Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi · Volume III

Talk 631

17th February, 1939

The repeated his question in a different way:

The enquiry into the Self seems to lead to the ativāhika, the puriashtaka or the . Is it right?

M.: Yes. It is called ‘’ (body or abode, city or individual, puri or according to the outlook). They are the same.

Vritti-jnānam is usually associated with objective phenomena. When these cease there remains the ātmavritti or the subjective that is the same as . Without it will not cease. The puriashtaka also will not be found associated with anything outside, and the Self will shine forth uniform and harmonious.

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