Can a married man realise the Self?

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Bhagavan replied:

Certainly, it is a matter of fitness of mind. Married or unmarried, a man can

realise the Self, because that is here and now. If it were not so, but

attainable by some efforts at some other time, and if it were new and something

to be acquired, it would not be worthy of pursuit. Because what is not natural

cannot be permanent either. But what I say is that the Self is here and now and

alone. (from Talks; 17)

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either this was read somewhere or may be someone said this to me ,

anyway I am reminded of this:

 

The sanyasi who things he is a sanyasi is not a sanyasi

 

but

 

A householder who knows he is not the householder is not a

householder but is a sanyasi.

 

another teenie-weenie (short) story:

 

King who is not used to subjects ignoring him meets a sadhu on the

wayside.

 

sadhu minds his business not noticing the king; king gets curious and

a bit angry.

 

king says "I have come to see you"

 

sadhu doesn't say anything waves 'go'

 

kings asks 'when should I come' ("eppo varanum ?")

 

sadhu says "after I die" ("naan seththa piragu")

 

king says : "you arrogant fellow, what is the point in coming after

you are dead, how can I talk to you then?"

 

sadhu says : "fool, come after the 'I' in you dies" ("muttal, naan

engira aganthai seththa piragu vaa"

 

king prostrates and leaves.

 

thanks and love to you all , Murthy

 

RamanaMaharshi, Miles Wright

<ramana.bhakta@v...> wrote:

>

>

> Bhagavan replied:

> Certainly, it is a matter of fitness of mind. Married or unmarried,

a man

> can realise the Self, because that is here and now. If it were not

so, but