Talks with Ramana Maharshi - February 4th 1935, #5

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On another occasion, the evening was calm and cloudy. It was drizzling occasionally and somewhat cool in consequence. The windows of the Asramam Hal were closed and Maharshi was seated as usual on the sofa. Facing him sat the devotees. Some visitors had come from Cuddalore. A sub-judge, accompanied by two elderly ladies, was among them. The sub-judge began a discussion about the impermanence of all mundane things, by putting the question: Has discrimination between the Reality and Unreality (Sat asat vicharana) the efficacy in itself to lead us to realization of the one imperishable? .....

 

Maharshi: As propounded by all and realized by all true seekers, fixity in the Supreme Spirit (Brahma Nishta) alone can make us know and realize it. It being of us and in us, any amount of discrimination ( vivechana ) can lead us only one step forward, by making us renouncers, by groading us into discarding the seeming ( abhasa ) as transitory and holding fast to the eternal truth and presence alone.

 

 

 

Talks with Ramana Maharshi -

On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness

p. 26