Fwd: Duality & Non-duality

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>Ramana not only lived dualistically, if you want to

>put it that way, but he said it's necessary to live

>that way. Here's a verse from his poem Ulladu

>Narpadu (actually the verse was written by Sankara,

>and Ramana liked it so much he copied it):

>

> " Keep the truth of non-duality ever at heart;

>never should you translate non-duality into action.

>O son, although non-duality with all the three

>worlds may be all right, it is not proper with the

>preceptor. Thus should you know. " (Supplement, 39.)

>

>T.M.P. Mahadevan, a 20th century academic expert

>on Advaita (head of the philosophy department at the

>University of Madras) who was also a devotee of

>Ramana Maharshi, wrote in his commentary about this

>verse:

>

> " There can be no action without duality. Behavior is

>possible only when there is the cognition of duality. "

 

>Rob