[Advaita-l] Commentary on Ramana's Forty Verses

[Akilesh Ayyar]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 5:55 PM Ven Balakrishnan via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> The question is not whether a householder can realise the Self or not.  It
> is whether post-realisation, there will be any involvement.  Muruganar was
> married, he realised the Self, and thereafter he quit the world, as is
> clear from his commentary.  Arthur Osborne (realised or not) was married,
> but lived a simple austere life with his family in Tiruvannamalai.
>
> As noted previously, it is mental renunciation which is what is required;
> but that mental is likely to manifest as physical; some level of withdrawal
> from the world.
>

Yes, it may, or it may not. Either way it is not a requirement.



>
>
> > On 17 Jun 2021, at 21:38, Akilesh Ayyar via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > Another unequivocal Ramana quote. Let's not do Bhagavan the disservice of
> > suggesting he's lying to his disciple in response to a direct question:
> >
> > D: Can a married man realise the Self?
> > M: Certainly. Married or unmarried, a man can realise the Self; because
> > That is here and now. If it were not
> > so, but attainable by some effort at some time, and if it were new and
> had
> > to be acquired, it would not be worth pursuit. Because, what is not
> natural
> > is not permanent either. But what I say is that the Self is here and now,
> > and alone.
> >
> > (Maharishi's Gospel, Book 1, Chapter 1)
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