"The very first step in understanding what this is all about is giving up the concept of an active, volitional 'I' as a separate entity and accepting the passive role of perceiving and functioning as a process." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Fruit of Life

Sri Ramana Maharshi

From Annamalai Swami's Diary Extracts

Q: Swami, as soon as I heard your name I had a great desire to see you. I have now come. How did this great desire come to me?

M: In just the same way your body came to you.

Q: What is the fruit of one's life?

M: If a person thinks that he must conduct himself according to the true principles of life, that itself is the fruit of the great tapas done in his previous life. Those who do not think in this way are wasting their time. 

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