Sadhus Reminiscences of Raman Maharshi

Author(s): Arunachal Sadhu
Publisher: Ramanasramam Tiruvannamalai

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70 A Sadhu's Reminiscences of Ramana Maharshi
D.: “Then what am I to do? I have come all this distance and sat at Bhagavan's feet all these years, has it all been a waste of time? Must I now go off and wander about India in search of a Guru?”
Unfortunately the interpreter himself was so interested in the reply that he could hardly interrupt it to interpret to me fully what Bhagavan was saying. I may add here that to act as interpreter between Bhagavan and another was extremely difficult. Bhagavan talked so fast that sometimes it was hard to follow exactly what he was saying and the interpreter was so taken up in trying to understand, and so interested in the subject matter, that he found no time to repeat more than an odd sentence. They were often too shy to ask Bhagavan to wait, which he would always willingly do, so that they might tell what he said sentence by sentence.
But to go on with Bhagavan's reply, the gist of which was as follows:
For the Jnani (Realized Soul) all are one. He sees no distinction between Guru and disciple. He knows only one Self, not a myriad selves as we do, so for him how can there be any distinction between persons? (This is for us almost impossible to understand. How can he both see distinctions and not see distinctions? He obviously does. He can answer questions, discuss and apparently do all things in the way we do, yet for him, I repeat, there is only one Self and this life is nothing but a dream.) However, for the seeker the difference between persons is very real. For him there is undoubtedly the relationship of