Devotee: Buddha is said to have ignored such enquiries about God.
Bhagwan Sri Ramana Maharshi: And, for this he was called a sunya vadin (nihilist). In fact Buddha concerned himself more with directing the seeker to realise Bliss here and now than with academic discussions about God etc.
D: God is described as manifest and unmanifest. As the former He is said to include the world as a part of His Being. If that is so, we as part of that world should have easily known Him in the manifested form.
Sri Bhagwan: Know yourself before you seek to decide about the nature of God and the world.
D: Does knowing myself imply knowing God?
Sri Bhagwan: Yes, God is within you.
D: Then, what stands in the way of my knowing myself or God?
Sri Bhagwan: Your wandering mind and perverted ways.
D: I am a weak creature. But why does not the superior power of the Lord within remove the obstacles?
Sri Bhagwan: Yes, He will, if you have the aspiration.
D: Why should He not create the aspiration in me?
Sri Bhagwan: Then surrender yourself.
D: If I surrender myself, is no prayer to God necessary?
Sri Bhagwan: Surrender itself is a mighty prayer.
D: But is it not necessary to understand His nature before one surrenders oneself?
Sri Bhagwan: If you believe that God will do for you all the things you want Him to do, then surrender yourself to Him. Otherwise let God alone and know yourself.
D: Has God or the Guru any solicitude for me?
Sri Bhagwan: If you seek either — they are not really two but one and identical — rest assured that they are seeking you with a solicitude greater than you can ever
imagine.
Maharshi’s Gospel
Be careful of the word sunya. It is not nothingness like what traditional people think
Bhavin