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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
M.: The ego must be held in order to get rid of it. Hold it first and
the rest will be easy.
D.: How is that to be held?
M.: Do you mean to say that there is one ego to hold another ego or
to eliminate the other? Are there two egos?
D.: How shall I pray to God?
M.: There-must be ‘I’ who prays to God. ‘I’ is certainly immediate
and intimate, whereas God is not thought so. Find out that which
is more intimate and then the other may be ascertained and prayed
to if necessary.
19th November, 1938
Talk 581.
When a child held something to be offered to Sri Bhagavan by the
parents, they cajoled the child to offer it to Sri Bhagavan. The child
did so gladly. Sri Bhagavan remarked: Look at this! When the child
can give a thing away to Jeja it is tyaga. ( Jeja -God). See what
influence Jeja has on children also! Every gift implies unselfishness.
That is the whole content of nishkama Karma (unselfish action). It
means true renunciation. If the giving nature is developed it becomes
tyaga. If anything is willingly given away it is a delight to the giver
and to the receiver. If the same is stolen it is misery to both. Dana,
dharma, nishkama Karma are all tyaga only. When ‘mine’ is given
up it is chitta suddhi (purified mind). When ‘I’ is given up it is jnana.
When the nature to give away is developed it results in jnana.
Again a little later, a young boy came all alone, unescorted by his parents.
He had come from Chengam in a bus. Sri Bhagavan remarked, “The boy
has left his parents to come here. This is also an instance of tyaga.”
21st. 22nd November, 1938
Talk 582.
To an Andhra gentleman Sri Bhagavan said: If one goes on wanting, one’s
wants cannot be fulfilled. Whereas if one remains desireless anything will
be forthcoming. We are not in the wife, children, profession, etc.; but they
are in us; they appear and disappear according to one’s prarabdha.
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