Sri Ramana, the all-knower

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Sri M.G. Shanmugam (who was one of the early devotees of Sri Ramana):

"He [sri Ramana] was a sarvajna (all-knower). I got many proofs of it,

though I never demanded them. A daily pocket-money of three annas was

given to me by my father. I bought for that amount sambrani which was

burnt in the presence of Bhagavan.

One day I did not get the amount, so I could not buy sumbrani; I refrained from going to Bhagavan.

The next day when I went, Bhagavan remarked, graciously: 'Yesterday

you did not come because you could not get sambrani. Veneration in

the heart is enough.'

 

My father was suddenly transferred to Vellore. None of us,

particularly myself, wanted to leave Tiruvannamalai since darshan of

Bhagavan would then be denied. We ventilated our grievance to

Bhagavan; He gave me a begnign smile. A few days after, strangely,

the transfer order was cancelled!

 

Apart from the greatness of Bhagavan's Presence and the tremendous

power of His silence, I noticed the strange way the doubtes in one's

mind got answered through someone else present in the Hall. The doubt

you had, somebody in the Hall would express to Bhagavan and Bhagavan

would not only give the anser but look at you with a smile, as if to

say 'Has your doubt been cleared?'

Bhagavan would be seated like a rock with eyes open for hours together

and silence would pervade the Hall; and everyone's heart would be

filled with peace and stillness. This silence was His real teaching!"

 

(V. Ganesan: Moments Remembered, p. 79)

 

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