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Talk 599.
Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
A saying of Laotze from Tao Teh Ch’ing was read out in the hall: “By
his non-action the sage governs all.”
Sri Bhagavan remarked: Non-action is unceasing activity. The sage
is characterised by eternal and intense activity. His stillness is like
the apparent stillness of a fast rotating top (gyroscope). Its very speed
cannot be followed by the eye and so it appears to be still. Yet it is
rotating. So is the apparent inaction of the sage.
This must be explained because the people generally mistake stillness
to be inertness. It is not so.
Talk 600.
24th December, 1938
A young man asked in broken Tamil:
How long will it be before Self-Realisation?
M.: First know what Self means and also what Realisation means:
then you will know all.
D.: The mind must realise in the Heart.
M.: Be it so. What is mind?
D.: Mind, Heart are all avatars of Perumal (Vaishnavite term for
incarnate God).
M.: If so no need to worry ourselves.
D.: On this basis how can we realise?
M.: Surrender the mind to Perumal (God). His avatar cannot remain
independent of Him. Render unto Him what is His and be happy.
D.: How to do so?
M.: How is the mind known to us? Owing to its activities, namely,
thoughts. Whenever thoughts arise remember they are all modes
of Perumal and they cannot be otherwise, this is enough; this is
the surrender of the mind.
Can anything exist independent of Perumal? All is Perumal alone.
He acts through all. Why worry ourselves?
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