conversation between the Maharshi and Bezwada - 1

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This is a conversation between the Maharshi and Bezwada

Sundararama Reddi from the Nellore district. It took place on

the morning of 23-2-30.

 

Bezwada: What to do to get moksha?

Maharshi: Learn what moksha is.

B: Should I not leave wife and family?

M: What harm do they do? First find out what you are.

B: Should not one give up wife, home, wealth, etc.?

M: Well, first learn what samsara is. Is all that samsara? Are

there not people who live in their midst and get realization?

B: What steps should I take as sadhana?

M: That depends on your qualifications and stage.

B: I am going on with vigraharadhana (worship of a form

of God).

M: Go on. That leads to chitta ekagrata (one-pointedness).

Get one-pointed. All will come right. People fancy moksha is

somewhere and has to be searched for after kicking out samsara.

Moksha is knowing yourself within yourself. Keep on to a single

thought. You will progress. Your mind itself is samsara.

B: My mind is being too much tossed. What to do?

M: Fix yourself to one thing and try to hold on to it. All

will come right.

B: I find concentration difficult.

M: Go on practising. Your concentration must come as

easy as your breathing. That would be the crown of achievement.

B: Brahmacharya, sattvic ahara, etc., are all helpful, are

they not?

M: Yes, all that is good.

Then Maharshi is silent, gazing at vacancy and

setting an example to the questioner for him to imitate

and follow immediately.

 

.... to be cont.

from Surpassing Love & Grace