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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Talk 586.
An Andhra visitor asked: How is one to be quiet? It is so difficult to be so.
Should we practise yoga for it? Or is there any other means for it?
M.: What is not difficult looks difficult. A man is prone to wander
about. He is told to stay quiet at home, but finds it difficult to do
so because he wants to wander about.
D.: Is there any particular upasana which is more efficacious than
others?
M.: All upasanas are equally efficacious. But each one takes easily
to one kind of upasana which suits his previous vasanas.
24th November, 1938
Talk 587.
The Spanish lady and her lady friend have come. They asked: You say
the Heart is on the right. Can you explain how it is so?
Sri Bhagavan handed over the extract from the Psychological Review
of Philadelphia for her to read. He also added. The Heart is the place
wherefrom the ‘I-thought’ arises.
D.: So you mean the spiritual Heart as distinguished from the physical
heart?
M.: Yes. It is explained in Ch. V of Sri Ramana Gita.
D.: Is there any stage when one might feel the Heart?
M.: It is within the experience of everyone. Everyone touches the
right side of his chest when he says ‘I’.
Both the ladies kneeled before Sri Bhagavan one after another and
asked for blessings. Then they left for Pondicherry on their way
to Colombo.
25th November, 1938
Talk 588.
To an Andhra seeker, Sri Bhagavan said: Sannyasa is mentioned for
one who is fit. It consists in renunciation not of material objects but
of attachment to them. Sannyasa can be practised by anyone even at
home. Only one must be fit for it. Again.
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