You attach too much importance to the body.

[Guest guest]

It is, indeed, not a new religion that Sri Bhagavan brought upon earth, but

a new hope, a new path, for those who understand and aspire from every land

and religion in this age of spiritual darkness. It was not for his body's

lifetime only. To those who feared that the guidance might end with death he

replied curtly, 'You attach too much importance to the body.' Now, as then,

he guides whoever approaches him and whoever submits to him he supports. To

all who seek he is here.

 

(Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self Knowledge, Osborne, 1978; 194)