Disciples of Ramana

[Gummuluru Murthy]

On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Giri wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Natha Bhaktyananda wrote:
>
> > Though Ramana Maharshi may have denied any disciples, there are hosts of
> > people : Sadhu Arunachala, Balaram Reddy, Kunju Swami, Ganapati Muni etc
> >
> > Interesting enough, all have appeared as *enlightened* disciples *after*
>                     ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > the death (mahasamadhi) of the Maharishi -- unlike the cases of
>
>         Oh, really ? Did they come to you and say they were enlightened or
> did you just assume it ? Please produce quotes from the four above saying
> 'I am enlightened.'
>
> Giri
>

But, aren't these the tags we attach to people ?

Any "enlightened" person will not go around, saying he/she is enlightened.
The purely "enlightened" person does not care what the world thinks of
him/her.

But, in any case, why this pre-occupation with whether x is "enlightened"
or not rather than looking at ourselves ?

Regards
Gummuluru Murthy
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 end is as good as non-existent even in the present.
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