Sri Annamalai Swami
In February 1938 I persuaded Bhagavan (Sri Ramana Maharshi) to write a short Tamil verse on advaita. My request arose out of the following talk which was given by B in the hall.
'Advaita (non-duality) should not be practised in ordinary activities. It is sufficient if there is no differentiation in the mind. If one keeps cart-loads of discriminating thoughts within, one should not pretend that all is one on the outside.
Westerners practise mixed marriages and eat equally with everyone. What is the use of doing only this? Only wars and battlefields have resulted. Out of all these activities, who has obtained any happiness?
This world is a huge theatre. Each person has to act whatever role is assigned to him. It is the nature of the universe to be differentiated but within each person there should be no sense of differentiation.'
I was so moved by this brief speech that I asked B to summarize these ideas in a written Tamil verse. B agreed, took a Sanskrit verse from Tattvopadesa which expresses a similar idea, and translated it into a Tami venba.
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