RE: [atma_vichara] the scholar too has become like us

[Guest guest]

Thanks Gabriele! I love this story. I will

pass it on to Advaitin (forgive my sense of humor…I love you all at

Advaitin).

Reminiscences by Kunju Swami, like

many of the old devotees of Bhagavan are a joy to read and I would recommend

them highly. These devotees were persons of great merit and learning and

spiritual maturity but they had no desire for anything and were content to remain

in Sri Ramana’s background.

 

Love to all

Harsha

10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">

font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">gabriele ebert

[g.ebert (AT) gmx (DOT) de]

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

4:43 PM

Atma_Vichara

[atma_vichara] the

scholar too has become like us

12.0pt">

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">A scholar came from the north to have

darshan of

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Sri Bhagavan and stayed in the ashram for

some days.

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">He would sit beside Sri Bhagavan's sofa

and read aloud

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">verses from the Upanishads and other words

in Sanskrit

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">continually. We could, because of this, neither

talk to

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Sri Bhagavan nor meditate. But Sri Bhagavn

was listening

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">to all this patiently.

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Ten days passed like this. One day the

scholar was not

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">found beside Sri Bhagavan; there was no

noise.

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">He was sitting in a corner quietly. When I

looked at him

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">in surprise, Sri Bhagavan said in

Malayalam, "The

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">scholar has also become like us".

Yes. No one can

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">improve himself or another through mere

book-knowledge.

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">The scholar exhibited his scholarship

before Sri Bhagavan,

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">the sun of jnana, and finally chose to be

quiet.

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">It is a well-known fact that all,

irrespective of whether

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">they were scholars or illiterates, got

peace through the

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">gracious look of Sri Bhagavan. Their

ignorance, conceit

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">and worries also disappeared.

12.0pt">

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Kunju Swami: Reminiscences, p. 94

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Guest guest]

Thanks Gabriele! I love this story. I will

pass it on to Advaitin (forgive my sense of humor…I love you all at

Advaitin).

Reminiscences by Kunju Swami, like

many of the old devotees of Bhagavan are a joy to read and I would recommend

them highly. These devotees were persons of great merit and learning and

spiritual maturity but they had no desire for anything and were content to remain

in Sri Ramana’s background.

 

Love to all

Harsha

10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">

font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">gabriele ebert

[g.ebert (AT) gmx (DOT) de]

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

4:43 PM

Atma_Vichara

[atma_vichara] the

scholar too has become like us

12.0pt">

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">A scholar came from the north to have

darshan of

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Sri Bhagavan and stayed in the ashram for

some days.

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">He would sit beside Sri Bhagavan's sofa

and read aloud

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">verses from the Upanishads and other words

in Sanskrit

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">continually. We could, because of this, neither

talk to

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Sri Bhagavan nor meditate. But Sri Bhagavn

was listening

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">to all this patiently.

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Ten days passed like this. One day the

scholar was not

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">found beside Sri Bhagavan; there was no

noise.

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">He was sitting in a corner quietly. When I

looked at him

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">in surprise, Sri Bhagavan said in

Malayalam, "The

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">scholar has also become like us".

Yes. No one can

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">improve himself or another through mere

book-knowledge.

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">The scholar exhibited his scholarship

before Sri Bhagavan,

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">the sun of jnana, and finally chose to be

quiet.

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">It is a well-known fact that all,

irrespective of whether

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">they were scholars or illiterates, got

peace through the

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">gracious look of Sri Bhagavan. Their

ignorance, conceit

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">and worries also disappeared.

12.0pt">

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Kunju Swami: Reminiscences, p. 94

12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~