RAMANA GITA STUDY GROUP .CHAPTER 17 V.4&5. JNANA

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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 17.On Attainment of Jnana

 

Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami

 

Vaidarbha:

 

4.Bhagavan, during practice the mind goes and comes, in and out. Is

the in-going of the mind

called Jnana?

 

Bhagavan:

 

5.Oh learned one, if the mind having once gone in comes out again ,

it is only practice. For Jnana

is the experience which never slips away .

 

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Ramana Gita [Translation and Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 17 `On Attainment Of Wisdom'

 

V4

Bhagavan, during practice the `I'-thought is turned within sometimes

and is externalised at other times. Is the in-turning of the `I'-

thought knowledge?

 

Commentary

During the practice of self-enquiry the mind is in-turned by the

enquiry about its source and sometimes does not stray. The

questioner wishes to know if this merging of the mind in the Self,

albeit temporarily, is knowledge. For, then too the mind subsides in

its source.

V5

Bhagavan:

Learned one, if the mind having gone in comes out again it is only

practice. For, knowledge is abiding experience.

 

Commentary

Ramana has clearly stated earlier that experiencing the natural

state during spiritual practice is only `Upasana', practice, and

that it is only when that state becomes steady that it can be

termed `Jnana'.*

[*Ramana Gita Ch 1 v 13]

 

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