every explanation a scripture

[Guest guest]

One of the great epics is finished , one of the supreme

manifestation of Divine Grace , when God wore a human body

and moved and talked with men as Bhagavan Sri Ramana,

called Maharishi , the Great Rishi. This was no case of

an ordinary Guru , even though to call any Guru 'ordinary'

may sound absurd. The Guru , if a real spiritual Master ,

is on a higher plane than ordinary mortals , but Bhagavan

was not on any plane : he was a man abiding in constant ,

unwavering consciousness of identity with the Self which is God ,

or , to express the same from the other side , he was God wearing

a human body and submitting to human limitations.

For fifty-four years his wearing the body was one long sacrifice for

our benefit , and at the end the sacrifice became a martyrdom .

 

This acceptance of the body with its limitations gave rise to

a combination of knowledge with ignorance which puzzled

many visitors to Bhagavan. His spiritual knowledge was

complete and constant. He spoke always with authority.

There was no question of samadhi because he was always

in samadhi ; he was always consciously Atma , the Supreme ,

Divine , Undivided , Imperishable Self.

There was no question of revelation , for who should reveal to whom

in a state beyond otherness ?

Therefore every utterance of his was a divine statement,

every explanation a scripture.

 

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Ramana Arunachala

Arthur Osborne

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