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A New Approach To The Eternal Truth-Part III
Ramana's Teachings and the Classical frame
The 'word' is very potent. It is a dynamo concentrating the spiritual experience that has given birth to that word. So, "Who am I?" and verses that Ramana Maharshi has written, his answers to questions in Sri Ramana Gita are guides for life. There is no topic that has not been touched directly or indirectly.
More even than the word is the presence, the example of the teacher. In his total detachment, total aloofness from material interests, Bhagavan was a spiritual exemplar. His humility, his transparent sincerity in attending to the needs of everyone, great or small, old or young, was an impersonal outflow from his being. Impersonality was a very special feature of the personality of Bhagavan.
Everyone who is sincere, who is open and who loves Bhagavan, participates. Self-giving is the secret of love. And the closest link that one can have with Bhagavan is to love him. To love him requires a considerable discipline of self-purification and a totality of commitment. This demand of Bhagavan, we love to satisfy, love to meet.
And last is Kaala, the instrumentality of time. Nothing is achieved in a day. We must not be disappointed, frustrated, impatient, if things do not fall into our hands within a week or a year. Once you have set your foot on the path, the goal is sure. Persist in the quest with intensity. Respect Time. God determines when the goal is reached and the journey ends.
These are the conditions laid down by the Divine Teacher for the disciple to go beyond death, in the sense of unawareness, to live a life in the total awareness which is one's true Being. Looked at in this context, Bhagavan's ministry conforms to the classical frame and is a standing inspiration not only to us in India but to all the world over, who are awake.
I have met people in countries like Holland whose faces glowed at a mere mention of Bhagavan. There are indeed some who have never come here, who have not read a book, but in whom a simple portrait of Bhagavan has brought about an inner revolution and they have shed tears of gratitude that such a person was there on earth! About the author
This article is written by M P Pandit, for the magazine, The Ramana Way, of Ramana Maharshi Centre Of Learning
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