Got a link to that video? Edg
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Apr 28, 2008, at 8:55 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > >> > >> There had been talk of others hearing him crying out in pain in > >> the months leading up to the death, as he was in some bad pain > >> (so much for the samadhi and bliss, huh?). > > > > Samadhi and bliss can't coexist with body experiencing pain? It's my > > impression that Ramana Maharshi screaming out in agonizing pain from > > the cancer destroying his body is held up as an example of just that: > > transcendental bliss coexisting with body experiencing extreme pain. > > > I'd heard different stories of Ramana, but most seemed to emphasize > his ability to remain aloof and blissfully happy; 'it's just the > body'. So yeah, I think the two can exist together. In Ramana's case > I believe he remained seated in asana even after death and his > devotees were allowed one last darshan of his physical body. Video > I've seen of this was amazing, as even though he was actually dead, > there seemed to be some thing still there which radiated presence, > some deathless spirit. > > "When he was suffering from cancer in the arm a disciple ran away > crying because he could not bear to see his master in pain. Ramana > only smiled and spoke to a disciple nearby. "Duraswami is crying > because he thinks I am suffering agonies! My body is suffering but I > am not suffering. When will he realise that I am not this body?"" >
