DO NOT TRY TO GATHER MORE KNOWLEDGE, because finally, knowledge itself will become a great hindrance to Self realisation. When I made an effort to learn Tamil and sought Bhagavan's permission for it, his response was revealing. He said, “Why do you want to acquire one more dead weight? All knowledge will have to be finally given up to experience the truth.” You have to plunge within to experience the truth, through the relentless practice of the enquiry, “Who am I?” The key to Self-realization is practice, practice and practice only.
Text copyright © V. Ganesan. Reprinted from Ramana Periya Puranam by V. Ganesan.
Alan Chadwick took up permanent residence at Sri Ramanasramam in 1935 and remained there until his death in 1962. He was close to Ramana and knew him well.
By Major Alan W. Chadwick
The little pamphlet Who Am I? says everything you need to know to become Self-realized.
By V. Ganesan
A charming and extremely well-written although not very informative article about Chadwick by novelist Louis Buss.
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