(Day By Day with Bhagavan) 31-3-45 a.noon It seems a visitor, the Raja of Sivaghar in U.P. , told Bhagavan that he had surrendered himself to Bhagavan and Bhagavan should give him jnana. Bhagavan referred to an article on Nama Devs insistence on the importance of Lords name, in the september 1937 issue of vision, where it is pointed out that only when the I, the ego, is surrendered the significance of the Lords name will be realized. When I entered the hall the story of Ashtavakra Gita came to be taught was being recounted in English, for the benefit of the above Raja and other visitors. After the story was read out, Bhagavan said, Because Brahma jnana is not something external, which is somewhere far away where you can go and get it, you cannot say that it will take so long or so short a time to attain it. It is always with you. You are That! The story of Ashtavakra Gita is intended to teach that for getting Brahma jnana all that is necessary is to surrender yourself completely to the guru, to surrender your notion of I and mine. If these are surrendered, what remain is the Reality. Then, it becomes impossible to state what further time it would take to attain Brahma jnana. It would be wrong to state that it takes as much time as a man would require to put his other foot into the second stirrup after having placed one foot in the first stirrup. The moment when ego is completely surrendered, the Self shines. Proceeding, Bhagavan quoted the last two lines of the following stanza from Yoga Vasishta : NAN YENUM PORUL KAANADHOR JNANAVA KAAYAM KAANAAR. NAN YENUM PORULAI KANDOR JNANAVA KAAYAM AAVAR. NAN YENUM AGANGARANGAL JNANA VINMATHIYAI MOODINAL YEN PARAMA VAAMBANAN MALAR VIRIYADHANDRE. Which state that unless the cloud of the I or ego sense which covers the moon of the Divine consciousness (chidakasa) is removed, the lily of the heart which knows nothing of the sense of I (ahamkara) will not open out in full bloom. Bhagavan also added, We have to contend against age long samskaras. They will all go. Only, they go comparatively soon in the case of those who have already made sadhana in the past, and late in the case of the others. In this connection I asked, Do these samskaras go gradually or will they suddenly disappear one day? I ask this, because though I have remained fairly long here I do not perceive any gradual change in me. Bhagavan asked, When the sun rises, does the darkness go gradually or all at once? D.Mudaliar
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