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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 17.On Attainment of Jnana

 

Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami

 

Vaidarbha:

 

9.Once Self-Knowledge, the destroyer of all ignorance, has been gained, will it

disappear on

account of ignorance sprouting again through attachment ?

 

Bhagavan:

 

10.Oh light of the Bharadwaja line, once Self-Knowledge , the opposite of

ignorance, has been

attained, it can never be overcome .

 

 

End of Chapter 17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 17.On Attainment of Jnana

 

Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami

 

Vaidarbha:

 

9.Once Self-Knowledge, the destroyer of all ignorance, has been

gained, will it disappear on

account of ignorance sprouting again through attachment ?

 

Bhagavan:

 

10.Oh light of the Bharadwaja line, once Self-Knowledge , the opposite

of ignorance, has been

attained, it can never be overcome .

 

End of Chapter 17

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Ramana Gita [Translation and Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 17 `On Attainment Of Wisdom'

V9

Bhagavan continues:

Once knowledge which destroys ignorance is attained, will it end by

the resprouting of ignorance through attachment?

V10

Light of Bharadvaja line, once knowledge which is the opposite of

ignorance is attained, it is never lost.

 

Commentary

As explained earlier, knowledge has been defined as firm Self abidance

as distinct from unsteady wisdom which has been classified as practice

only. Also, steady wisdom flows from the destruction of mind, of

latent tendencies. Since mental attachments are the cause of

externalisation of the mind the question of mind lapsing into

ignorance cannot arise.

 

The story of Bhikku Chitta would be worth recalling in this context.

This Chitta was the son of an elephant-trainer. He joined the sangha

in the hope of enjoying tasty food but discarded the robes when he

found out it was not so. The holy sangha, however, left its mark and

he returned again, only to leave soon. In like fashion he deserted the

sangha a third, fourth, fifth time and also the sixth time. On that

occasion the head of the sangha hinted that he would leave again,

citing some similies; a cow securely tied up in the byre seems

peacable enough, but turned loose it quickly tramples down the green

crops – likewise, while the king and army with drums and chariots are

camping in the woods nobody can hear the crickets chirping, but after

the troops have moved on the crickets can be easily heard again

although one might have been quite sure there were none. This story

illustrates how slipping away from knowledge is inevitable so long as

the mind is not fully merged in the source. When he joined again the

seventh time he matured in wisdom and became an `arahat'.*

 

Ramana would refer to Kaivalya Navaneetham and point out that the best

repayment to the Guru would be not to slip away from steady abidance

in the Self. However, once abidance in the natural state becomes

effortless and spontaneous there could be no further question of

ignorance overcoming one. All doubts and karma end once fullness of

knowledge dawns. Thereafter ego-linked karma and attachments cannot arise.

[*Mountain Path 1973 p41]

 

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Ramana Gita Chapter 17 `On Attainment Of Wisdom' Concluded.

[Note: Sanskrit version of Ch17 in Sri Ramana's handwriting is in

`Photo' file, `RamanaGita' album]

 

Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

= = = = = =

anu

 

 

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