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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
with the cessation of the mind. They are mere preliminaries to final
eradication of thoughts and the stillness of mind.
D.: Saiva Siddhanta postulates three fundamentals as being eternal.
Is it opposed to Vedanta?
M.: The three entities are jiva, God and bondage. Such trinities are
common in all religions. They are true so long as the mind is
operative. They are mere creations of the mind. One can postulate
God only after the mind arises. God is not different from the Self.
The Self is objectified as God. So also with Guru.
The Professor returned in the evening and asked something about
good actions. He further wondered why Brahman is said to be
sacchidananda, but not God.
M.: Sat denotes being beyond sat and asat; Chit beyond chit and
achit; Ananda beyond bliss and non-bliss.
What is it then? Even if not sat nor asat, It must be admitted to be
sat only. Compare the term jnana. It is the state beyond knowledge
and ignorance. Yet jnana is not ignorance but knowledge. So also
with Sat-chit-ananda.
D.: It favours the one aspect.
After a word about Atma-vichara he took leave saying that he would
not trouble Sri Maharshi any further although he had several doubts
yet to be cleared and that he wanted to make nididhyasana of what
he had heard so far.
A judge from Mysore asked: Upasana and dhyana were said to be
due to mental activities. Cessation of activities was also said to be
Realisation. Now, how to realise without upasana or dhyana?
M.: They are preliminaries. Such action will lead to the desired inaction.
D.: The Heart is said to be experienced on the right. Physiologically
it is on the left.
M.: Spiritual experience is spoken of.
D.: Is it the psychic heart?
M.: Yes.
D.: How to know that it is on the right?
M.: By experience.
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