Maharshi
then read out from the Tamil version of 'Yoga Vasishta' the story of
'Deerga Tapasi' who had two sons, 'Punya' and 'Papa'. After the death of the
parents the younger one mourned the loss and the elder brother consoled
him as follows: "Why do you mourn the loss of our parents? I shall tell
you where they are; they are only within ourselves and are ourselves.
For the life-current has passed through innumerable incarnations, births
and deaths, pleasures and pains, etc., just as
the water current in a river flows over rocks, pits, sands, elevations
and depressions on its way, but still the current is unaffected. Again
the pleasures and pains, births and deaths, are like undulations on the
surface of seeming water in the mirage of the ego. The only reality is
the 'Self' from where the 'ego' appears, and runs through thoughts which
manifest themselves as the universe and in which the mothers and
fathers, friends and relatives appear and disappear. They are nothing
but manifestations of the Self so that one's parents are not outside the
Self. So there is no reason to mourn. Learn it, realize it and be
happy."
(From 'Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi' 16 [19.1.1935])
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