Swami Chinmayananda meeting Ramana Maharshi

he began to ridicule rituals and rarely went to the temple but with all this he had a serious side as Shankar would say years later he seemed to have a double head mostly he carried himself with a who cares attitude but there were moments when he seemed to have a deep depression at those times he would question life question God question the meaning the purpose of existence the final exams came too soon each year for this unenthusiastic student he did not do well he would end up changing his major from science to liberal arts when he entered st. Thomas College into Shore to pursue a bachelor's degree it was that summer just after completing his high school Balin decided to roam about South India by taking advantage of a railway pass as the Train steamed slowly through the countryside most of the passengers in his compartment moved towards the window and started to pray towards a large hill and the temple at its base it was the Tiruvannamalai temple the passengers started to talk about sri ramana maharishi the word maha russia intrigued Balan although a convinced atheist he was deeply drawn to visit the maha Rashi's ashram he took the next train the true anomaly in a book called face to face with Maharishi on page 226 is Swami chin men and as personal narration of his account of what happened next and I read after a long walk in the burning heart son of Tamil Nadu I finally arrived at a very large dashed heart upon entering the room I was blinded as my eyes began to adjust to the dark interior I saw the backs of people sitting I saw some space at the front and I made my way up to it and I sat down I slowly looked up and to my surprise I saw there was a human form on the platform wearing nothing but a loincloth as my eyes travelled up they reached his face his eyes were closed at that just exact moment he suddenly opened his eyes and looked straight into mine a mere look that was all I felt that the Maharishi was in that split moment looking deep into me that he knew everything about me even things I did not know myself I was sure that he saw all my shallowness my confusions my imperfections and fears I cannot explain what happened in that one split moment I felt opened cleaned healed and emptied and then he closed his eyes I sat there for some time I really don't know how long when I became aware I forced myself to get up I shook my head and said nothing happened to me it's all mesmerism my own foolishness this man is a hypnotist and thus assuring myself I got up and walked away guru leaves writing continues but the boy who left the hall was not the same boy who had walked in a few minutes before after my college days my political work and after my years of stay a tutor Kashi at the feet of my master the poem I knew that what I had gained on the Ganges banks was exactly that which had been given to me years before by the saint of Tiruvannamalai on that hot summer day by just a mere look this narrative provides a rare glimpse of good a day of talking about his own spiritual experience it also leads to other thoughts there were many that lived in the maharajah ashram did they not have such an impact like the one that Balan had how about the hundreds if not thousands who met this Maharishi even briefly did some of them quietly achieved sainthood perhaps the intensity of the Maharajah's impact on a person depends on the readiness of that person Balan was perhaps already at a point in his journey where he was ready and tuned in for such impact although he didn't know it at that time on page 225 of that same book Swami Tapovan writes a similar account of his meeting with Ramana Maharishi he wrote about that visit as a young brahmacari I had the great fortune of having the darshan of sri ramana maharishi when he was living in a cave at through anomaly one afternoon I climbed to the cave and saw the Maharishi there I placed a bunch of fruits bowed and sat before him instantly some monkeys jumped onto the scene took the fruits and ran away the Maharishi then looked at my face lovingly that's all not a single word he spoke I too was quiet supreme divine silence prevailed one hour passed he rose for taking his meal I too rose from my seat bowed again and began to walk down from the cave someone came to me and pressed me to take a little prasada thanking him I refused the Maharishi called him back and advised him not to press me and then I left the cave the Maharishi was the idol of peace and silence to inquire about that divine silence is nothing other than the enquiry of Who am I oh man enquire and be immersed in that silence he wrote [Music]

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