Guest guest Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Om Namo Bhagavathe Sri Ramanaaya In response to a request for a reference about NR Krishnamurty Aiyer on "The_Deep_Forty" group, I can paint a quick sletch of this gentleman, but only from memory; therefore please correct any errors that may have come in. He was a very studious and clever gentleman; a scientist and a great bhakta also. At an early age he had heard about the Maharshi, but was somewhat disenchanted that he appeared not to be more active politically, and was not supporting the freedom movement. On one occasion he had made a list of his grievances against him, and he made a plan, taking some students with him, to admonish Ramana Maharshi in the presence of his class. However when the critical moment arrived, his body fell down on the floor in prostration to Bhagavan; this obviously de-fused his plans. None the less, he felt that the Ganapati Muni was the one who was really 'doing something', and he felt himself to be in the position of being a muni-bhakta rather than a Ramana-bhakta for a considerable period of time. >From an early point in the twentieth century, postulations had been made by eminent scientists (Heisenberg, Planck, etc) on the nature of Reality, and this evolved as the century progressed in Quantum Mechanics; gradually the mere postulations were proved; NRK was very knowledgeable about all this, and was, I believe a professor and lecturer at the American College in Madurai. Ganapati very much wanted to 'understand' the Quantum Science, and he charged NRK with the job of translating the technical terms (light particles [photons] , virtual existence etc) to him, and he gave his undivided attention to the professor. At one point, NRK explained the cinema-screen analogy and that the picture, the screen, the seer and the substrate are all One; possibly he was quoting from Ulladu Narpadu verse one of The Forty Verses, or he was quoting, most likely in Sanskrit, from The Five Verses to Arunachala; Ganapati jumped up in great excitement shouting, 'Citram! Citram... That's IT!!", whereupon he initiated NRK with the word 'citram' as his mantra meditation. The full story can be read in The Power of the Presence by David Godman. anbudan john Siva—Siva ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.676 / Virus Database: 438 - Release Date: 03/05/2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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