Ramana Gita Study Group Ch 7 V,,21,22,23 Self Enquiry

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SELF ENQUIRY-COMPETENCE AND COMPONENTS

 

SRI RAMANA GITA CHAPER 7

 

KRISHNA BHIKSHU TRANS.

 

21.Karshni asked:

 

If there is another way to obtain the Final Liberation , is it one or varied ?

May Bhagavan be pleased to tell me .

 

22.Bhagavan replied:

 

One strives to attain ;[the jiva]

 

the other [self] seeks the one who strives to attain.

 

The first goes the long way but at the end attains the Self.

 

23.The mind of one meditating on one object only takes one form only.[one

pointedness]

 

A single form of the thought[one pointedness] leads on to the abidance in the

Self .

 

 

 

 

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SELF ENQUIRY-COMPETENCE AND COMPONENTS

 

SRI RAMANA GITA CHAPER 7

 

KRISHNA BHIKSHU TRANS.

 

21.Karshni asked:

 

If there is another way to obtain the Final Liberation , is it one

or varied ?

May Bhagavan be pleased to tell me .

 

22.Bhagavan replied:

 

One strives to attain ;[the jiva]

 

the other [self] seeks the one who strives to attain.

 

The first goes the long way but at the end attains the Self.

 

23.The mind of one meditating on one object only takes one form only.

[one pointedness]

 

A single form of the thought[one pointedness] leads on to the

abidance in the Self .

 

=====

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 21

Bhagavan, please tell if there are paths to liberation other than

self-enquiry? Are these paths one or different?

 

Vs 22

Other paths strive to attain something, self-enquiry seeks the one

who makes the effort. The first one takes longer but in the end the

Self is known.

 

Commentary

Self-enquiry taught by Ramana is a straight path. Attention is

focussed from the very beginning on the mind, its nature and source.

The other methods, worship of God, action performed without desire

for results, breath-control, meditation on identity with Self, all

these gradually purify the mind. The thought veil which separates

one from the natural state is not consciously tackled until self-

enquiry is practiced. Hence other paths are necessarily longer.

Vs 23

Meditation on a single thought makes the mind one pointed and such

one pointedness leads to Self-abidance.

 

Commentary

In Upadesa Saram Ramana points out that the mind which has been

gathered together through spiritual practices should be used to push

inward till the goal, the Self, is reached.*

[*Upadesa Saram vs 13]

 

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