Guest guest Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 18.On The Glory of the Siddhas Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami Chapter 18. Ganapati Muni composes a long Poem on praise of Bhagavan to end the Ramana Gita .. Like the Bhagavad Gita , the Ramana Gita has 18 Chapters. 4.His body glows like a ripe mango. Absolure master of the fickle senses, he is wedded to the immortal Valli who is pure awareness. In a few words he conveys the substance of all scriptures . 5.With his pure effulgent rays he clears, like the Sun in due season the dullness of his devotees. He is an inexhaustible mine of auspicious qualities . ===== Life is a pure flame,and we live by an invisible Sun within us. _________ALL-NEW Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 RamanaMaharshi, Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs> wrote: RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 18.On The Glory of the Siddhas Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami Chapter 18. Ganapati Muni composes a long Poem on praise of Bhagavan to end the Ramana Gita . Like the Bhagavad Gita , the Ramana Gita has 18 Chapters. 4.His body glows like a ripe mango. Absolure master of the fickle senses, he is wedded to the immortal Valli who is pure awareness. In a few words he conveys the substance of all scriptures . 5.With his pure effulgent rays he clears, like the Sun in due season the dullness of his devotees. He is an inexhaustible mine of auspicious qualities . ===== Life is a pure flame,and we live by an invisible Sun within us. ============================================== Ramana Gita [Translation and Commentary by AR Natarajan] Chapter 18 `The Glory of Siddhas' V4 His body glows like a ripe mango. Master of the fickle senses; he is wedded to immortal Valli, who is Consciousness in all fullness. In a few words he conveys the substance of scriptures. Commentary Mastery over senses is usually referred to in the context of mind control. In Maharshi's case, mind was destroyed after his confrontation with death. There being no outward movement of the mind, the power of the senses to distract and externalise became extinct. The reference to `Valli' has a double meaning. The Muni had a divine vision as a result of which he saw Ramana as Subrahmanya in human form. Traditionally, one of the consorts of Subrahmanya is Valli. The other meaning is that given in the verse itself, namely, that Ramana and Consciousness are non-separate. V5 With his pure and effulgent rays he clears like the sun, at the appropriate time, the ignorance of his devotees. He is the repository of limitless auspicious qualities. Commentary The expression `at appropriate time' is worth noting. Ramana would not force the pace or accelerate the inwardness of the devotees. His constant grace would ripen them in time, the time factor being dependent on whether the material is gunpowder or wet charcoal. The analogy of the sun is given because as the sun makes the lotus blossom by its pure rays so too does Ramana make the heart-lotus of the devotees blossom. All auspicious virtues reside in Ramana automatically as he is always revelling in the Self which is eternal and pure. ======== anu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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