Om Namo Bhagawate Sri Ramanaya!

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Thank you for this, Shilpa.

 

It's always good to imbibe the words of Sri Bhagavan.

 

Wherever possible on this list, we like to pin-point the references, as

this enables devotees who have the book to follow the text.

Using the Talk Number locates the source accurately, irrespective of

various imprints which have different page numbers.

 

In this instance, the reference is Talk Number 406.

 

anbudan

 

John

 

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RamanaMaharshi, shilpa p <shilpa_gvp wrote:

>

> M: Well, Theosophy and other kindred movements are good

inasmuch as they make a man unselfish and prepare him for the highest

truth. Service, like prayers , japs, and even business done in God's

name , lead to the highest goal_ Self Realisation.

>

>

> D: But after how long? and why should a man who is ready for the

Absolute Knowledge stick to the knowledge of the relative?

>

> M: Everything happens in its own time. The one who is ready for the

absolute knowledge will be made somehow to hear of it and follow it up.

He will realise that Atmavidya is the highest of all virtues and also

the end of the journey.

>

> Then, asked about the difference between external and

internal nirvikalpa samadhis, the Master said,

>

> External samadhi is holding on to the Reality while witnessing the

world, without reacting to it from within. There is the stillness of a

waveless ocean. The internal samadhi involves loss of body-consciouness.

>

> These lines are taken from the Book ' Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi'

>

> Om Namo Bhagawate Sri Ramanaya!