Ramana Gita I, 16

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Verse 7a

Does samadhi, the conscious absorption of the mind in the Heart,

result only in knowledge or does it also fulfill desires?

 

Verse 16

Let one know that he is knower by his hall mark of equality for all creation.

 

[Ramanashram-edition:

>From the mark of equality towards all beings, one's (attainment of) jnana is

inferred.]

 

Commentary

The wise are indrawn, Self-rooted. So there may not be any external insignia

of the great state. How then is one to find out whether one is a 'knower' or

not?

Their state is apprehended by others by the unitary vision of the person. In the

vision of the wise, everything is perceived only as the Self.

The absence of 'others' makes for a natural and universal love

in which the question of preference does not arise. His equal treatment

of all creation would stand out.

 

Ramana has clarified to Kapali Satri what exactly the equality of a 'jnani',

a wise one, means. "The very term equality implies the existence of differences.

It is a unity which the wise one perceives in all differences, which I call

equality.

Equality does not mean ignorance of distinction, when you have realisation

you can see that these differences are very formal. They are not substantial or

permanent and what is essential in all these appearances is the one 'Truth' the

'Real'." [from Sat-Darshana Bhasyha]

 

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Ramana Gita, transl. and commentary by A.R. Natarajan

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