How The Maharshi Answers The Curious
“I have not received authority from God to answer this question.” Or he may reply: “You say, I, I want to know.
“I have not received authority from God to answer this question.” Or he may reply: “You say, I, I want to know.
Could a man remain in perpetual meditation? Could he keep his eyes open so long? Sastriar said “Yes”. Then he was watched day and night for a week, during which time he never closed his eyes.
A well- known Sanskrit scholar says you can give Sastriar any subject, at random, and he will just walk up and down a few minutes, and then reel off Sanskrit verses, perfect in form and sense faster than you can write them down, dealing with the chosen theme.
One day, Sastriar came to him and spoke in Sanskrit verse, and the twelve years’ silence was broken. That is six years ago, and the Maharshi has been speaking and teaching ever since.
When the rain was over, she went up to him and found that all around him, for the space of about fifty yards, the ground was completely dry.
After the first two years he lapsed into silence. For years he never spoke a word. There was no fanaticism in this except a disinclination to be engaged in conversation. He has been speaking and teaching for the last six years.