Passing on from Sundarji

[Guest guest]

Thank you Sundarji. That is a wonderful dialogue and I

have not come across it before.

 

I will pass it on to the RamanaMaharshi list and

as well as other lists interested in in

the teachings of Sri Ramana.

 

Love to all

Harsha

 

--- Sundar Rajan <avsundarrajan wrote:

Hi Harsha,

 

I thought of starting with this small post as a

contibution to your upcoming issue. More will follow:

 

No Mirror Can Ever Shave

 

By C. K. Anavema Reddy

(http://www.ramana-maharshi.org/publish/sepoct02.htm)

 

There is a small piece of conversation from the life

of Sri Bhagavan which, as far as I am aware, has not

been recorded. Though brief, it has remained very

vivid in my memory.

 

It was in 1940 that one day one of the devotees

sitting in the hall raised the topic regarding the

utility of reading books on religion and philosophy.

In reply Sri Bhagavan said, "You wake up in the

morning and look into the mirror and the mirror shows

you that you have a growth and that you have to get

rid of it. You may go on looking into any number of

mirrors; every mirror will tell you the same thing,

but no mirror can ever shave you. You have to shave

yourself. Instead of wasting time looking into mirror

after mirror it is best to start shaving after having

looked into the first mirror and known the truth."

 

"So also all books will tell you the same truth,

perhaps in slightly different ways. Instead of wasting

time reading book after book why not realize for

yourself what was obvious from the very first book."

 

These words of Sri Bhagavan are pregnant with deep

significance and are capable of being elaborately

commented upon.

 

regards

Sundar Rajan

 

 

 

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