Guest guest Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 GuruRatings , ecirada <ecirada wrote: rahul_vermac wrote: > GuruRatings , Venugopal AK <akvenugopal@> wrote: > >> I have read many accounts about Shri Ramana maharishi and Ramanshram, written by Indians as well as westerners. Recently I have read a Malayalam essay about a visit to Ramanashram and was impressed very much. I have translated part of it - about one fourth of the essay - and am posting it here. Much of the value of the original is lost in my translation, because I am not comparable to Sri.Anand in his skill with language. May be one day I will request him to translate himself into English. >> Regards >> VG >> Original published in Mathrubumi weekly dated August - 2, 2009 >> > > I lived in Tiruvannamalia for 4 years > > Ramanasram(s) -- the newer one below the hill, older one one-third up the hill -- all shit. > > Gautama might not have been feeling well either, after years of asceticism that failed to produce results. But he didn't have a return ticket to the comfy life of a prince. The experience of " failure " is a requirement because only then you are forced to face fundamental issues that otherwise stay below the surface. Only then it can be understood that no guru or god can bestow what every creature has to sort out him/herself: /as if there are no others. /But in India, the art of beautification is applied to everything so one has to dig deep before it becomes obvious that without failure there can't be success. --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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