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CHAPTER 13,V.9,10,11. Translation by Sri Kapali Sastriar {Sanskrit] English

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> Bhagavan:

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> 9,As there is no distinction in liberation and knowledge ,a woman also

liberated when alive

> should

> not be consigned to flames. Her body is verily a temple of God.

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> 10.All the blame that is attached to the burning of the body of a liberated

man is equally

> applicable to the burning of the body of a liberated woman .

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> 11.On the 21st. day, this matter was declared about the woman of knowledge by

the Sage,Ramana

> Maharshi .

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CHAPTER 13,V.9,10,11. Translation by Sri Kapali Sastriar {Sanskrit]

English rendering by

S.Sankaranarayanan.

 

Bhagavan:

 

9,As there is no distinction in liberation and knowledge ,a woman

also liberated when alive

should

not be consigned to flames. Her body is verily a temple of God.

 

10.All the blame that is attached to the burning of the body of a

liberated man is equally

applicable to the burning of the body of a liberated woman .

 

11.On the 21st. day, this matter was declared about the woman of

knowledge by the Sage,Ramana

Maharshi .

 

End of Chapter 13

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Ramana Gita [Translation and Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 13 `Women Eligible for Sanyasa'

 

V9

In liberation and Self-knowledge there is no difference between men

and women. The body of a woman liberated while alive is not to be

cremated as it is a temple of God.

 

Commentary

Distinctions of sex are based on the `I am body' idea. Once this is

transcended one becomes a pure flame of knowledge, neither male nor

female. For liberation and knowledge, men are not superior to women,

both are at par. The body of a liberated one, man or woman, is not

mere flesh and bones but a pure channel of the divine, radiating

God. It is worthy of worship and the body has to be preserved for

such worship by performing appropriate rites and building a samadhi

and shrine over it.

There is a reference to this view in a prayer by Ramana to

Arunachala a few years earlier in 1914, when he had prayed for

mother's recovery from typhoid, wherein he asks "where is the need

for cremation if one's dross is washed away by the fire of

knowledge?"* There seems to be a divine purpose in this question

because precisely this very doubt arose in 1922 regarding

Azhagammal. She had attained liberation by the grace of Ramana. When

the question arose as to whether her body should be buried or

cremated the Muni pointed out that the issue had already been

settled by Ramana's reply in `Ramana Gita'. Mother was interred, a

samadhi was built over her body and, subsequently, a shrine where

regular worship is performed.

[bhagavan Ramana and Mother –p16]

 

V10

The adverse consequences which flow from the cremation of the body

of a liberated man will follow even if the body of a liberated

woman is cremated.

 

Commentary

This statement follows from the basic proposition that in liberation

there is no distinction of sex. To cremate a liberated person's body

is equivalent to burning a place of worship and is bound to be beset

with adverse consequences not only for those responsible for it but

also for the community at large.

 

V11

These points regarding a liberated woman were elucidated on the 21st

day of August by the sage Ramana Maharshi.

 

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Ramana Gita Chapter 13 Concluded.

[sanskrit version of Ch13 in Sri Ramana's handwriting is in `Photo'

file, `RamanaGita' album]

 

Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

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