Spiritual Stories of Bhagavan Ramana - Silence Is the True Upadesa

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thank you. i've never heard his wonderful story.

thank you again.

 

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, swathi dora <doraksp>

wrote:

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> Dakshinamurti

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> " The Self alone, the Sole Reality, Exists for ever.

> If, of yore, the First of Teachers revealed it through

unbroken silence, say, who can reveal it in spoken words?" ----

Ekatma Panchakam,Sri Bhagavan.

>

> Sri Bhagavan once told the story that follows to Sri Muruganar.

This brings out the profound significance of the Supreme Silence in

which the First Master, Sri Dakshinamurti, is established.

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> Sri Bhagavan said,

> "When the four elderly 'Sanakadi rishis' first beheld the 16-

year-old Sri Dakshinamurthi sitting under the banyan tree, they were

at once attracted by him, and understood that he was the

real 'Sadguru'. They approached him,did three 'pradakshinas' around

him,prostrated and sat at his feet and began to ask shrewd and

pertinent questions about the nature of reality and the means of

attaining it.

> Because of the great compassion and fatherly love('vatsalya')

which he felt for his aged disciples,the young Sri Dakshinamurti was

overjoyed to see their earnestness,wisdom and maturity,and gave apt

replies to each of their questions.But, as he answered each

consecutive question, more doubts arose in their minds and they asked

more questions. Thus, they continued to question Sri Dakshinamurti

for a whole year, and he continued to clear their doubts through his

compassionate answers.

> Finally, however, Sri Dakshinamurthi understood that if he

continued answering their questions, more doubts would arise in their

minds and their ignorance('ajnana') would never end. Therefore,

suppressing even the feeling of compassion and fatherly love which

was welling up within him, he immersed himself into Supreme Silence.

> Because of their great maturity(which had ripened to perfection

through their year-long association with the Sadguru), as soon as Sri

Dakshinamurthi assumed Silence, they, too, automatically merged into

Supreme Silence, the true state of the Self."

> [ Wonderstruck by this story of Sri Bhagavan, Sri Muruganar

remarked that in no book was it mentioned that Sri Dakshinamurthi

ever spoke anything.

> "But this is what actually happened," replied Sri Bhagavan curtly.

> From the authoritative way in which Sri Bhagavan replied and from

the clear and descriptive way in which he narrated the story, Sri

Muruganar understood that Sri Bhagavan was none other than Sri

Dakshinamurthi himself ! ]

> -------------from 'Spiritual Stories as told by Sri Ramana

Maharshi', compiled by a devotee, Joan Greenblatt, published by Sri

Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai.

> (Source - Tattvaloka, December 2005)

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