RAMANA GITA STUDY GROUP .CHAPTER 11.V.23 & 24. Jnana and Siddhis

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- CHAPTER 11

 

ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF JNANA AND SIDDHIS

 

Professor K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami Translation

 

23.Abiding in his own natural state, he does not go seeking anything else.

 

Abidance in the Self is the sum-total of all powers.

 

24.Effortless Tapas is termed the sahaja state. In that state, it is thought,

powers arise through

ripeness.

 

Versification

 

He seeks nothing else abiding in the Natural State

This is the summation of all Powers , so doth the Sage relate.

Effortless Tapas is termed as Samahdi Sahaja,

These are the words of wisdom from Bhagavan Ramana.

 

 

 

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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

 

23.Abiding in his own natural state, he does not go seeking anything

else.

 

Abidance in the Self is the sum-total of all powers.

 

24.Effortless Tapas is termed the sahaja state. In that state, it is

thought, powers arise through ripeness.

 

Versification

 

He seeks nothing else abiding in the Natural State

This is the summation of all Powers , so doth the Sage relate.

Effortless Tapas is termed as Samahdi Sahaja,

These are the words of wisdom from Bhagavan Ramana.

 

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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 & Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 11 `On Compatibility of Gnana & Siddhis'

V23

Abiding in the natural state he does not go searching in any other

path. Self-abidance is the sum –total of all powers.

 

Commentary

The powers which dazzle the mind, clairvoyance, clairaudience etc.,

involve the use of the mind. A search for them deflects one from

the search for the SELF. The possession of these powers does not

make for a happier life, nor does it bring about an attitudinal

change in dealing with persons, events and things. Ramana would

remark humorously that while the magician deludes others, he himself

is not caught in the illusion; whereas the one who exercises powers

not only deludes others but in the end is caught up in it as well.

Ramana is emphatic that the only true power, the miracle, siddhi, is

Self-abidance and that all others are comparable only to

dreams. `The other miracles are like dreams which last till

waking'.* When one understands the true nature of the mind through

self-enquiry, he wakes up from the dream that mental powers are

worth seeking, as far greater power can be had by holding on to the

Self. A man who abides steadily in his own natural state becomes an

heir to all power and the necessity for seeking powers elsewhere

would not arise at all. Ramana laughs at the attitude of "those

madmen who without realising the power which animates them, expect

to attain all supernatural powers. This reminds one of the story of

a lame man who said, `If I am supported on my feet, what can the

enemy do?'"**

[*Sat-Darshanam V35, **Supplement to Forty Verses-Collected works

pg122 v15]

 

V24

Effortless penance is termed the natural state. It is considered

that powers arise from the ripeness born of abidance in the natural

state.

 

Commentary

All powers seek the one who does not slip out from the state of

wisdom. They come naturally for the Jnani is omnipotent , whether he

shows the powers openly, impelled by momentum of karma, or

imperceptibly but surely by his very presence.

 

 

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