Different approach- Bagavath

As far as Liberation is concerned, there is no difference between those saints. Liberation is one and the same for every one of them. They all have experienced liberation. There is no doubt about it.

But what is the difference between them is that, their approaches are different and unique. Everyone preaches his own way. The approach alone differs.

Everyone has attained liberation in his individual way and approach. So naturally they have to put forward their own approach in their teachings also.

But some followers put their masters on a pedestal. Then they themselves are afraid of their own masters. They even hesitate to question and clarify doubts from their masters.

It is the basic duty of every spiritual aspirant that he should give equal importance to all saints. Then only he can get necessary clarification for his betterment. Degrading oneself in front of his master saying ‘how high he is and how low I am’ — is not the correct way of approaching a

saint.

We are also bringing forth some different kind of approach to the spiritual aspirants. Is this approach applicable to all? No; this approach is not applicable to all. This is applicable only to those who are open.

If they have already closed themselves by the conditioning with the accumulated concepts, then they cannot step into my approach.

When we consider the teachings of Ramana Maharishi, his approach towards blissful experience is different.He says, “we should not give importance to our blissful experience. But rather we have to enquire, to whom this blissful experience happens. Thereby we should transcend even this blissful experience. We have to go beyond such experience.”

This is the approach of Ramanaharishi, in respect of blissful experience.

But when we read the life history of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, we can find some other thing. He was always against occult powers. He always warned the aspirants that one should not go after such occult powers. At the same time, he always appreciated and admired blissful experiences, happening in the spiritual world.

But, which stand we have to take ?

Most of the aspirants choose only the way of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Everybody is interested in such spiritual and blissful experiences. Otherwise, all the spiritual practices would be dry.

So they naturally prefer the approach of Ramakrishna. They cannot digest the teachings Ramana so easily.

Ramana always threatened them by made them to ask “who am I?”

Whenever a devotee raise a doubt, Ramana used to turn the question against the questioner itself. “Ask and look, to whom this doubt happened.”

So most of the devotees were hesitant to ask Ramana any question.

Somebody used to ask questions to Ramana by imposing a condition. “You should not throw the Brahmasthra as ‘to whom this question arises? Who is questioning? Who am I?’ You must answer without raising such question.” —— So saying they used to ask question.

Nisarga Raman