Sri Ramana Maharshi
9-3-1946 morning
Dr. Masalavala, retired Chief Medical Officer of Bhopal, who has been here for more than a month now and who is now also in temporary charge of the Asramam Hospital in the absence of Dr. Shiva Rao, put the following questions to Bhagavan and got the following answers:
Q: Bhagavan says, ‘The influence of the jnani steals into the devotee in silence.’ Bhagavan also says, ‘Contact with great men, exalted souls, is one efficacious means of realising one’s true being.’
B: Yes. What is the contradiction? Jnani, great men, exalted souls — does he (Dr.) differentiate between these?
Thereupon I said, ‘No’.
B: Contact with them is good. They will work through silence. By speaking, their power is reduced. Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence. So mental contact is the best.
Q: Does this hold good even after the dissolution of the physical body of the jnani or is it true only so long as he is in flesh and blood?
B: Guru is not the physical form. So the contact will remain even after the physical form of the Guru vanishes.
9-3-1946 morning
Dr. Masalavala, retired Chief Medical Officer of Bhopal, who has been here for more than a month now and who is now also in temporary charge of the Asramam Hospital in the absence of Dr. Shiva Rao, put the following questions to Bhagavan and got the following answers:
Q: Bhagavan says, ‘The influence of the jnani steals into the devotee in silence.’ Bhagavan also says, ‘Contact with great men, exalted souls, is one efficacious means of realising one’s true being.’
B: Yes. What is the contradiction? Jnani, great men, exalted souls — does he (Dr.) differentiate between these?
Thereupon I said, ‘No’.
B: Contact with them is good. They will work through silence. By speaking, their power is reduced. Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence. So mental contact is the best.
Q: Does this hold good even after the dissolution of the physical body of the jnani or is it true only so long as he is in flesh and blood?
B: Guru is not the physical form. So the contact will remain even after the physical form of the Guru vanishes.
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