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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
M.: Visvamitra was as pure in the hermit life as when he was married.
There was no difference. He was as contaminated when married
as when he was a hermit.
D.: Was he a rishi?
M.: When contaminated he was not a rishi.
D.: Can he become a rishi even afterwards?
M.: Yes. By proper bhakti he could become a good rishi. Repentance
and prayer will set him right.
D.: With all your penance for so many years what have you got?
M.: I have got what need be got. I see what need be seen.
D.: Can all see the same?
M.: I see only just what all do. It is immanent in all.
D.: Is this the way for seeing It?
M.: Method may be anything. From whatever directions the pilgrims
may foregather, they must enter the Kaaba only by one route
(passage) or all gather only to enter the Kaaba.
D.: Please tell me two upadesas on the way to salvation as known
by you.
M.: What upadesa do I know? Everything is upadesa. Worship of
God is the only upadesa.
5th July, 1935
ON MOUNA (SILENCE)
Talk 60.
Sri Bhagavan: The silence of solitude is forced. Restrained speech
in society amounts to silence. For the man then controls his speech.
The speaker must come forth before he speaks. If engaged otherwise
speech is restrained. Introverted mind is otherwise active and is not
anxious to speak.
Mouna as a disciplinary measure is meant for limiting the mental
activities due to speech. If the mind is otherwise controlled
disciplinary mouna is unnecessary. For mouna becomes natural.
Vidyaranya has said that twelve years’ forced mouna brings about
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