RAMANA GITA STUDY GROUP .CHAPTER 11.V.25 & 26. Jnana and Siddhis

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- CHAPTER 11

 

ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF JNANA AND SIDDHIS

 

Professor K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami Translation

 

25.One firmly established in the Self, though surrounded by many, performs

awe-inspiring Tapas.

For him there is no need of solitude.

 

26.They know nothing who think that Jnana is devoid of Power. For a Jnani abides

in his Real State

of Being which is the plenitude of Power and all round perfection".

 

This ends Chapter 11 .

 

 

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- CHAPTER 11

 

ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF JNANA AND SIDDHIS

 

Professor K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami Translation

 

25.One firmly established in the Self, though surrounded by many,

performs awe-inspiring Tapas.

For him there is no need of solitude.

 

26.They know nothing who think that Jnana is devoid of Power. For a

Jnani abides in his Real State

of Being which is the plenitude of Power and all round perfection".

 

This ends Chapter 11 .

 

 

=====

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'

V25

Even though surrounded by many, one who is always established in the

Self is performing inviolable penance. There is no need for solitude

for him.

 

Commentary

In nirvikalpa samadhi there is no outer consciousness while

revelling in the Self. In the case of sahaja samadhi or natural

abidance in the Self, there is awareness of the outer world but that

object-awareness does not distract or deflect one's abidance in the

Self. Self-recollectedness would always be there like sruthi or

music and all action would be done in that current. The one in that

state neither seeks company nor shuns it. He is always in solitude,

for, the mind is pure and sunk in the source. It is only for the

practitioner, the one in quest of truth, that withdrawal or

solitude, and favourable environment are needed. The wise are always

alone though surrounded by a crowd.

 

V26

Those who consider that wisdom is devoid of power are ignorant. For

the Knower abides in the Self which is the source of all power and

fullness of Being.

 

Commentary

Ramana is quite emphatic that the Jnani, the wise one, is all

powerful too. One should not be taken in by appearances, by his

apparent inactivity. All powers come of their own accord to him

without him having to seek them. Those who come into the orbit of

his powerful presence reap the fruits in material prosperity, in

quickened search for truth, and in escaping the bondage to karma.

Since the wise one is Consciousness itself, he taps the source of

all power.

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Chapter 11 concluded.

[sanskrit version in Sri Ramana's handwriting can be seen in `Photo'

file, `RamanaGita' album]

 

Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

 

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