Bhagawan's 137th Jayanthi

BHAGAWAN'S GRACE IS EVER FLOWING. LET'S GET DRENCHED IN HIS GRACE

"Namah Skandaaya vidmahe Rushi Sakshaath Dhimahi , Thannoh Ramanah Prachodayaath "

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SILENCE THE ULTIMATE TEACHING

Crisp cold winter crept in and so is the silence. The tree in the garden has shred its leaves like the Janani shreds his false I. The nest on the tree which hosted the robin and its little one is empty now like the mind of Self realized soul.  

Vinnapam

Bhagawan ..... Strong winter winds of life has battered me recently and I have shred leaves of spirituality. You showered your Grace again and I have sprouted oce more. You are the ocean of Grace and I am a parched land best suited for you. You have Graced me so much what can I say. Coming to Arunachala is your grace, sitting at your feet at Skandashramam is your grace, the silence you bestowed on me recently is your grace. What am I Bahgawan but a crying child and you came to caress me.How can I describe this silence since it is within ? Then why do I write this , I dont know. My vinnapam is that I should never stop reading, thinking and loving you, please let this happen Bhagawan.

I have warned myself of the tricks of memory, of which nothing is more harmful, nothing more destructive to the peace of mind which is necessary for successful Sadhana. Fortunately I have Bhgawan with me. Looking in to the past with its trials and errors, regrets, fear, passion, love and hatred etc is something to loathe about. Everyting is dust, everything  transitory, including the seemingly indissoluble human ties , more so wealth and fame and thus not worth a moment's regret. Nothing is changeless and lasting but the natural state of pure being , that is Bhagawan and that which he graces on us. 

My Master My God and He everything

Any words will fall short of description of Sri Ramana, as even the Vedas could not describe the Supreme. But the following passage caught my mind which attempts to describe Bhagawan. For me Bhagawan is everything. He cares for me, He snaps my little ego whenever it rises up, but this big fat ego in me doesn't disappear altogether, as sometimes I enjoy the ego.I should let this go , let me love the most heinous of men and lowest of the creature as there is nothing such as that.

"Profound and Magnanimous like the ocean, unshaken by fear like the Himalayas ,of charming appearance like the moon,patient and ever enduring as theEarth, giving away freely as Kubera the God of wealth as severely true and righteous as "Death itself"

Sunch indeed is Maharishi. He forgives not merely once but every time.He gives away everything as he wants nothing for his body. He speaks the Truth-for he is the Real.

Bhagawan , may the spiritual waves from you wash away any hatred and anger I have for anyone and make me qualified for the Sadhana.

Sri Ramanaya Namaha

Cravings and Self Realization

Several people have asked Maharishi from time to time for help (especially in directing their meditation) to overcome cravings and thus to prepare themselves ultimately for Self-realisation. Cravings like lover of drink , anger , sexual craving suddenly can make a veritable slave of man. Disciples have requested Maharishi's advise for similar conquests. There are some detailed considerations set out in Sri Shankara's bhajagovindam eg "Deem this body a nasty bundle of flesh, serum etc and do not enamoured of this" , "when you are impatient and wroth with me or another , remember you are worth with Sri Maha Vishnu who is in you, in me and all". 

Maharishi generally does not advise on these lines. He always goes to the root of the matter " Aim high , aim at the highest; and all lower aims are thereby achieved ", is his principle. If one tries and learns the nature of Self , where is lust and where is anger there to disturb him?. But some disciples are too conscious of their own weakness to aim so high and feel that an immediate remedy for their troubles in required. When Maharishi asks them to not look downwards at the stormy seas over which he asks them to go to the SELF they look below despite his direction , and are nearly drowned. "It is looking below on the stormy seas of differences that makes you sink . Look up, beyond these , and see the one Glorious Real and you are saved" , is his advise. " Have faith in God, Faith in Yourself: That will cure all", is his panacea for all ills. " Hope for the best, expect the best , toil for the best", he says " and everything will come right in the end." Some do rise to the occasion by acting on this advice, meditate straightaway on the SELF and over come their " defects of doubt and taints of blood" .

SRI RAMANAARPANAM

Bound and Liberated Man

Devotee: What is the difference between bound man and the one liberated"?

Bhagawan :" From the Heart, there is a subtle passage leading to the 'sahasrara' , the seat of power.The ordinary man live in the brain unaware of himself in the Heart. The 'jnana siddha'lives in the Heart. When he moves about and deals with men and things , he knows that wha he sees is not separate from the one reality".

D: What about the ordinary man?

Bhagawan : I have just said that he sees things outside himself. He is separate from the world, from his own deeper truth, from the truth that supports him and what he sees. Then man who has realised the truth of his own existence realises that it is the one reality that is there behind him., behind the world.In fact , he is aware of the one, as real , the Self in all selves, in all things , as that which is eternal and immutable in all that is impermanent and mutable".

D: I am done .But one doubt.

Bhagawan : what is it ?

Devotee : You said 'Heart ' is the centre of the ego-self as also the real-self.

Bhagawan : Yes, the Heart is the centre of the real.But the ego is impermanent. Like everything else it is supported by the Heart Centre. But the ego is the links between spirit and matter; it is a knot, the knot of radial ignorance in which one is steeped. When this knot is cut asunder by proper mean you find this centre.

Devotee : You said there is a passage from this centre to 'Sahasrara' 

Bhagawan: Yes. It is closed in the man in bondage; in the man in whom the ego-knot is cut asunder , a force-current called  'amritanadi' rises and goes up to the 'sahasrara' , the crown of the head.

Devotee: Is this 'sushunmna' ?

Bhagawan: No. This is the passage of liberation. This is called 'atmanadi' ' Brahmanadi' or 'Amritanadi'. This is the nadi that is referred to in the Upanishads. When this passage is open, you cease to be ignorant. You know the truth even when you talk , think or do anything and when dealing with men and things'. 

Ramana Ramana Ramana

The name of Bhagawan itself is enough to stir the hearts of devotees, anxieties vanish , calmness pervades in the heart. Just one visit to Ramanashramam changed my life for ever. I try and visit Bhagawan every time I go to India. Meditating particularly on the hill , in Skandashramam is just a Devine experience. We can sit next to where Bhagawan used to sit and feel his presence , although HE is all pervading , it's is not easy to feel that way for me. Going to Arunachalam , the thought itself makes me happy. The Hill pulls me and Bhagawan with his Devine grace keeps me blissful. I had to stay outside the Ashramam accommodation this time and somehow was bit disappointed , but that's me , there is no difference in Bhagawan and his love.

Sri Ramana , to your holy feet. Please may my mind be at your Feet.