[Advaita-l] An anecdote

[V Subrahmanian]

On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 6:18 AM, D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <
dvnsarma at gmail.com> wrote:

> Every scripture says that it is necessary
> to make the mind subside.
> Therefore, after knowing that mindrestraint
> (mano-nigraha) alone is the
> intention of the scriptures, what is the
> benefit in reading the scriptures again
> and again? For making the mind
> subside, it is necessary to investigate
> who one is. Therefore, instead of
> investigating and knowing who is
> oneself, who exists within the five
> sheaths (pancha-kosas), liking to
> know oneself through scriptures is
> only futile. All the scriptures that have
> been read will at one time end up
> having to be forgotten.
>

The Panchadashi puts it succinctly: पलालमिव धान्यार्थी त्यजेद्
ग्रन्थानशेषतः [Just as one discards the chaff (husk) after obtaining the
grain, one has to be centered on the tattva, once it is realized, rather
than on the books.

regards

>
> Bhagavan Ramana
>
> regards,
> Sarma.
>
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 12:03 AM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for sharing this.
>>
>> regards
>> subrahmanian.v
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 10:11 PM, sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Dear friends.An incident in Sri Bhagavan Ramana's life.
>> > Quote:
>> >  It was in 1940 that one day, oneof the devotees sitting in the hall
>> > raised the topic regarding the utility ofreading books on religion and
>> > philosophy,.
>> >
>> >  In reply Sri Bhagavan said:
>> >
>> > “You wake up in the morning and look into themirror and the mirror shows
>> > you that you have a growth and that you have to getrid of it.  You may
>> go
>> > on looking into any number of mirrors; every mirrorwill tell you the
>> same,
>> > but no mirror can ever shave you. You have to shaveyourself. Instead of
>> > wasting time looking into mirror after mirror it is bestto start shaving
>> > after having looked into the first mirror and known the truth.So also
>> all
>> > the books will tell you the same truth perhaps in slightlydifferent
>> ways.
>> > Instead of wasting time reading book after book why not realizefor
>> yourself
>> > what  was obvious from the very first book”.
>> >
>> > [Mountain Path; January,1972]
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Justas it is fruitless for one to scrutanize the garbage which is to
>> > becollectively thrown away, so it is fruitless for one who is to know
>> > himself , to count the number and scrutinize theproperties of the
>> tattvas
>> >  Whichare veiling oneself, instead of collectively casting all of them
>> > aside.
>> >
>> >                                    [ Who Am I?]
>> >
>> > Unquote.
>> > The readers / mumukshus can draw their own conclusions.With respectful
>> > namaskarsSreenivasa Murthy
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