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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Talk 228.
At lunch a visitor from Nellore asked the Master for a tiny bit of food
(prasad) from His dish.
M.: Eat without thinking of the ego. Then what you eat becomes
Bhagavan’s prasad.
After lunch the Master continued humorously: “If I had given you
one morsel from my plate, each one would ask for a morsel too.
What will be left for me if I distribute the whole plate to others?
So you see that it is not devotion. There is no significance in eating
a morsel from my plate. Be a true devotee.”
8th July, 1936
Talk 229.
At 8 a.m. the pet squirrel was watching for an opportunity to run out.
The Master remarked. “All wish to rush out. There is no limit to going
out. Happiness lies within and not without.”
Talk 230.
20th July, 1936
A visitor: Can one realise the Truth by learning the scriptures and
study of books?
M.: No. So long as predispositions remain latent in the mind,
realisation cannot be achieved. Sastra learning is itself a vasana.
Realisation is only in samadhi.
Talk 231.
A visitor asked: ‘What is mouna (silence)?’
M.: Mouna is not closing the mouth. It is eternal speech.
D.: I do not understand.
M.: That state which transcends speech and thought is mouna.
D.: How to achieve it?
M.: Hold some concept firmly and trace it back. By such concentration
silence results. When practice becomes natural it will end in silence.
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