Ramana Gita Study Group Ch 7 V,18,19,20, Self Enquiry

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SELF ENQUIRY-COMPETENCE AND COMPONENTS

 

SRI RAMANA GITA CHAPER 7

 

KRISHNA BHIKSHU TRANS.

 

18.Meritorious actions of one,who has destroyed the sense of difference betwen

the Self and the

World,and that are carried out with non-attachment,do not stand in the way of

Self Enquiry .

 

19.When a ripe one [mature jiva] in the pursuit of Self Enquiry does not act as

prescribed, sin

does not accrue.

 

Self Enquiry is of the greatest merit and is the Holy of Holies .

 

20.Activity of the ripe souls fit for Enquiry is two-fold. they give up activity

only for

practicing yoga [meditation or upasana] in solitude ; they favour action only

for the sake of

others

 

 

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by an invisible Sun within us.

 

 

 

 

 

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> SELF ENQUIRY-COMPETENCE AND COMPONENTS>

 

SRI RAMANA GITA CHAPER 7

 

KRISHNA BHIKSHU TRANS.

 

18.Meritorious actions of one,who has destroyed the sense of

difference betwen the Self and the

World,and that are carried out with non-attachment,do not stand in

the way of Self Enquiry .

 

19.When a ripe one [mature jiva] in the pursuit of Self Enquiry

does not act as prescribed, sin

does not accrue.

 

Self Enquiry is of the greatest merit and is the Holy of Holies .

 

20.Activity of the ripe souls fit for Enquiry is two-fold. they give

up activity only for

practicing yoga [meditation or upasana] in solitude ; they favour

action only for the sake of

others

 

 

=====

Life is a pure flame,and we live

by an invisible Sun within us.

 

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Ramana Gita [translation & commentary by AR Natarajan ]

 

Chapter 7 `Self Enquiry' contd.

Vs 18

Meritorious actions done without attachment and without a sense of

difference, do not obstruct self-enquiry.

 

Commentary

Action, if ethically right and done with detachment towards the

fruits, will not hinder self-enquiry. By implication, the opposite

type of action, namely action for fulfilling desire, would deflect

the mind from self-enquiry.

 

Vs19

Failure to perform prescribed action is not sinful for the wise.

For, self-enquiry itself is the most meritorious and the most

purifying.

 

Commentary

Whether the wise act or remain inactive they can incur no sin. The

one for whom merit and demerit exists is destroyed in the fire of

knowledge. Incessant self-enquiry which enables unswerving abidance

in the Heart, immerses one in consciousness, total and free from any

blemish.

 

Vs 20

The wise appear to fall into two categories, those who renounce

action for solitary communion and those engaged in action for the

welfare of others.

Commentary

.. . .. . .there is an apparent difference in the ways of life of the

wise. Some are lost in nirvikalpa samadhi with no object-awareness,

and others are active working for the good of the world. The

activity of the latter does not disturb their rootedness in the

Heart. They abide in the natural state. Since their ego is dead,

their action does not bind them.

 

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