RE: Maharshi's Gospel: Sadhana and Grace 4

[Guest guest]

Disciple: Jesus gave the parable of the lost coin, wherein the woman

searches for it till found.

 

Maharshi: Yes, that aptly represents the truth that God or the Guru is

always in search of the earnest seeker. Were the coin a dud piece, the woman

would not have made that long search. Do you see what it means? The seeker

must qualify himself through devotion, etc.

 

Disciple: But one may not be quite sure of God's grace.

 

Maharshi: If the unripe mind does not feel His grace, it does not mean that

God's grace is absent, for it would imply that God is at times not gracious,

that is, ceases to be God.

 

D: Is that the same as the saying of Christ, "According to thy faith be it

done unto thee?"

 

M: Quite so.

 

D: The Upanishads say, I am told, that he alone knows the Atman whom the

Atman chooses. Why should the Atman choose at all? If it chooses, why some

particular person?

 

M: When the sun rises, some buds alone blossom, not all. Do you blame the

sun for that? Nor can the bud blossom of itself; it requires the sunlight to

do it.

 

D: May we say that the help of the Atman is needed because it is the Atman

that drew over itself the veil of maya?

 

M: You may say so.

 

D: If the Atman has drawn the veil over itself, should not itself remove the

veil?

 

M: It will do so. See for whom is the veil.

 

D: Why should I? Let Atman itself remove the veil!

 

M: If Atman talks about the veil, then Atman itself will remove it.

 

 

 

(From Maharshi's Gospel, published by Sri Ramanasramam and available for

download from http://www.ramana- <http://www.ramana-maharshi.org/>

maharshi.org/ )