Guest guest Posted July 2, 2001 Report Share Posted July 2, 2001 I guess Ramana can't help me as I have no wishes, just desires. love, Alton RamanaMaharshi, Viorica Weissman <viorica@z...> wrote: > > "Heat will be removed by the cool moon, > poverty by the celestial wish-fulfilling > tree , and sin by the Ganges." > > > ----------- > > "We know where the moon is , and we know > where the Ganges is , but where is this > wish-fulfilling tree ?" > > "If I tell you where it is ,"replied Bhagavan , > will you be able to leave it? " > > I was puzzled by this peculiar answer but > I didn't pursue the matter . A few minutes > later I opened a copy of Yoga Vasishta > which was lying next to Bhagavan . > On the first page I looked at I found a verse > which said , > "The Jnani is the wish-fulfilling tree." > > I immediately understood Bhagavan's strange > answer to my question. Before I had a chance > to tell Bhagavan about this , he looked > at me and smiled. He seemed to know that > I had found the right answer. > I told Bhagavan about the verse but he made > no comment. He just carried on smiling at me. > > > ------- > > Living By The Words Of Bhagavan > David Godman > > ------- > > > > > > > > > > > > Get personalized email addresses from Mail > http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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