Ramana Maharshi Disciple views about Reformers and unreal nature of the world

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It is but natural for some to ask, “Should we not then be compassionate

towards all beings suffering around us? Should we not then engage ourselves

in the service of mankind and eradicate those miseries? Is not there a path

‘Karma Yoga’ well charted and followed?”

 

Is it not first necessary to know what is good for us, before knowing what

is good for others? It is no wonder, when man does not know what he really

is, that he is not able to know what is good for him. Unless he knows this,

how can he understand what are others and what is good for them?

 

To recapitulate what has been said above: (1) Because man does not know what

he is, he cannot know what the world is. (2) Because man does not know what

is good for himself, he cannot know what is good for others. (3) Because man

is incapable of giving himself all help, he surely is incapable of helping

the world. It is a matter of common knowledge that, on account of these

three reasons only, all those who came forward as reformers, under the

“mistaken” notion of doing good, are but to be those who have brought forth

so many wrongs and evils to the world.

 

Let us turn to the words of Lord Krishna who performed so many great

miracles from the very moment of His birth,

 

“ ...For establishing righteousness I incarnate myself from age (yuga) to

age (yuga)”

 

– verse 8 of Chap. IV. Bhagavad Gita

 

That it does not show the inability of the Almighty, but that it only

betrays the unreal nature of the world!! This very fact was pointed out by

Bhagavan Sri Ramana.

 

Therefore, in the name of reform let not man’s ego rise and spoil himself as

well as the world. First, let us control these kinds of emotions and make

the mind calm.

 

Therefore the purpose of Karma Yoga is only the purification of the mind.

This purpose being the hidden aim, is enjoined in Karma Yoga.

 

“You have the right only to do; but never the right over the results

thereof...”

 

– Bhagavad Gita-Chapter II-verse 47.

 

Just as a dirty cloth becomes purer and purer as it is beaten and squeezed

more and more so also every unselfish activity of his, serves the purpose of

dealing a blow upon his ‘mine-ness’ and thereby makes his mind purer and

purer. If we minutely scrutinise every injunction and prohibition such as

fasting, charitable deeds and other codes of conduct as enjoined by the

Vedas, to be followed by people in their daily actions (Nitya-Karma

anushtana), it will become clear that all these aim at making one to

sacrifice at least a bit of ‘mine-ness’ and put a check on one’s craving for

the worldly enjoyments.

 

Viewers interested in this article can read this article also where Ramana

Maharshi comments about doing Social Service.

 

http://prashantaboutindia.blogspot.com/2009/03/ramana-maharshi-about-social-serv\

ice.html

 

Source: The Path of Sri Ramana PART TWO By Sri Sadhu Om

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Om namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

Prasanth Jalasutram