Sri Ramana Maharshi
Do you give upadesh? Have you ever done it?
Visitors ask questions. I answer them as well as I know. It is for them to treat my words as they please.
Is it upadesh?
How shall I say how others take it?
Have you disciples?
I do not give upadesh in the ceremonial manner. For instance, keeping a kumbha, making puja to it and whispering to the person. The person may call himself my disciple or devotee. I do not consider anyone to be my disciple. I have never sought upadesh from anyone nor do I give ceremonial upadesh. If the people call themselves my disciples I do not approve or disapprove. In my view all are alike. They consider themselves fit for being called disciples. What can I say to them? I do not call myself disciple or a Guru.
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Why do you not sign your name?
The author of Self-Realization has furnished his answer for this question. Moreover, by what name am I to be known? I myself do not know. People have given me several names from time to time since my arrival here. If I should sign by one name, all would not understand it. So I used to say to the people seeking autographs that, even if they should show my signature, people in general would not believe it to be true.
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If you receive one kind of offering (fruits), why should you not receive money also?
I cannot eat money. What shall I do with it? Why should I take that with which I do not know what to do?
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