Ramana Maharshi Answers Why God Gives Troubles To Devotees?

Once someone asked Bhagavan Ramana: "Even for one who walks on good path, gets all sorts of troubles and tribulations,why?"

Bhagavan Ramana replied:

"It is good that devotees get troubles and tribulations."Then He took out a poem from Guhai Namasviaya and read out:

"The washerman smashes the clothes on the stone slab vigorously.Why?Is it for tearing the clothes?It is only for removing the dirt on the clothes.Like that, God gives troubles to the devotees only to purify their minds and not to annihilate them."

He continued:"What we need is perseverance(Persistent determination) and chitta suddhi."

Talk 197

Devotee.: Being always Being-Consciousness-Bliss, why does God place us in difficulties? Why did He create us?

Maharshi : Does God come and tell you that He has placed you in difficulties? It is you who say so. It is again the wrong ‘I’. If that disappears there will be no one to say that God created this or that.

Sources:

1) Sri Ramana Ninaivugal - Tamil - Annaamalai Swami.
2) Talks With Ramana Maharshi Book

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http://prashantaboutindia.blogspot.com/2009/07/ramana-maharshi-disciple-says-to-end.html

http://prashantaboutindia.blogspot.com/2009/10/sri-ramakrishna-says-where-is-misery.html