BHAGAVAN SRI RAMANA
IS PERSONALLY
PRESENT HERE

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Swatantra

(Sri Bhagavan is very much alive! His continued
Presence at Sri Ramanasramam is sure to be felt by sincere
seekers of Truth, stresses the author of this article.)
BHAGAVAN SRI RAMANA is personally present here. To
demand proof is like wanting proof that the sun is shining
overhead. His presence is known or `seen' by those with eyes to
see. For others even a positive proof would be useless.

If a few phenomenal incidents are cited to prove his
personal presence here, the logical mind may well dismiss them
all as too fantastic or merely imagination. A man of faith could
accept the facts on hearing them but would that instill
conviction of Sri Ramana's presence as a living reality?

For those who come to visit Sri Ramanasramam, I would
like to offer my advice. Please do not come like a tourist merely
with an idea that you are going to sight -- see an Ashram. Even
if it bears the name of one of the greatest Rishis of modern
times. Don't go through the ritual of offering prayers and puja
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at various shrines, receiving prasadam and vibhuti only to go
back satisfied that you have `done' with another holy place.

Of course, visiting holy places does have great effect, but
that in itself is not enough. It may be enough for the uninitiated,
but seekers of the Truth require a sense of holy presence, such as
can be experienced at Sri Ramanasramam.It is a fact that
Bhagavan is here.

Towards the end of his bodily manifestation, he said, "They
say that I am going, but where can I go? I am here".

Once when someone wrote a booklet criticising Sri
Ramanasramam, Sri Bhagavan remarked that the author had
done a great service to the cause of Truth. When asked for an
explanation, he said that this book would keep away the insincere
and superficial people and only the sincere Truth-seekers would
continue to come. In the same way the Maharshi himself has
done a great service to the cause of Truth by withdrawing himself
from the physical plane. He has made himself unavailable to
the worldly eye, while to the seeker with spiritual sight his living
presence is very much here.

Om Namo Bhagavathe Sri Ramanaya!

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