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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Talk 419.
The week before the Mahapuja (3rd June, 1937) has brought many
visitors including some relatives of Sri Bhagavan. There is among
them an elderly lady - the widow of Subbier in whose house Sri
Bhagavan was living when he left home in August 1896.
Old memories revived when Sri Bhagavan saw her.
He remembered how on a festive occasion he was asked to help her
in making some modakas (delicacies), but he hesitated and finally
refused, because he was obliged to change his clothes and he could
put on only koupina (loin-cloth or codpiece) which made him feel shy.
He was reprimanded by his uncle and this lady. The uncle’s wife said
with humility and gentleness: “Quite. No wonder that one destined
for this high state could not do such humble work in those days.”
Then Sri Bhagavan remarked, “If I refused to wear koupina once, I
am now made to pay the penalty by wearing it always.”
The lady recalled to her mind how Sri Ramana was suffering from
headache for several days together.
Sri Bhagavan said: Yes, yes! It was the month before I left Madura. It was
not headache, but an inexpressible anguish which I suppressed at the
time; these were however the outward symptoms which, I said, were
due to headache. I remember how anxious you grew on account of my
headache. You used to rub some ointment on my forehead every day.
My anguish continued until I left Madura and reached this place.
4th June, 1937
Talk 420.
A certain lawyer from Cuddalore quoted as follows: “Neither the
sun shines there, nor the moon, nor the stars, nor lightning. How
can fire shine there? All these luminaries shine in His Light only.
With His Light, all these shine forth!” He asked, what does ‘with
His Light’ mean here? Does all else shine on account of Him, or
in His Light?
M.: There is only He. He and His Light are the same. There is no
individual to perceive other things, because the perceiver and the
perceived are only He. The sun, the moon, etc., shine forth. How?
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