Ramana Maharshi (S.S. Cohen)

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S.S. Cohen on 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."