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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Sri Krishna continues to answer Arjuna’s questions in that strain: “Many
rebirths we have had. I know them all; but you do not,” and so on.
D.: We must also know the Truth.
M.: You are taught the Truth. Instructions have been given. See who
you are. That is the whole instruction.
19th January, 1939
Talk 612.
Mrs. Hick Riddingh asked Sri Bhagavan in writing:
When Bhagavan writes about the help given towards attaining Self-
Realisation by the gracious glance of the Master or looking upon the
Master, how exactly is this to be understood?”
M.: Who is the Master? Who is the seeker?
D.: The Self.
M.: If the Self be the Master and also the seeker, how can the questions
arise at all?
D.: That is just my difficulty. I must seek the Self within myself.
What is then the significance of the writing above referred to? It
seems contradictory.
M.: It is not. The statement has not been rightly understood.
If the seeker knows the Master to be the Self he sees no duality in
other respects either and is therefore happy, so that no questions
arise for him.
But the seeker does not bring the truth of the statement to bear in
practice. It is because of his ignorance. This ignorance is however
unreal. The Master is required to wake up the seeker from the
slumber of ignorance and he therefore uses these words in order
to make Reality clear to others.
The only thing that matters is that you see the Self. This. can be
done wherever you remain. The Self must be sought within. The
search must be steadfast. If that is gained there is no need to stay
near the Master as a physical being.
The ‘statement’ is meant for those who cannot find the Self
remaining where they are.
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