Letters from Sri Ramanasramam, by Suri Nagamma

But what is the use? You merely go about from place to
place get tired and disgusted. Where is shanti (peace)? If you
want it, you must know the eternal truth. If you cannot know
that, the mind will not get absorbed in shanti.”
Similarly someone enquired of Bhagavan some time back,
“People talk of Vaikunta, Kailasa, Indraloka, Chandraloka,
etc. Do they really exist?” Bhagavan replied, “Certainly. You
can rest assured that they all exist. There also a Swami like
me will be found seated on a couch and disciples will also be
seated around him. They will ask something and he will say
something in reply. Everything will be more or less like this.

What of that? If one sees Chandraloka, he will ask for
Indraloka, and after Indraloka, Vaikunta and after Vaikunta,
Kailasa, and so on, and the mind goes on wandering. Where
is shanti? If shanti is required, the only correct method of
securing it is by Self-enquiry. Through Self-enquiry Self-
realisation is possible. If one realises the Self, one can see all
these worlds within one’s self. The source of everything is
one’s own Self, and if one realises the Self, one will not find
anything different from the Self. Then these questions will
not arise. There may or may not be a Vaikunta or a Kailasa
but it is a fact that you are here, isn’t it? How are you here?
Where are you? After you know about these things, you can
think of all those worlds.”