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1 | [
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "What is the nature of happiness?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "If a man thinks that his happiness is due to external causes and his possessions, it is reasonable to conclude that his happiness must increase with the increase of possessions and diminish in proportion to their diminution. Therefore if he is devoid of possessions, his happiness should be nil. What is the real experience of man? Does it conform to this view? In deep sleep the man is devoid of possessions, including his own body. Instead of being unhappy he is quite happy. Everyone desires to sleep soundly. The conclusion is that happiness is inherent in man and is not due to external causes. One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness."
}
] |
2 | [
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "Can anyone get any benefit by repeating sacred syllables (mantras) picked up casually?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "No. He must be competent and initiated in such mantras."
},
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "They say that there are many saints in Tibet who remain in solitude and are still very helpful to the world. How can it be?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "Realisation of the Self is the greatest help that can be rendered to humanity. Therefore, the saints are said to be helpful, though they remain in forests. But it should not be forgotten that solitude is not in forests only. It can be had even in towns, in the thick of worldly occupations."
}
] |
3 | [
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "What does Maharshi think of the theory of universal illusion (Maya)?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "What is Maya? It is only Reality."
}
] |
4 | [
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "Some say that Sri Sankaracharya was only intellectual and not realised. Is it so?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "Why worry about Sankaracharya? Realise your own Self. Others can take care of themselves."
}
] |
5 | [
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "Jesus Christ cured people of their diseases. Is that only an occult power (siddhi)?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "Was Jesus aware at the time that he was curing men of their diseases? He could not have been conscious of his powers. There is a story related as follows: Jesus had once cured a man of his blindness. The man turned wicked, in course of time. Meeting him after some years, Jesus observed his wickedness and asked him why he was so. He replied saying that, when he was blind, he could not commit any sin. But after Jesus had cured him of blindness he grew wicked and Jesus was responsible for his wickedness."
}
] |
6 | [
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "What does Bhagavan think of the “lost soul” mentioned by Jesus Christ?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "Think what there is to be lost. Is there anything to lose? What matters is only that which is natural. Such must be eternal and cannot be experienced. That which is born must die; that which is acquired must be lost. Were you born? You are ever existent. The Self can never be lost."
}
] |
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