Sri Ramana..As a result of Realization

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"I did not eat, so they said I was fasting; I did not speak, so they said I was

mouni." to put is quite simply, the seeming austerity was not in quest of

Realization but as a result of Realization. he has explicitly said that there

was no more sadhana (quest or striving) after the spiritual Awakening at his

uncle's house at Madura.

So also, Sri Bhagavan was not a mouni in the usual sense of observing a vow

of silence in order to shut himself off from contact with others. having no

worldly needs, he simply had no need to speak; moreover, he has explained that ,

on seeing a mouni, it occurred to him that not speaking would be a good defense

against disturbance.

 

From Ramana Maharshi.. by Osborne