RAMANA GITA STUDY GROUP .CHAPTER 11.V.21 & 22. Jnana and Siddhis

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RamanaMaharshi, Alan Jacobs

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CHAPTER 11

 

ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF JNANA AND SIDDHIS

 

Professor K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami Translation

 

21,Just as to the Sage the world appears as nothing but the

Self,even so the play of siddhis is

regarded by him as nothing other than the Self.

 

22.If prarabdha does not lie that way, the Sage though full of Power

is ever still as the waveless ocean .

 

Versification:

 

Just as to the Sage, the Self appears as nothing but the world,

So the sports of Siddhis are as the powers of Self unfurled .

If his fate does not move in that way of preordained motion,

The Sage although full of power is still like the waveless ocean,

 

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Ramana Gita [Translation & Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 11 `On Compatibility of Gnana & Siddhis'

 

V21

The wise do not see the world as apart from the Self. Even while

exercising powers they

do not regard it as other than the Self.

 

Commentary

The vision of the wise is unitary. There are no others for them. All

is one Self. The powers too are integral to it.

 

V22

The wise one whose fate does not lie that way* remains motionless

like a waveless ocean, even though he is full of power.

(*ie. not fated to sport powers –v20)

 

Commentary

………Apparently, the one who is actually seen to be exercising powers

is the one having them. But it is not so. Whether the Jnani

exercises it or not he is the repository of all power, just as the

ocean is the repository of all rivers. It is because of this fact

that even though the Jnani has no sankalpa, a specific desire even

to help or intervene in the course of events, as soon as a matter is

brought to his notice `automatic divine activity' flows from him.

Ramana explained to a devotee that the very `presence can do

wonders, give peace of mind and liberation to ripe souls'. The Jnani

does save his devotees, not by thought, which is non-existent for

him, but by his very presence.* The analogy of the ocean is given

to indicate the majesty of his state.

[*Mountain Path Jan 1966]

 

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