True Happiness: The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi by Arthur Osborne

Author:Arthur Osborne [Osborne, Arthur]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Religion, Eastern
ISBN: 9781612833453
Google: zVc9CgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
Published: 2015-09-01T21:09:18+00:00

D.: Bhagavan says he has no disciples?

B.: Yes.

D.: He also says that a Guru is necessary if one wishes to attain liberation.

B.: Yes.

D.: What then must I do? Has my sitting here all these years been just a waste of time? Must I go and look for some guru in order to receive initiation, seeing that Bhagavan says he is not a Guru?

B.: What do you think brought you here such a long distance and made you remain here so long? Why do you doubt? If there had been any need to seek a Guru elsewhere, you would have gone away long ago. The Guru or Jnani (Enlightened One) sees no difference between himself and others. For him all are Jnanis, all are one with himself, so how can a Jnani say that such and such is his disciple? But the unliberated one sees all as multiple, he sees all as different from himself, so to him the Guru-disciple relationship is a reality. For him there are three ways of initiation, by touch, look and silence. (Sri Bhagavan here gave the disciple to understand that his way was by silence, as he has to many on other occasions.)

D.: Then Bhagavan does have disciples?

B.: As I said, from Bhagavan's point of view there are no disciples, but from that of the disciple, the Grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If he comes with a cup he will get only a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean; the bigger the vessel the more he will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.15

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