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The teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi / Re: Sri Ramana Paravidyopanishad - by 'Who', K. Lakshmana Sarma.
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119. That Supreme Being, the Self, who is perfect as the sole Reality, is styled the Infinite Eye; but
because for that Self in His true state, there are no objects to be seen, therefore He is not an eye really.
120. The term 'Eye' has been used in this context by the most holy one viz., Bhagavan Sri Ramana
Maharshi, only to ward off the misconception that he is non-consciousness, (inert). Thus the most
Holy One has conveyed the meaning that the Self is Consciousness and the Sole Reality.
121. It is only by conceiving the formless Self as a form that one sees this world as consisting of forms.
All this is really a superimposition on the formless, infinite Reality, the Self, through Ignorance.
122. It is only to him that sees himself as having a form, that the names and forms - which have been
fabricated by Ignorance and superimposed on the Nameless Formless Self, who is Consciousness
appear as real.
123. Thus it has been made plain by the Master that seeing of the world is an effect of the primary
ignorance, and thus the claim that the world is real has been refuted by him. Also it has been shown
by him that the aloneness of the real Self in the true state is real.
124. Our Master confirms this teaching first by showing that the world is mental, (inseparable from
the mind); then by proving the unreality of the mind and the ego; and finally by teaching that even
the primary Ignorance is non existent.
contd.,
Arunachala Siva.
because for that Self in His true state, there are no objects to be seen, therefore He is not an eye really.
120. The term 'Eye' has been used in this context by the most holy one viz., Bhagavan Sri Ramana
Maharshi, only to ward off the misconception that he is non-consciousness, (inert). Thus the most
Holy One has conveyed the meaning that the Self is Consciousness and the Sole Reality.
121. It is only by conceiving the formless Self as a form that one sees this world as consisting of forms.
All this is really a superimposition on the formless, infinite Reality, the Self, through Ignorance.
122. It is only to him that sees himself as having a form, that the names and forms - which have been
fabricated by Ignorance and superimposed on the Nameless Formless Self, who is Consciousness
appear as real.
123. Thus it has been made plain by the Master that seeing of the world is an effect of the primary
ignorance, and thus the claim that the world is real has been refuted by him. Also it has been shown
by him that the aloneness of the real Self in the true state is real.
124. Our Master confirms this teaching first by showing that the world is mental, (inseparable from
the mind); then by proving the unreality of the mind and the ego; and finally by teaching that even
the primary Ignorance is non existent.
contd.,
Arunachala Siva.