Attribuée à Ramana Maharshi
«Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones; it is much simpler to wear shoes.»
Fausse attribution
Verdict
Elle ne figure pas dans l'œuvre de Ramana Maharshi
Widely circulated online under his name, but it does not appear in the Talks, the Gospel or the collected works. The image of leather covering the earth comes from Shantideva's Bodhicharyavatara (V, 12–13), an eighth-century Buddhist text.
Source: Shantideva. Bodhicharyavatara (s. VIII), cap. V, estrofas 12–13 (imagen de cubrir la tierra de cuero frente a calzarse).
Ce qu'il a vraiment dit
Paroles vérifiées de Ramana Maharshi
«I have set out in quest of my Father in accordance with his command.»
Nota dejada a su hermano al salir de Madurai, 29 de agosto de 1896 (original tamil; trad. inglesa en Osborne 1954)
«Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it.»
Respuesta escrita a su madre, 1898 (original tamil; trad. inglesa en Osborne 1954)
«Oral lectures are not so eloquent as silence. Silence is unceasing eloquence.»
Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, charla 20