Perosnally present - Swatantra

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Swatantra

 

(Sri Bhagavan is very much alive! His continued

Presence at Sri Ramanasramam is sure to be felt by sincere

seekers of Truth, stresses the author of this article.)

 

 

Bhagavan Sri Ramana is personally present here. To

demand proof is like wanting proof that the sun is shining

overhead. His presence is known or ‘seen’ by those with eyes to

see. For others even a positive proof would be useless.

If a few phenomenal incidents are cited to prove his

personal presence here, the logical mind may well dismiss them

all as too fantastic or merely imagination. A man of faith could

accept the facts on hearing them but would that instill

conviction of Sri Ramana’s presence as a living reality?

 

For those who come to visit Sri Ramanasramam, I would

like to offer my advice. Please do not come like a tourist merely

with an idea that you are going to sight — see an Ashram. Even

if it bears the name of one of the greatest Rishis of modern

times. Don’t go through the ritual of offering prayers and puja

at various shrines, receiving prasadam and vibhuti only to go

back satisfied that you have ‘done’ with another holy place.

Of course, visiting holy places does have great effect, but

that in itself is not enough. It may be enough for the uninitiated,

but seekers of the Truth require a sense of holy presence, such as

can be experienced at Sri Ramanasramam.It is a fact that

Bhagavan is here.

 

Towards the end of his bodily manifestation, he said, “They

say that I am going, but where can I go? I am here”.

Once when someone wrote a booklet criticising Sri

Ramanasramam, Sri Bhagavan remarked that the author had

done a great service to the cause of Truth. When asked for an

explanation, he said that this book would keep away the insincere

and superficial people and only the sincere Truth-seekers would

continue to come. In the same way the Maharshi himself has

done a great service to the cause of Truth by withdrawing himself

from the physical plane. He has made himself unavailable to

the worldly eye, while to the seeker with spiritual sight his living

presence is very much here.

 

Om Namo Bhagavathe Sri Ramanaya!