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

-- Om Namo Bhagavate Sri RamanayaPrasanth JalasutramLove And Love Alone