Thanks!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "matrixmonitor"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ---Sure. Ramana was devoted to the Arunachala Hill, a murti of the
> static form of Shiva . (p.2 Bhagavan Sri Ramana, A Pictorial Biography,
> published by Sri V.S. Ramanan, President, Sri Ramanasramam).
> Bhagavan spoke these words:
> (p.1): "Siva, the Lord Supreme whom all adore, Us'd once His trident in
> a mighty act of Grace;
> That trident He made in times of yore,
> Proclaims for e'er Tiruchili a sacred place.
>
> In "Necklet of Nine Gems", Bhagavan is quoted as saying:
> "To rescue me--born of virtuous Sundara and Sunari in the holy town of
> Tiruchili, seat of Bhuminatheswara--from this barren worldly life, He
> raised me to His state that His Heart might so rejoice, the immanence
> of Siva so shine forth, and the Self flourish. Such is Arunachala,
> famous throughout the universe!'. (page 1).
>
> In "Marital Garland of Letters", his transcribed words are: "From my
> home Thou didst entice me, then stealing into my heart didst draw me
> gently into Thine, such is Thy Grace, O Arunachala". (p. 17).
>
> Bhagavan saw the Arunachala Hill for the first time in 1896, and then
> later said "From here Jnana Sambadha beheld the peak of Arunagiri and
> sang verses out of excess joy and installed an image of Arunacheleswara
> in the same spot." (p. 21).
> Then, Bhagavan wrote out (in his own handwriting) a quote of Saint
> Sambandha: "On the hill Arunachala, little animals like deer, bears,
> and pigs along with big ones like elephants roam about fearlessly. Here
> Lord Arunachala abides as Supreme Knowledge, santified with the Holy
> name Annamalai, and blesses His devotes with his characteriscally
> unfailing grace by removing their shortcomings".
> Then, at the last stage of journey to Arunachala, Bhagavan (then
> Venkataraman), entered the Arunacheleswara Temple and beheld the
> Arunacheleswara Lingam". The editor (p 24) states,
>
> "As though the Father was thus preparing to welcome his 'beloved son
> ', Venkataraman walked straight into the inmost shrine and addressed
> Arunachaleswara thus: "I have come to Thee at Thy behst. Thy will be
> done".
> The foregoing thus provides a brief set of statements in Bhagavan's
> words attesting to the fact that one can be devoted to "a God - a
> Deity, even after realizing the Self. Such devotion by no means implies
> a state of dualistic ignorance.
> In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, netineti3 <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "matrixmonitor"
> > > <matrixmonitor@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --External Gods may still be worshipped after Brahman Realization
> > > > ("external" as Brahman, nondifferent); since Ramakrishna was
> devoted
> > > > to Kali before and after Realization, and Ramana Maharshi was
> > > devoted
> > > > to Arunachala Shiva.
> >
> > Can you please tell where it says Ramana Maharishi was devoted to
> > Arunachala Shiva? I am curious why you say this.
> >
>
