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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
M.: Existence = happiness = Being. The word mukti (liberation) is so
provoking. Why should one seek it? He believes that there is bondage
and therefore seeks liberation. But the fact is that there is no bondage
but only liberation. Why call it by a name and seek it?
D.: True, but we are ignorant.
M.: Only remove ignorance. That is all there is to be done.
14th February, 1937
Talk 360.
The aristocratic gentleman from Lucknow has written to Mr. Paul
Brunton that his wife has since lost that peace of mind which she had
gained by her visits to Sri Bhagavan; so he desires that Sri Bhagavan
may be pleased to restore the same peace.
When requested, Sri Bhagavan said, “It is due to weakness of mind
that peace once gained is later lost.”
Talk 361.
Mudaliar Swami, son of the lady who brings bhiksha every day to Sri
Bhagavan, related the following interesting incident:
During the time Sri Bhagavan was staying in Virupaksha Cave, Sri Bhagavan
and Mudaliar Swami were walking together behind the Skandasramam site.
There was a huge rock about 15 feet high; it was a cleft, a girl (a shepherdess)
was standing there crying. Sri Bhagavan asked the reason of her sorrow.
She said, “A sheep of mine has slipped into this cleft; so I am crying.” Sri
Bhagavan descended into the cleft, took the sheep on his shoulders, climbed
up to the surface and delivered the sheep to her. Mudaliar Swami says that
it was a very remarkable feat for any human being.
Talk 362.
Mr Subbaramiah, a college professor from Nellore, asked about mukti.
M.: All questions relating to mukti are inadmissible; because mukti
means release from bondage which implies the present existence
of bondage. There is no bondage and therefore no mukti either.
D.: The sastras speak of it and its grades.
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