Sri Ramana: Instead of enquiring...

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....Kitchenmate, Subbalakshmi Amma, was keen on meditation and would ply Ramana

with questions. Once she asked him about the nature of the Self. Ramana advised,

"Abide in the Self, free from thoughts instead of enquiring about the nature of

the Self."

 

She would fret and fume about the absence of time to meditate because of

excessive kitchen work. Ramana told her "If you identify yourself with the body,

you are bound to dualities. Work will appear difficult. Even if we free

ourselves from work, would the mind cease to wander? It does not let us sleep in

peace. It keeps wandering as in dreams."

 

 

 

Timeless in Time Natarajan