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point out that the Self is untouched by them. But for the seeker he
can straightaway admit the Self and try to be That, without having
recourse to the study of the tattvas.
D.: Gandhiji adhered to satya (Truth) so long and won realisation
of the Self.
M.: What is satya except the Self? Satya is that which is made up of sat.
Again sat is nothing but the Self. So Gandhiji’s satya is only the Self.
Each one knows the Self but is yet ignorant. The person is enabled
to realise only after hearing the mahavakya. Hence the Upanishadic
text is the eternal Truth to which everyone who has realised owes
his experience. After hearing the Self to be the Brahman the person
finds the true import of the Self and reverts to it whenever he is
diverted from it. Here is the whole process of Realisation.
17th March, 1939
Talk 648.
Sri Bhagavan said that Tatva Rayar was the first to pour forth
Advaita philosophy in Tamil.
He had said that the Earth was his bed, his hands were his plates
for taking food, the loin cloth was his clothing and thus there was
no want for him.
In Maharaja Turavu (the renunciation of the king) he says: He was
seated on the bare ground, the earth was his seat, the mind was the
chamara; the sky was the canopy; and renunciation was his spouse:
Then Sri Bhagavan continued: I had no cloth spread on the floor in
earlier days. I used to sit on the floor and lie on the ground. That
is freedom. The sofa is a bondage. It is a gaol for me. I am not
allowed to sit where and how I please. Is it not bondage?
One must be free to do as one pleases, and should not be served
by others.
‘No want’ is the greatest bliss. It can be realised only by experience.
Even an emperor is no match for a man with no want. The emperor
has got vassals under him. But the other man is not aware of anyone
beside the Self. Which is better?
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