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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
again protagonists and antagonists. Also different schools of thought
interpret the same text in different ways and arrive at different
conclusions, contrary to each other.
How then is the purpose of the sutras served?
Talk 577.
15th November, 1938
Pure Being Supreme Being (This shines forth)
Talk 578.
Pure Mind - Sattva mind - Isvara
Rajas
the ego (Aham)
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Tamas
the world (Idam)
All these are Vedantic terminology
Coming here, some people do not ask about themselves. They ask:
“Does the sage, liberated while alive (Jivanmukta), see the world? Is
he affected by Karma?
What is liberation after being disembodied? Is one liberated only
after being disembodied or even while alive in the body? Should
the body of the sage resolve itself in light or disappear from view
in any other manner? Can he be liberated though the body is left
behind as a corpse?”
Their questions are endless. Why worry oneself in so many ways?
Does liberation consist in knowing these?
Therefore I say to them, “Leave liberation alone. Is there bondage?
Know this. See yourself first and foremost.”
Talk 579.
Avarana (veiling) does not hide the jiva in entirety; he knows that he is;
only he does not know who he is. He sees the world; but not that it is
only Brahman. It is light in darkness (or knowledge in ignorance).