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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Talk 270.
Mr. G. V. Subbaramiah, a lecturer in English in Nellore, asked:
Brahman is the one by whom all this is pervaded (yena sarvamidam
thatham). But then how does Sri Krishna specify the vibhutis in
Chapter X of Bhagavad Gita?
M.: The specifications are in reply to a definite question by Arjuna who
required to know the Lord’s vibhutis for convenience of worship
(upasana soukaryam). The fact is that God is all. There is nothing
apart from Him.
D.: The individual is said to give up decayed bodies (jirnani sarirani)
and to take up new ones (navani). Would the statement apply to
infant deaths also?
M.: You do not know, in the first place, what is jirnani and what is
navani. Secondly, jirna and nava are relative terms. What is old to
a king may be new to a beggar. The truth is that the individuality
signifies the state of embodiment till the time of liberation!
Talk 271.
Dr. Syed: How is Grace to be obtained?
M.: Similar to obtaining the Self.
D.: Practically, how is it to be for us?
M.: By self-surrender.
D.: Grace was said to be the Self. Should I then surrender to my own
Self?
M.: Yes. To the one from whom Grace is sought. God, Guru and Self
are only different forms of the same.
D.: Please explain, so that I may understand.
M.: So long as you think you are the individual you believe in God.
On worshipping God, God appears to you as Guru. On serving
Guru He manifests as the Self. This is the rationale.
Talk 272.
D.: There are widespread disasters spreading havoc in the world e.g.,
famine and pestilence. What is the cause of this state of affairs?
M.: To whom does all this appear?
D.: That won’t do. I see misery around.
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