Sri Ramana, the all-knower

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Sri M.G. Shanmugam (who was one of the early devotees of Sri Ramana):

"He [sri Ramana] was a sarvajna (all-knower). I got many proofs of it, though I

never demanded them. A daily pocket-money of three annas was given to me by my

father. I bought for that amount sambrani which was burnt in the presence of

Bhagavan.

One day I did not get the amount, so I could not buy sumbrani; I refrained from

going to Bhagavan.

The next day when I went, Bhagavan remarked, graciously: 'Yesterday you did not

come because you could not get sambrani. Veneration in the heart is enough.'

 

My father was suddenly transferred to Vellore. None of us, particularly myself,

wanted to leave Tiruvannamalai since darshan of Bhagavan would then be denied.

We ventilated our grievance to Bhagavan; He gave me a begnign smile. A few days

after, strangely, the transfer order was cancelled!

 

Apart from the greatness of Bhagavan's Presence and the tremendous power of His

silence, I noticed the strange way the doubtes in one's mind got answered

through someone else present in the Hall. The doubt you had, somebody in the

Hall would express to Bhagavan and Bhagavan would not only give the anser but

look at you with a smile, as if to say 'Has your doubt been cleared?'

Bhagavan would be seated like a rock with eyes open for hours together and

silence would pervade the Hall; and everyone's heart would be filled with peace

and stillness. This silence was His real teaching!"

 

(V. Ganesan: Moments Remembered, p. 79)

 

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