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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 17.On Attainment of Jnana

 

 

Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami

 

1.On the 25 Aug. 1917 Vaidarbha, best among the learned, bowed humbly before the

Sage and

questioned him again.

 

Vaidarbha:

 

2.Does Jnana come to us gradually, little by little, day by day ? Or does it,

like the Sun, blaze

forth all at once in all its fullness?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 17.On Attainment of Jnana

 

Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami

 

1.On the 25 Aug. 1917 Vaidarbha, best among the learned, bowed

humbly before the Sage and

questioned him again.

 

Vaidarbha:

 

2.Does Jnana come to us gradually, little by little, day by day ? Or

does it, like the Sun, blaze

forth all at once in all its fullness?

 

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Ramana Gita [Translation and Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 17 `On Attainment Of Wisdom'

 

V1

On 25th, Vaidarbha, the best among the learned, bowing humbly,

questioned the sage again:

V2

Does knowledge dawn gradually, little by little, each day? Or does

it shine forth at one time in all its fullness, like the Sun?

Commentary

This conversation was on 25th Aug. 1917. Earlier, Vaidarbha had

sought several clarifications relating to the state of a person

liberated while alive.*He is now presenting his doubts on the

implications of attaining knowledge.

 

For Ramana, knowledge was instantaneous. His confrontation with

death, a total, gripping fear of it, freed him from all fears once

and for all. Thereafter he was rooted in the consciousness that he

was not the perishable body but the deathless spirit. His awareness

of this fact was unwavering. Generally however, knowledge of one's

identity with Self is not steady but intermittent. So, ignorance and

knowledge would be alternating. Such a state is not one of knowledge

but only of practice. Ramana's reply is in the next verse.

[*Ramana Gita Ch14.]

 

[Note: Sanskrit version of Ch17 in Sri Ramana's handwriting is

in `Photo' file, `RamanaGita' album]

 

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