Ramana Gita Study Group Ch 9. V .4 ON CUTTING THE KNOT

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ON CUTTING THE KNOT

 

SRI RAMANA GITA CHAPER 9

 

KRISHNA BHIKSHU TRANS.

 

4.The body is completely inert.

 

The Self is active and Conscious.

 

Their association is inferred from the experience of objects [through the

intellect-Swaminathan

and Visanatha and Kapali Sastriar] .

 

 

 

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RamanaMaharshi, Alan Jacobs

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ON CUTTING THE KNOT

 

SRI RAMANA GITA CHAPER 9

 

KRISHNA BHIKSHU TRANS.

 

4.The body is completely inert.

The Self is active and Conscious.

 

Their association is inferred from the experience of objects

[through the intellect-Swaminathan

and Visanatha and Kapali Sastriar] .

 

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Life is a pure flame,and we live

by an invisible Sun within us.

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RAMANA GITA [Translation and Commentary by AR Natarajan]

 

Chapter 9 contd... . . . . .On Cutting the Knot

V4

The body is matter, the Self is consciousness. The link between the

two is inferred

through the intellect.

 

Commentary

The body is sometimes compared to a corpse by Ramana. When the life

force leaves the body, if it had an independent consciousness it

would protest against being carried stiff to the cremation ground.

It does not. It cannot.

In deep sleep, the body from which the mind is switched off, is as

good as dead and would be taken to be so but for the divine plan

that keeps up the minimum breathing. Though inert, it is seen to be

conscious and activities continue through it. On the other hand, the

Self is the fullness of consciousness but remains unseen and

unmoving. Though insentient, if bodily movements become possible,

would it not be a legitimate inference that the body has a nexus

with consciousness? The body becomes conscious only by reason of

this association.

Ramana explains the nature of this link. "The body is insentient,

the Self does not rise. Within the body's limit an `I' rises between

the body and Self. It is named `knot of matter and

spirit', `ego', `bondage', `subtle body' and `mind'."*

This is a special contribution of Ramana. The ego, individuality, is

the link,- the knot, which has to be cut. Since the nexus, the `I' ,

partakes of the characteristics of both consciousness of the heart

(from which it has risen) and of matter (the body with which it is

associated), it becomes a bridge back to consciousness. For cutting

the knot , the path of self-enquiry would be the direct way.

[*Sat Darshanam v24]

 

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