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The Samsara Of The Mind
A man from Andhra once complained to Bhagavan of thoughts streaming in while he was reciting the name of Lord Rama (Rama Nama Japa). He said that he was slowly carried away by the thoughts and sought Bhagavan's advice for tackling them. Bhagavan replied jocularly that he was then to take up again the recitation of Rama nama which tickled the gathered devotees to laugh. The helpless man then said, 'Samsara' (family) was the cause for such interruptions to erupt while engaged in the recitation of the Lord's name.
Bhagavan immediately asked, " Oh ! Is that so? What really is meant by Samasara? Is it within or without?"
The man replied, "Wife, children and others"
Bhagavan remarked, " Is that all the Samsara? What have they done? He further asked the questioner to know what Samsara really was first, before deciding to abandon them.
The man,unable to reply kept quiet.
Bhagavan then proceeded to explain what Samsara in truth was which was most often misinterpreted. He said, in case the questioner had to leave his wife and children and stay in the ashram, then the ashram would become a kind of a samsara. If a person was to take up Sanyasa, then the kamandalam (water pot) and karra (walking stick ) would become a different samsara. Bhagavan words clearly denoted that mere alternating of states of family bonding to ashramite to a sannyasi which would not in any case eradicate samsara.
Ramana
further
more
clarified
that
Samsara
would
mean
the
'Samsara
of
the
mind'.
He
asked
the
man
to
drop
the
samsara
of
the
mind
and
troubles
would
cease
to
be.
The
man
somehow
mustered
up
a
little
courage
and
said,
"Yes,
that
is
it
Swami,
How
am
I
to
give
up
the
samsara
of
the
mind?"
Bhagavan
immediately
diverted
his
attention
to
the
recitation
of
Lord
Rama's
name
that
the
man
was
forced
to
drop
due
to
the
interference
of
the
train
of
thoughts.
Bhagavan
pointed
out
that
when
thoughts
intervened
he
was
to
remind
himself
of
the
recitation
of
Lord
Rama's
name
and
continue
with
it
as
frequent
as
possible.
The
other
thoughts
would
slowly
recede
with
the
mind
being
absorbed
in
Rama
Nama.
He
further
revealed
to
the
man
the
different
stages
of
repeating
the
Lord's
name
as
prescribed
in
the
"Upadesa
Saram"
"It is better to repeat the name by the mere motion of the lips than by repeating it aloud; better than it is to repeat it in the mind, and the best is dhyanam"
(Upadesa Saram, Verse 6)
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