Previous Births

 Sri Ramana Maharshi

The Asramites once asked Sri Bhagavan, “How were we all in our previous births? Why do we not know our own past?”

M.: God in His mercy has withheld this knowledge from people. If they knew that they were virtuous, they will grow proud; contrariwise they will be depressed. Both are bad. It is enough that one knows the Self.

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Just as a river does not continue its flow after its discharge into the ocean, so also a person loses all movements after he merges in the Self.