Grace, Surrender, and Self-Knowledge

[Guest guest]

Harsha: From S.S. Cohen writing about Ramana Maharshi:

 

Rationality was the very essence of his arguments, while the ultimate answer

to all the questions was always the same, namely, "Find out who you are." He

first met every questioner on his own ground, and then slowly steered him

round to the source of all problems - the Self - the realisation of which he

held to be the universal panacea. When the audience shrank, he at times

became humorously autobiographical about his early school and home life or

about his many experiences on the hill with sadhus, devotees, etc. As time

passed and the Master's state of mind and ideas took firm root in me, I

ceased to ask questions, or to intercept him in his walks outside the Ashram

grounds, as I used to do in the first six months. The final conclusion to

which I came in the end of these six months I reported one day to Bhagavan.

He showed his gracious approval by a gesture of finality with his hand and

said: "So much lies in your power, the rest must be left entirely to the

Guru, who is the ocean of grace and mercy seated in the heart as the

seeker's own Self."

[Guest guest]

On Thu, 13 May 1999, Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar) wrote:

> He showed his gracious approval by a gesture of finality with his hand and

> said: "So much lies in your power, the rest must be left entirely to the

> Guru, who is the ocean of grace and mercy seated in the heart as the

> seeker's own Self."

 

 

nice harsha!

 

--janpa

[Guest guest]

Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar) wrote:

> (Ramana) showed his gracious approval by a gesture of finality with his hand

and

> said: "So much lies in your power, the rest must be left entirely to the

> Guru, who is the ocean of grace and mercy seated in the heart as the

> seeker's own Self."

 

 

Ramana did not know fear. I would preface the quote with, "Feel the

fear," and I'd make a few other small changes:

 

"Feel the fear, so much lies in your power to live a good life despite

it; transcendence must be left entirely to the Guru, who is the ocean of

grace and mercy seated in the heart as the seeker's own Self."

 

Because many know fear, which is nothing other than attachment.

 

Another way of approaching Ramana's quote is to ask what he meant when

he said, "So much lies in your power."

 

Jerry

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