Sri Ramana Maharshi
What is the significance of prostration?
Prostration signifies the subsidence of the ego, and it means merging into the Source. God or Guru cannot be deceived by outward genuflections, bowing and prostrations. He sees whether the ego is there or not.
Will not Bhagavan give me some prasad from His leaf as a mark of His Grace?
Eat without thinking of the ego. Then what you eat becomes Bhagavan's prasad.
Is not the literate man better qualified for enlightenment in the sense that he stands in no need of guru kripa?
Even a learned man must bow before the illiterate sage. Illiteracy is ignorance and education is learned ignorance. Both are ignorant of the true aim. The Sage is ignorant in a different line. He is ignorant because there is no'other' for Him.
Is it not to obtain the Guru's Grace that presents are offered to Him? So, the visitors offer presents to Bhagavan.
Why do they bring presents? Do I want them? Even if I refuse, they thrust presents on me! What for? Is it not like giving a bait to catch the fish? Is the angler anxious to feed them? No, he is anxious to feed on the fish.
Is the Theosophical idea of giving successive initiations before attaining moksha true?
Those who attain moksha in one life must have passed through all the initiations in their former lives.
Are you conscious of a brotherhood of invisible rishis?
If invisible, how can you see them?
In consciousness.
There is nothing external in Consciousness.
Can I realize them?
If you realize your own Reality, then that of the Rishis and Masters will become clear to you. There is only one Master and that is the Self.
Is reincarnation true?
Reincarnation exists only so long as there is ignorance. There is really no reincarnation at all, either now or before. Nor will there be any hereafter. This is the truth.
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