not
this) and then remain silent. Their silence is the Real State. This is
the meaning of exposition by silence. When the source of the ‘Ithought’
is reached it vanishes and what remains over is the Self.
D.: Patanjali Yoga Sutras speak of identification.
M.: Identification with the Supreme is only the other name for the
destruction of the ego.
Talk 131.
Mr. Subba Rao asked: What is mukhya prana (the chief prana)?
M.: It is that from which the ego and the prana rise. It is sometimes
called Kundalini. Consciousness is not born at any time, it remains
eternal. But ego is born; so also the other thoughts. Associated with
the absolute consciousness they shine forth; not otherwise.
D.: What is moksha (liberation)?
M.: Moksha is to know that you were not born. “Be still and know
that I am God.”
To be still is not to think. Know, and not think, is the word.
D.: There are said to be six organs of different colours in the chest,
of which the heart is said to be two finger-breadths to the right of
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