Ramana Gita Study Group Ch 9. V .5, ON CUTTING THE KNOT

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ON CUTTING THE KNOT

 

SRI RAMANA GITA CHAPER 9

 

KRISHNA BHIKSHU TRANS.

 

 

5.Oh child, when the rays of Consciousness are reflected in the body, the body

acts.

 

In sleep[swoon] etc. the rays are not so reflected and caught, and therefore

some other seat of

 

the Self is inferred.

 

 

 

 

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Life is a pure flame,and we live

by an invisible Sun within us.

 

 

 

 

 

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RamanaMaharshi, Alan Jacobs

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> ON CUTTING THE KNOT

>

SRI RAMANA GITA CHAPER 9

 

KRISHNA BHIKSHU TRANS.

 

 

5.Oh child, when the rays of Consciousness are reflected in the

body, the body acts.

 

In sleep[swoon] etc. the rays are not so reflected and caught, and

therefore some other seat of

 

the Self is inferred.

 

=====

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

 

V5

It is by the diffused light of consciousness that the body

functions. Since there is no awareness of the world in sleep, swoon,

and so on, the location of the Self is to be inferred.

 

Commentary

The Self is all pervasive. Yet it must have a location in the body

too. How can one state this? This is because daily, in sleep,

although the body's existence continues, the world is not perceived.

Would it then not be reasonable to infer that individual

consciousness has merged in its source within the body? The same can

be said to be true of other situations like swoon, excessive fear

and so on. When there is no cognition of objects then too the

separate consciousness, the body-mind, must have merged within, in

the conscious source. Again, if activity is possible on waking,

should it not be because of the mind and the body being ignited by

consciousness within? Since body consciousness is non-existent in

some states, it follows that the body is not self-luminous.

 

>From another angle it would be more appropriate to say that the body

too is within the Self instead of thinking the Self is within the

body, for it is the source from which all consciousness is derived.

 

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