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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Q.: Can the atyasramis own property?
M.: There is no restriction for them. They may do what they please.
Suka is said to have married and begotten children also.
Q.: The atyasrami is like a householder in that case.
M.: I have already said that he is above the four recognised
asramas.
Q.: If they can marry, own property, etc., they are only grihasthas.
M.: That may be your view.
Q.: Can they own property and convey the same to others?
M.: They may or may not. All depends on their prarabdha.
Q.: Is there any Karma for them?
M.: Their conduct is not regulated according to any rules or codes.
Q.: When visitors want to stay here, say two or three days, do they
take your permission?
M.: The permission from the management is permission from me. The
visitors come here for me, the management is for me. Wherever there
is mutual agreement, I do not interfere. When visitors come here and
I admit them, will others dare go against my wishes? My consent is
implied in the actions which take place with mutual goodwill.
Sri Bhagavan was shown a stanza in His own handwriting in praise of
Himself as Subrahmanya.
Sri Bhagavan said that the handwriting was His own whereas the ideas
were Perumalswami’s.
Q.: But do you not agree with the statement made in it?
M.: In the same way as an idol is praised as Subrahmanya.
13th December 1936
Talk 292.
In reply to a question if tanmatras are the operating factors in dreams,
Sri Bhagavan said: No. Tanmatras are sukshma - subtler than that.
Although the dream-creations are subtle as compared with the gross
world of the wakeful state, yet the dream-creations are gross compared
to tanmatras. Tanmatras after panchikarana give rise to the form of
the antahkarnas (inner organ, mind). There too, by the different sets
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