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DAY BY DAY WITH

BHAGAVAN

From the Diary of

A. DEVARAJA MUDALIAR

S RI R AMANASRAMAM

T IRUVANNAMALAI

2002

First Combined Reprint in

1968 (3000)

Second Reprint

1977 (5000)

Third Reprint

1989 (3000)

Fourth Reprint

1995 (3000)

Fifth Reprint

2002 (3000)

ISBN: 81-88018-82-1

Price: Rs.

CC No: 1013

Published by

V.S. Ramanan

President, Board of Trustees

Sri Ramanasramam

Tiruvannamalai 606 603

Tamil Nadu

India

Tel: 91-4175-37292

Fax: 91-4175-37491

Email: ashram@ramana-maharshi.org

Website: http://www.ramana-maharshi.org

PREFACE

A word as to the origin of this work may not be out of

place. It was my great good fortune to live for more than four

years, from August 1942 till the end of 1946, at Sri

Ramanasramam and to have the inestimable benefit of daily

contact with our Bhagavan. After I had been there for some

months various people who visited the Asramam began to

suggest that it would be a good thing if I recorded Bhagavan’s

utterances on spiritual topics, either in answer to questions

from visitors or in any other context. For a long time, however,

I was too lazy to make the effort. Nevertheless, whenever I

read the ‘Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa’, as I used

to now and then, I felt how desirable it was that a similar

book should be compiled in the case of our Bhagavan. When

I had drifted on like this for some years, on the morning of

January 1st, 1945, within the space of about an hour, three

different persons — a lawyer’s clerk, son of Sankara Ammal

doing service in the Asramam, a businessman of Madras by

name M.V.P. Sastri, whom I had known since his boyhood at

Chittoor, and O.P. Ramaswami Reddi, who later became Chief

Minister of Madras — all urged me to undertake the task as,

in their kind opinion, I was best fitted for it besides having

the necessary facility of constant close contact with Bhagavan.

The appeal coming from such widely different persons

on the first day of the year and all of them approaching me in

such quick succession and without any previous consultation

amongst themselves made such a deep impression on me that

I took it as a call really from Bhagavan. So, that very day I

started keeping an Asramam Diary. My idea was to preserve

for Bhagavan’s devotees all that took place in the Asramam

that might be of interest or importance from one point of view

or another, and mainly Bhagavan’s answers to questions

addressed to him by visitors from all quarters of the globe,

for many of whom I acted as a sort of official translator in

Bhagavan’s Court.

I told Bhagavan of the circumstances under which I

started the work, thus asking for his blessing on it. Then I

obtained permission from the Sarvadhikari . Also, for the first

few days I read out to Bhagavan whatever I had recorded so

that he could correct me anywhere where I had gone wrong.

Even when I was interpreting Bhagavan to visitors, if I made

the slightest mistake Bhagavan would pull me up. Whenever

I myself was in doubt as to what Bhagavan meant I used to

ask for further clarification and Bhagavan willingly explained

things again for my benefit. After the first two or three days I

gave up reading my entries to Bhagavan daily, but on any day

when I was in doubt whether I had accurately recorded what

Bhagavan had said, I used to read out my entry for the day

and correct it wherever he indicated that it was necessary.

Only a part of these records of mine seems to be available

to the Asramam authorities for publication just now. I am glad

that at least so much is to be published by them immediately.

I believe they came into existence because Bhagavan willed

it and I believe it is his will that at least a part of them should

now appear in print. I hope and pray to Bhagavan that the

publication may prove not merely of interest but of great use

to those who read it and that he may bestow his grace on all

who go through it in earnestness and faith.

1st January 1952

A. D EVARAJA M UDALIAR

Day by Day with Bhagavan

________

6-3-45 Morning

ning

A visitor: Should I give up my business and take to

reading books on Vedanta?

Bhagavan: If the objects have an independent existence,

i.e. , if they exist anywhere apart from you, then it may be

possible for you to go away from them. But they don’t exist

apart from you; they owe their existence to you, your thought.

So, where can you go, to escape them? As for reading books

on Vedanta, you may go on reading any number of them. They

can only tell you, ‘Realise the Self within you’. The Self cannot

be found in books. You have to find it out for yourself, in

yourself.

EEvening

ening

Almost the same question was put by another visitor in

the afternoon and Bhagavan said, “Where can you go, fleeing

from the world or objects? They are like the shadow of a man,

which the man cannot flee from. There is a funny story of a

man who wanted to bury his shadow. He dug a deep pit and,

seeing his shadow at the bottom, was glad he could bury it so

deep. He went on filling the pit and when he had completely

filled it up he was surprised and disappointed to find the

shadow on top. Even so, the objects or thoughts of them will

be with you always, till you realise the Self.”

6-3-45 Mor

16-3-45 Mor

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