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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
SRI RAMANA GITA AGAIN
Mr. T. K. S. Iyer, a devotee, was speaking of the chakras Sri Bhagavan
said: Atman (the Self) alone is to be realised. Its realisation holds all
else in its compass. Sakti, Ganapati; siddhis, etc., are included in it.
Those who speak of these have not realised the Atman. Atman is in
the heart and is the Heart itself. The manifestation is in the brain. The
passage from the heart to the brain might be considered to be through
sushumna or a nerve with any other name. The Upanishads say pare
leena - meaning that sushumna or such nadis are all comprised in para,
i.e., the atma nadi. The yogis say that the current rising up to sahasrara
(brain) ends there. That experience is not complete. For jnana, they must
come to the Heart. Hridaya (Heart) is the alpha and omega.
4th July, 1935
SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA
Talk 58.
Mr. Ranganathan, I. C. S: In Srimad Bhagavad Gita there is a passage:
One’s own dharma is the best; an alien dharma is full of risks.
What is the significance of one’s own dharma?
M.: It is usually interpreted to mean the duties of the orders and of
the different castes. The physical environment must also be taken
into consideration.
D.: If varnasrama dharma be meant, such dharma prevails only
in India. On the other hand the Gita should be universally
applicable.
M.: There is varnasrama in some form or other in every land. The
significance is that one should hold on to the single Atman and not
swerve therefrom. That is the whole gist of it.
sva = one’s own, i.e., of the Self, of the Atman.
para = the other’s, i.e., of the non-self, of the anatma.
Atma Dharma is inherence in the Self. There will be no distraction
and no fear. Troubles arise only when there is a second to oneself.
If the Atman be realised to be only unitary, there is no second and
therefore no cause for fear. The man, as he is now, confounds the
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