the one without a second

[Guest guest]

Dear brothers and sisters in Ramana,

 

Jayanti is coming up and this is a good time to remember the amazing

purity of our Sadguru Ramana Maharshi's life. It drives tears to my

eyes.

 

 

 

His (Maharshi's) behaviour and demeanour at all times were impeccable.

All the attributes we associate with saintliness were present in him:

kindness, gentleness, humility, equanimity, tolerance, and so on. For

decades he lived his life fully in the public spotlight. He had no

private room of his own, so everything he did and said was open to

scrutiny. Except when he went to the bathroom, he was never behind a

closed door. Up until the 1940s, if you wanted to come and see him at 2

a.m. in the morning, you could walk into the hall where he lived and

sit with him. Some people did occasionally invent stories about him to

try to discredit him, but no one who had moved with him closely would

ever believe them. There was simply no scope for scandal or

misbehaviour because his life was so public, and so saintly. He never

dealt with money, never spoke badly of anyone, he owned nothing except

his walking stick and his water pot, and he was never alone with a

woman.

 

 

from: http://davidgodman.org/interviews/al3.shtml

 

 

 

Om Arunachala Shiva

 

Christiane

Attachment: (text/enriched) [not stored]