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Friday, January 18, 2002 5:05 PM

[NDS] Too Impressed With Ramana

 

 

Jan mentioned that some who visited with Ramana

left unimpressed. Last Aug., I was at Satsang at

Swami Satchidananda's ashram when he relayed an

interesting story about how he came to his Guru,

Swami Sivananda. He had spent a few years with

Sri Aurabindo, and had then been directed to go

study with Ramana. He was there for about 2 years

when Ramana's cancer had so infected his arm that

it needed amputation. Ramana was so detached from

identifing himself with his body that it freaked

Swami Satchidananda out. He told how Ramana would

look at his tortured arm and say "Oh poor arm, how

you suffer so" with the kind of love and compassion

that you would direct at a baby who had stubbed

their toe. This transcendant detached attitude was

very shocking and un-understandable to Satchidananda

at that stage of his spiritual life. So, for the

only time in his life,he asked for and received

permission to leave Ramana to go study elsewhere.

He then met Swami Sivananda, and lived happily ever

after. But to this day, he has great reverance for

Ramana.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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- medit8ionsociety

NondualitySalon

Friday, January 18, 2002 5:05 PM

[NDS] Too Impressed With Ramana

Jan mentioned that some who visited with Ramana left unimpressed. Last

Aug., I was at Satsang at Swami Satchidananda's ashram when he relayed

an interesting story about how he came to his Guru,Swami Sivananda. He

had spent a few years with Sri Aurabindo, and had then been directed

to go study with Ramana. He was there for about 2 years when Ramana's

cancer had so infected his arm that it needed amputation. Ramana was

so detached from identifing himself with his body that it freaked

Swami Satchidananda out. He told how Ramana would look at his

tortured arm and say "Oh poor arm, how you suffer so" with the kind

of love and compassion that you would direct at a baby who had

stubbed their toe. This transcendant detached attitude wasvery

shocking and un-understandable to Satchidananda at that stage of his

spiritual life. So, for theonly time in his life,he asked for and

received permission to leave Ramana to go study elsewhere. He then

met Swami Sivananda, and lived happily ever after. But to this day,

he has great reverance for Ramana.