Right and Wrong.-Ramana

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Namaste,

 

I think it was Shakespeare that said there is neither right nor wrong but

thinking that makes it so.........Tony.

 

 

Q: If it is a question of doing something one considers wrong, and thereby

saving someone else from a great wrong, should one do it or refrain?

 

Bhagavan: What is right and wrong? There is no standard by which to judge

something to be right another to be wrong. Opinions differ according to the

nature of the individual and according to the surroundings. They are again ideas

and nothing more. Do not worry about them. But get rid of thoughts. If you

always remain in the right, then right will prevail in the world.

 

When asked for further elucidation Sri Bhagavan then pointed out that to see

wrong in another is one's own wrong. The discrimination between right and wrong

is the origin of sin. One's own sin is reflected outside and the individual in

ignorance superimposes it on another. The best course for one is to reach the

state in which such discrimination does not arise. Do you see wrong or right in

your sleep? Be asleep even in the wakeful state, abide as the Self and remain

uncontaminated by what goes on around. Moreover, however much you might advise

them, your hearers may not rectify themselves. Be in the right yourself and

remain silent. Your silence will have more effect than your words or deeds.

 

Source: The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi edited by Arthur Osborne