Devotee: Distractions result from inherited tendencies. Can they be cast off too?
Ramana Maharishi: Yes. Many have done so. Believe it! They did so because they believed they could. Vasanas (predispositions) can be obliterated. It is done by concentration on that which is free from vasanas and yet is their core.
Devotee: How long is the practice to continue?
Ramana Maharishi: Till success is achieved and until yoga-liberation becomes permanent. Success begets success. If one distraction is conquered the next is conquered and so on, until all are finally conquered. The process is like reducing an enemy’s fort by slaying its man-power - one by one, as each issues out.
Devotee: What is the goal of this process?
Ramana Maharishi: Realising the Real.
Ramana Maharishi: Yes. Many have done so. Believe it! They did so because they believed they could. Vasanas (predispositions) can be obliterated. It is done by concentration on that which is free from vasanas and yet is their core.
Devotee: How long is the practice to continue?
Ramana Maharishi: Till success is achieved and until yoga-liberation becomes permanent. Success begets success. If one distraction is conquered the next is conquered and so on, until all are finally conquered. The process is like reducing an enemy’s fort by slaying its man-power - one by one, as each issues out.
Devotee: What is the goal of this process?
Ramana Maharishi: Realising the Real.
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