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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
not know. People have given me several names from time to time
since my arrival here. If I should sign by one name, all would not
understand it. So I used to say to the people seeking autographs
that, even if they should show my signature, people in general
would not believe it to be true.
Q.: You do not touch money nor other offerings, I trust.
M.: People sometimes place fruits in my hands. I touch them.
Q.: If you receive one kind of offering, why should you not receive
money also?
M.: I cannot eat money. What shall I do with it? Why should I take
that with which I do not know what to do?
Q.: Why do visitors stop at the Asramam?
M.: They must know why.
Q.: You have no objection to anyone coming and staying here, I suppose.
M.: No.
Q.: You have similarly no objection to any length of their stay.
M.: No. If I do not find it agreeable I will go away. That is all.
A lawyer devotee asked Sri Bhagavan if the previous day’s examination
by Commission caused much strain.
M.: I did not use my mind and so there was no strain. Let them examine
me for a thousand days. I don’t mind.
16th November, 1936
Talk 282.
D.: Does the Tantrik sadhana bring about Self-Realisation?
M.: Yes.
D.: Which worship in Tantra is the best?
M.: It depends on temperament.
D.: What part does Kundalini play in bringing about Self-Realisation?
M.: Kundalini rises from any lakshya that you have. Kundalini is
prana-sakti (life-current).
D.: Different deities are said to reside in different chakras. Does one
see them in course of sadhana?
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