Ramana Maharshi says not to bother where the deceased people had been reborn

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A man went and asked him where his deceased sister had been reborn.

 

The Maharshi requested him not to bother about such things, as they were

only manifestations of his ego. The man persisted in saying that it was a

quest for knowledge, pure and simple, devoid of the least egoism. The

Maharshi asked him, “Was she born first only as your sister?” On being told

that she must have had thousands of births before, he asked him if he had

ever cared to find out what she had been born as,before she was born as his

sister. On his replying that he did not, the Maharshi said, “Do you not see

that it is only your egoism which has prompted your questions, and not any

desire for knowledge pure and simple?”

 

To a man who stated that he could not understand the world at all, Sri

Ramana replied, “As you are, so is this world.Without understanding

yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world? People waste

their energies over all such questions. First, find out the truth behind

yourself; then, you will be in a better position to understand the truth

behind the world, of which yourself is a part.”

 

Source: Golden Jubilee Souvenir

 

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Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

Prasanth Jalasutram

 

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