Ch 9. V 14,15,16. ON CUTTING THE KNOT

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--- Alan Jacobs ON CUTTING THE KNOT

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> SRI RAMANA GITA CHAPER 9

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> KRISHNA BHIKSHU TRANS.

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> 14.When the very bright light of that active-consciousness shines in the

Amrita Nadi

> alone,nothing

> else shines forth except the Self.

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> 15.In that light, if anything else is seen, even then it does not appear as

different from the

> Self.

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> The Enlightened one knows the Self as vividly as the ignorant one perceives

his body .

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> 16.When Atma alone shines, within and without, and everywhere, as body etc.

shine to the

> ignorant,

> one is said to have severed the knot {Granthi bheda occurs].

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RamanaMaharshi, Alan Jacobs

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> --- Alan Jacobs

ON CUTTING THE KNOT

 

SRI RAMANA GITA CHAPER 9

 

KRISHNA BHIKSHU TRANS.

 

14.When the very bright light of that active-consciousness shines in

the Amrita Nadi

alone,nothing

else shines forth except the Self.

 

15.In that light, if anything else is seen, even then it does not

appear as different from the

Self.

 

The Enlightened one knows the Self as vividly as the ignorant one

perceives his body .

 

16.When Atma alone shines, within and without, and everywhere, as

body etc. shine to the

ignorant,

one is said to have severed the knot {Granthi bheda occurs].

 

 

=====

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 .. . . . . .On Cutting the Knot

 

V14

When consciousness stays in the supreme channel only, then `Self

alone shines'.

V15

Even though the objects are near they are not seen as separate. He

is aware of the Self as clearly as the ignorant one is of his body.

V16

The one to whom the Self alone shines, within, without and

everywhere, as name and form would for the ignorant, has cut the

knot.

 

Commentary

These three verses deal with the state of one who has, through self-

enquiry, succeeded in reaching the Self. For this the mind has to be

silent. Only the one whose latent tendencies have been burnt in the

fire of knowledge, through practice of repeated dips into the Heart

by vigilant inward search, can succeed in this. Thereafter all

duality ceases.

 

A bodily location has been indicated for the Heart. So long as one

has wrongly identified himself with the body such indication is

necessary and helpful for spiritual practice. Once knowledge dawns,

consciousness is seen everywhere, and not only within. Why? This is

because it is all pervasive. It envelops the entire universe and

nothing can exist apart from it. This means that for the wise the

barrier of space is also cut, not only that of time.*

Once the limitation of particular name and form is broken the

fullness of existence is felt and is never lost sight of.

 

Is there objective awareness for the wise? Yes. But it does not

distract their awareness of the throb of the Heart. The manifold

forms have lost their power to deceive. For such a one the formless

source of the seen is real, complete'.**

The `knot' which is cut is the nexus between matter - the body, and

consciousness - the Heart. Thereafter, instead of functioning

through the reflected light of consciousness - the mind, ones life

would be Heart-based. Action would be perfect.

[*Ibid v16,**Ibid v18]

 

 

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