Fwd: A Sadhu's Reminiscences of Ramana Maharshi, #13

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ThePowerOfSilence , " viorica " <viorica@z...>

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One day Bhagavan was telling us that the Tamil Saint

Manickavacagar's body disappeared in a blaze of light leaving no

residue. I asked him how that has happened amd he explained that the

body is solidified mind. When in jnanam the mind dissolves and

consumes itself in a blaze of light, the body is burnt up in the

process. He gave Nandanar as another example of this.

 

I mentioned the case in the Bible of Elijah being carried up to

Heaven in a chariot of fire, a poetic way of saying the same thing.

I asked if Christ's disappearance from the tomb has resembled this

in any way, but Bhagavan pointed out that this was entirely

different, for Christ's body remained for a time after death,

whereas the body of the others had been immediately and utterly

consumed. He explained that the subtle body is composed of light and

sound and that the gross body is a concrete form of the same.

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A Sadhu's Reminiscences of Ramana Maharshi

 

A.W. Chadwick

 

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