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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Talk 530.
The following is taken from the diary of Annamalai Swami, a good
devotee of Sri Bhagavan and resident of Sri Ramanasramam:
The Teachings of Sri Ramana Bhagavan.
(1) That man who is active in the world and yet remains desireless,
without losing sight of his own essential nature, is alone a true man.
This was in answer to the Swami who wanted to retire into a cave for
practising meditation.
(2) He asked about sannyas. Should not a man renounce everything
in order that he might get Liberation?
M.: Even better than the man who thinks “I have renounced everything”
is the one who does his duty but does not think “I do this” or “I am
the doer”. Even a sannyasi who thinks “I am a sannyasi” cannot
be a true sannyasi, whereas a householder who does not think “I
am a householder” is truly a sannyasi.
Talk 531.
D.: One person says one thing one way. Another says the same thing
in a different way. How is the truth to be ascertained?
M.: Each one sees his own Self only, always and everywhere. He finds
the world and God according to what he is.
A Nayanar went to Kalahasti for the darsan of God. He saw all the
people there as Siva and Sakti because he himself was so. Again,
Dharmaputra considered that the whole world was composed of
people having some merit or other and that each of them was
even better than he himself for some reason or other. Whereas
Duryodhana could not find even a single good person in the world.
Each reflects his own nature.
Talk 532.
D.: Is there no way of escape from the miseries of the world?
M.: There is only one way and that consists in not losing sight of
one’s Self under any circumstances.
To enquire “Who am I?” is the only remedy for all the ills of the
world. It is also perfect bliss.
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