Arunachala


“As the sun shines at all times even when we cannot see it, so Arunachala, as Self alone, shines in the hearts of all living beings, irrespective of any limited perspective. As the life-giving sun seems to ‘appear’ at dawn, allowing the bud of the Lotus, at last, to burst open, the plant having matured and the murky waters having been left behind, similarly, although the grace of Arunachala is forever radiating, the knot of the heart ‘appears’ to remain tightly bound until the maturing effect of atma-vichara [i.e. Self-enquiry] purifies the mind effecting the irresistible pull towards the Heart-centre, its source. Then ... the boundless light of the Self shines, as universe complete, as always, as ever, as ‘I am I’. This is the dawn longed for and requested by the devotee. Grace is never conferred. It always is. When the devotee strives hard for realisation, thereby dispersing the cloud of mindstuff, boundless grace remains.”

Excerpt From
Arunachala Pancharatna
Ramana Maharshi
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 “Ocean of nectar, full of grace, engulfing the manifold universe with boundless light,
O Arunachala, Self supreme, be the dawn in order that the lotus of the heart may bloom.”
(Verse 1, Arunachala Pancharatna)

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