Guest guest Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 A Scientist Becomes A Vedantin The Effect of Bhagavan's Darshan This article, written anonymously in Tamil by a scientist, was received by Ramanasramam on 15th april, 1946. It remained unpublished until it appeared in Tamil in the 1996 Advent Centenary Souvenir. This first English translation by T.V. Venkatasubramanian and David Godman, is a slightly abridged version of the original article. A young man who was studying in a university was avidly learning modern western science. He frequently listened to lectures by science professors such as Sir C.V. Raman; he had a strong desire to be like them and get deeply involved in scientific research; he wanted to discover the truth of the material that constituted the world. When his B.Sc. examinations were over, he should have gone directly to his parent's place for the summer holiday. This time, though, having received some money as a refund from his hostel, he decided that he would go home in a roundabout way, using the extra cash to visit some other place on the way. At that moment Tiruvannamalai came into his mind. His father had been a frequent visitor to Ramanasramam during this period, and there were other attractions as well; there was an ancient temple with a famous history; there was the mountain; and there was the ashram of a rishi. The thought that he should see what a rishi's ashram was like arose in him. So, the night that his last examination was completed, he started his journey to Ramanasramam, and reached there the following morning. ....to be continued taken from The Mountain Path, Deepam 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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