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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
PHILOSOPHY OF THE DIVINE NAME
ACCORDING TO ST. NAMDEV
The name permeates the entire universe densely; who can tell to what
depths in the nether regions and to what height in the heaven It extends?
The ignorant fools undergo the eighty-four lakhs of species of births,
not knowing the essence of things. The Name is immortal. Forms are
innumerable but Name is all that. The Name itself is form and form
itself is Name. There is no distinction between Name and form. God
became manifest and assumed Name and form. Hence the Name the
Vedas have established. Beware, there is no mantram beyond the
Name. Those who say otherwise are ignorant fools. Name is Keshava
Himself. This is known only to the loving devotees of the Lord.
The all-pervading nature of the Name can only be understood when
one recognises his own ‘I’. When one’s own name is not recognised,
it is impossible to get all-pervading Name. When one knows oneself
then one finds the Name everywhere.
None can realise the Name by the practice of knowledge, meditation or
austerity. Surrender yourself at first at the feet of the Guru and learn to
know who the ‘I’ in you is. After finding the source of that ‘I’, merge
your individuality in that Oneness - which is Self-existent and devoid
of all duality. It is that Name that permeates the three worlds.
The Name is Paramatman Itself where there is no action arising out
of dvaita (duality).
8th January, 1938
Talk 442.
While explaining a stanza of his own Sri Bhagavan observed: The sun
illumines the universe, whereas the Sun of Arunachala is so dazzling
that the universe is obscured and an unbroken brilliance remains. But
it is not realised in the present state and can be realised only if the
lotus of the heart blossoms. The ordinary lotus blossoms in the light
of the visible sun, whereas the subtle Heart blossoms only before the
Sun of Suns. May Arunachala make my heart blossom so that His
unbroken brilliance may shine all alone!
Further on, Sri Bhagavan continued: The mirror reflects objects; yet
they are not real because they cannot remain apart from the mirror.
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