From The Sat Darshana Bhashya

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From the Sat Darshana Bhashya

 

P.v

 

The Sad-Guru

 

Question:

 

Kapali: You have elsewhere stated that without the Grace of the Sad-Guru, one

cannot reach the Self. What precisely do you mean by this? What is this Guru?

 

Maharshi:

 

From the standpoint of the path of Knowledge (Jnana) it is the supreme stateof

the Self, which is your Sad-Guru. It is different from the ego-self, which you

mistakingly call yourself.

True.

 

But the very fact that you are possessed of the quest of the Self is a

manifestation of the Divine Grace Arul.

 

It is effulgent in the heart, the inner Being, the Real Self.

 

It draws you from within.

 

You have to attempt to get in from without.

 

Your attempt is Vichara (earnest quest), the deep inner movement is Grace, Arul.

 

That is why I say there is no real Vichara without Grace, nor is there Grace

active for him who is without vichara.

 

Both are necessary.

 

-oOo-

 

Sat Darshan Bhashya is a brilliant commentary on the Forty Verses on Reality by

'K' Kapali Sastria under the supervision of Sri Ganapati Muni. The text was

shown to Bhagavan and approved by Him.

 

It contain's Kapali's own questions to Ramana, then a long introduction to the

40 verses in several chapters, followed by the 40 verses themselves, translated

in free verse form with a commentary. It concludes with a poem by Ganapati Muni

entitled Forty Verses in Praise of Sri Ramana.

 

Book has been published by Ramanasramam since 1931

 

AJ