SRIMAT PURAGRA PARAMPANTHI TALKS ABOUT SRI RAMANA

[Guest guest]

prof laxmi narain (prof_narain)

 

Source and courtesy: Sri Ramana Kendram, Hyderabad

This article was published in Sri Ramana Jyothi,

monthly magazine of the Kendram

 

SRIMAT PURAGRA PARAMPANTHI TALKS ABOUT SRI RAMANA

 

Parampanthi was a renowned swami of his time. He has authored many

books including Advaita and Modern Physics, The Cardinal Doctrines of

Hinduism and The Meaning and Mystery of Reincarnation.

 

I saw Sri Ramana for the first time on December 10, 1949. I saw a

tall, lean man in loincloth; the limbs were well proportioned and

well knit and long; the skin was smooth and glowing and the quivering

head was inclined towards the right side. There was a white bandage

on the left arm, which had been operated upon to remove a tumour.

His eyes shone with kindness and love, his face was lit up with a

beatific smile of benediction. I saw before me a yogi of the highest

order – a mystic of the supreme realisation, who radiated the living

presence of divinity within and without.

The next morning I saw him again. His ever-smiling face was

completely free from the ravages of illness, which was slowly, and

steadily ruining his body. His spiritual presence was dynamic and

clearly perceptible. It touched and inspired us and simultaneously

took us to the high and rare sphere of spirituality. I felt suddenly

the presence of a spiritual power, which was ambient and edifying and

which raised the expectancy of all to a high pitch. The atmosphere of

the hall was distinctly attuned to a higher will and power which

influenced the entire gathering.

 

All eyes were fixed on the Maharshi. I wanted to know how and by

what irresistible force it had been possible for persons – young and

old, rich and poor, wise and simple, belonging to different races and

religions – to gather at the feet of this great yogi. I wanted to

know how and why the stubborn diversity has transformed into unity

here – the persistent dissimilarity into perfect harmony – the `many-

ness' into oneness!.

I realised that it had been possible solely due to the unifying

presence of the Maharshi. He was not only the preacher of truths of

unity and oneness, of identity of man and God, of spiritual

brotherhood of mankind – irrespective of caste or creed, race or

position – he was the living symbol of these truths.That was why his

all-embracing personality had become the centre of universal truth

and the unifying force cementing diverse races and religions into a

harmonious concord.

Our narrow understanding cannot fully comprehend him; his greatness

is too vast – too immense to be captured within our mental orbit.

Just a part of his spiritual self, a tiny fraction of it is visible

to us and we rejoice in the partial vision of him because we are in

the dark and bound by the sad limitations of our senses.

He has passed away, yet he lives perpetually in the evergreen memory

of his thousands of devotees the world over, in his own undying

gospels and messages which will continue to uplift, inspire and guide

all along the right path towards the right and highest goal – God-

realisation. (Source: Face to Face with Sri Ramana Maharshi, the

Kendram's publication.)