Baghavan Ramana Maharishi by Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji Part-4

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Radhe Krishna To all,

 

Bhagavan Ramana gives a wonderful illustration for claiming to see the Self with

the help of the ‘Mind’. He says this is akin to saying that you see the Sun

with the help of the Moonlight! Moon has no light of its own, but derives its

light from the Sun. So, too, does the ‘Mind’ which is inert receives its

light from the Self. How then can you see the Self with its help?

 

The common Advaita illustration is seeing a snake in a rope, seeing silver in

the shell. Bhagavan Ramana uses a modern technique to illustrate the wrong

notion perceived by the ‘Mind’. We go to the theatre. At first there is only

the wide blank screen. Once the motion picture starts we do not observe the

white screen on which the pictures run. We get deeply involved in the picture -

when any tragedy takes place we shed tears; likewise we suffer fear, joy, anger,

etc. We totally forget that it is only a picture being run on the white screen.

Only when the picture comes to a stop do we observe the white screen! Similarly,

it is on the screen that is the ‘Self’ that the projector that is the

‘Mind’ runs the show of the world. We are now drowned in the scenes

perceived. Hence, we have forgotten the base, the blank white screen that is the

Self. Once the ‘Mind’ is destroyed there are no more scenes and only the

Self remains.

 

Bhagavan Ramana bestowed Moksha to his mother by placing one hand on her heart

and the other on her head. By this he destroyed all her ‘vasanas’.

Tiruvannamalai is a Kshetra where the prayers of ‘strees’ (ladies) are

answered. Just Giri Pradakshina (circumambulation of the hill) will suffice.

Kailasa is only the abode of Siva but Arunachala is ‘swayam’ Siva. How to do

abishekha to such a huge Mountain? How to perform archana to such a huge

Mountain? How to clothe such a huge Mountain? How to offer ‘naivedya’ to

such a huge Mountain? It is only to perform all these that the Temple was built

for Lord Aunachaleswara.

 

During ‘deepam’ Arunachala comes out as ‘Ardanareeshwara’ (Half Siva and

Half Parvati). It is a wonderful sight to watch as the Lord rushes out in a

dance when the ‘deepam’ is lit on top of Arunachala.

 

The uniqueness of Bhagavan is that nothing changed either in his life style or

in his ‘upadesa’ since his entry into Tiruvannamalai till he left his mortal

coil. In the ‘history’ of most other Mahans we find lots of changes in their

life style as also their ‘upadesa’.

But, it has not been so in the case of Bhagavan.

 

On entering the Temple, he threw away the coin he had in his hand into the pond

- never again did he touch money. He threw away his dress and wore only a

‘koupeena’ –(A loin cloth covering his waist) he wore only this to his

last day. His first upadesa was ‘Who Am I?’ it stayed the same to the end.

Ramana Bhagavan says, ‘Turn your vision inward and seek the source from where

the thought rises.’ Bhagavan Ramana made only one change in his ‘Nan Yar’

(Who am I?) In this he says, ‘The goat that has been caught in the tiger’s

jaws and one who has been caught in the ambit of the Guru’s gaze has no

escape. But, one should follow Guru’s words.’ In later years he made only

one change. He removed the last line ‘Therefore, one should follow the

‘upadesa’ of the Guru.’. This had been done out of mere compassion!

 

A person once came to Bhagavan Ramana for ‘upadesa’ but it was not

forthcoming. He waited for many days but nothing happened. So, he wrote a

threatening letter to Ramana Bhagavan - no ‘upadesa’ is forthcoming. Since I

have taken you to be my Guru you will have to be born again if I face another

birth. If you do not desire another birth you better give me ‘upadesa’!

Reading this, Bhagavan Ramana said with a smile, ‘If it were not your last

birth would you have come here?’

 

!!! Will Continue !!!

 

Regards

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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