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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
one will repeatedly try to regain it. Having once experienced the
Bliss of Peace no one would like to be out of it or engaged himself
otherwise. It is as difficult for a Jnani to engage in thoughts as it
is for an ajnani to be free from thought.
The common man says that he does not know himself; he thinks
many thoughts and cannot remain without thinking.
Any kind of activity does not affect a Jnani; his mind remains ever
in eternal Peace.
20th January, 1936
Talk 142.
Mr. Prakasa Rao from Bezwada: Does not illusion become inoperative
even before identity with Brahman results (Brahmakaravritti)? Or
does it persist even afterwards?
M.: Illusion will not persist after vasanas are annihilated. In the
interval between the knowledge of the identity and annihilation
of vasanas, there will be illusion.
D.: How can the world influence a man even after identity with Brahman?
M.: First do it and see. You can then raise this question, if necessary.
D.: Can we know it in the same way as we know our identity?
M.: Are you different from the mind? How do you expect it to be
known?
D.: Can the full scope of the Chitta (Chittavilasa) be known?
M.: Oh! Is this the identity of Brahman?
Ignorance vanishing, the residue reveals itself. It is experience, not
in the category of knowledge.
23rd January, 1936
Talk 143.
Mr. P. Brunton asked Sri Bhagavan if the Hill here is hollow.
M.: The puranas say so. When it is said that the Heart is a cavity,
penetration into it proves it to be an expanse of light. Similarly the
Hill is one of light. The caves, etc., are covered up by the Light.
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