No Others

"D:    Does my Realization help others?

Ramana Maharshi:    Yes, and it is the best help that you can possibly render to others. Those who have discovered great truths have done so in the still depths of the Self. But really there are no ‘others’ to be helped. For, the Realised Being sees only the Self, just as the goldsmith sees only the gold while valuing it in various jewels made of gold. When you identify yourself with the body, name and form are there. But when you transcend the body-consciousness, the ‘others’ also disappear. The Realised one does not see the world as different from Himself.

D:    Would it not be better if the saints mix with others?

M:    There are no ‘others’ to mix with. The Self is the only Reality.

D:    Should I not try to help the suffering world?

M:    The Power that created you has created the world as well. If it can take care of you, it can similarly take care of the world also .... if God has created the world, it is His business to look after it, not yours."
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“Maharshi led an absolutely simple life and from a very young age lived in the hills of the Arunachala..In course of time Arunachala became an internationally famous pilgrim center,attracting devotees from all parts of the world..

Maharshi seemed to have had a very soft corner for all the animals..Among the several animals that have inhabited the holy Arunachala hills,the Monkeys were the most frequent visitors to Maharshi’s ashram (hermitage).. When Bhagwan was in the Virupaksha cave,an adult male Monkey badly mauled a little Monkey..

When it fell down motionless, the attacker left it for dead..After a while, the little Monkey has gained it’s senses and limped slowly to Maharshi’s asram probably for protection..Bhagwan took pity on the hapless creature; dressed it’s wounds; and nourished it back to health..

Bhagwan then named the little one “Nondi” and asked,”when you become the king of your tribe,will you ever forget me..”..The monkey,who seemed to have understood the words of Bhagwan,shook his head as though he will not forget Bhagwan when he became a king..

Nondi,the monkey then went back to his home and in due course of time became the king of all the other monkeys in the hills.. As promised,Nondi visited Bhagwan one day with his queen and the retinue and enjoyed the hospitality of Maharshi..

Bhagwan too blessed the Monkey and it’s family..All the monkeys prostrated before the holy Lotus feet of Bhagwan and left for the jungle..”

~ Mrs.Taleyarkhan,a Parsi devotee of Bhagwan Sri Ramana Maharshi,had described the great saint saying, “Bhagwan is a walking God and all our prayers have always been answered..That is my experience..”