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Homage To The Presence Of Sri Ramana
by Sri MuruganarThe foremost duty of a fully dedicated aspirant, to his Guru, is to live the Master's teachings in such a way that his own flowering benefits not only himself but radiates its fragrance for all to imbibe.
Being both a mystic, poet and devotee par excellence, Sri Muruganar fulfilled this duty to perfection. His life was an example one lived in perfect devotion, and his poetical outpourings, composed in the most exquisite classical Tamil, display the merging of bhakti into jnana (devotion into wisdom) leaving a legacy for all time.
In “Homage to the Presence,” Muruganar expresses his well of devotion to the Guru in 1851 verses of soul-stirring poetry. 473 of these verses were edited and placed together to create a work the reader is sure to enjoy.
Paperback - 176 pages - $8.95
Hunting the ‘I’ According to Sri Ramana Maharshi
by Lucy CornelssenThis succinct little book presents the core of Bhagavan’s teaching in a highly readable manner. With regard to why any investigation into the meaning of life might be desirable, it begins, “ ‘Are you happy?’ When you reply with the counter question, ‘What is happiness?’ that means you have already observed how brittle, how transient and short-lived your so-called happiness is.” Thus starts the investigation into the true nature of your Being, which is itself Happiness.
There is an excellent explanation here of using the gap between sleeping and waking as an opportunity to have “one foot” in Pure Consciousness and one in wakefulness; to access the thoughtlessness of deep dreamless sleep from the recognition available in the waking state. “This experiment gives you the advantage that you now know the aim of your endeavor. It will help you in your further sadhana (spiritual practice) like leavening in the dough.”
Paperback - 117 pages - $5.95
Insights
by A. R. NatarajanThe sacred words of Sri Ramana are timeless, because they are based on his direct experience of steady Self-abidance. His message is open to all those concerned with truth, with the search for Self-knowledge, to dwell on the meaning of his words, statements and clarifications. They are like an “open book,” from which one can derive strength and inspiration. There is no need for any special scriptural knowledge for understanding his teachings.
However it is absolutely necessary to ponder over and reflect on the guidance given. Such a need is there for any path, but it is more so in the Ramana Way. Why? For it is bafflingly simple, seemingly without steps between the practice and the goal. There is no system of “do’s” and “don’ts.” No prescribed formula. The nature of the experience – natural happiness – is the same during practice and what one is used to calling the “ultimate” experience. The difference being only that during the stage of practice, one keeps moving in and out of this state of blissful, non-mental happiness.
The readings in this book focus on the mind, and the way to make it quiet, indrawn and restful. It is not geared toward an intellectual appreciation of Ramana’s words, but rather allowing the reader to experience the natural state of joy being conveyed. Hence the “insights” in the book are to pull one away from the externalized, mental movement of the mind and foster the inturning of the mind and its ultimate merging with its conscious source.
Paperback - 114 pages - $7.95
Jewel Garland Of Enquiry
published by Sri RamanasramamThis is a compilation of the salient points extracted by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi from a large Tamil volume known as Vichara Sagara (Ocean of Enquiry).
Sri Bhagavan graciously made the following extracts due to an appeal by a devotee who complained that the volume was too difficult to read and understand.
Paperback - 24 pages - $1.95
Kaivalya Navaneeta (The Cream Of Emancipation)
by Tandavaraya SwamiThe “Kaivalya Navaneeta” is a widely known Advaita (non-duality) classic. It is translated from the original written in Tamil. From the vast ocean of the Upanishads, etc., the great teachers have drawn the cream of wisdom. The two sections of this work are called “The Exposition of the Truth” and “Doubts Cleared Away.” They explain the basic philosophical principles of Advaita and clear the doubts that are likely to arise in understanding these principles. In a language easy to understand, the author gives a remarkably clear description of the tenets of Advaita.
Paperback - 73 pages - $2.50
The Last Days & Maha-Nirvana of Bhagavan Sri Ramana
published by V. S. Ramanan, President, Sri RamanasramamBhagavan’s last months in the body were as inspirational and significant as any time he spent with his devotees. He shows us how one can remain in a state of permanent bliss even though the body is wracked with pain. Bhagavan simply sat as a spectator, watching the cancer destroy the body. He had immense compassion for those who grieved over the suffering; and he sought constantly to appease their grief—not the easy way, by removing the suffering and postponing death for a few years, but the fundamental way by making them realize that the body was not him.
Arthur Osborne observed, “ When he consented to wear the human form, having formerly transcending the human and all other states, Bhagavan accepted all its limitations—to feel heat and cold, to suffer pain and sickness, to be bound by the ignorance of events. Had he while wearing a human body set himself free from its conditions of pain and sickness and ignorance of events, people would have said: “It is easy for him to tell us to abide in the heart, unperturbed by events, because he has no pain or uncertainty and we have.” So he accepted pain and uncertainty as features of the human form and showed that they cannot touch the equanimity of the Jnani (sage), who remains fixed immovably in the Real.”
Paperback - 29 pages - $2.50
Letters from Sri Ramanasramam
by Suri NagammaThis book contains discussions between Bhagavan and his devotees or visitors, written by a devotee in the form of letters to her brother. The translator writes, “The letters are a veritable mine of information presented in a simple and easily understandable manner, and are well worth a careful study, not only by the spiritual aspirant but also by the lay reader.”
In this deeply meaningful compilation, Bhagavan responds to a range of questions, from how to see everything as one’s Self, to the nature of existence after Realization. A youth came to Bhagavan, asking what surrender to God really means. “Does it mean sitting still at one place, and contemplating God at all times... or when one gets ill, one should not think of medicine and treatment, but entrust one’s health or sickness exclusively to Providence?”
Bhagavan replied, “One must take things as they come in accordance with one’s traditions, and must be free from the feeling that one is doing them oneself. The feeling that ‘I am doing it’ is bondage. It is therefore necessary to consider and find out the method whereby such a feeling can be overcome.”
Hard cover - 481 pages - $12.95
Living with Ramana Maharshi
edited and compiled by A. R. NatarajanIn the life of Bhagavan Ramana there are many unique things. First is his accessibility. He was available to his disciples, devotees and visitors round the clock. The second aspect is the absolute equality with which he treated everyone. The rich, the poor, the learned and the ignorant, people in position and authority and humble servants were all at par. The third aspect is that even though his love was universal, every person would feel that Sri Ramana regarded him as his very own. As a result, even though his spiritual status as a jnani, a person of steady wisdom, made him olympian, there was nothing that could not be shared with him.
Some of those who lived with him have been able to communicate the experience of living and working with Bhagavan. This book contains seven different experiences of the grace Sri Bhagavan so generously extended to all in his presence. All of the stories are uniquely different, and yet underlying each is the strong heart-felt love of Sri Bhagavan and the immense grace each experienced in his midst.
“All the time I was chanting I could feel Sri Bhagavan keenly observing me. It seemed that the light of his eyes was suffusing my consciousness, even without my being conscious of it. His silent gaze brought about a subtle but definite transformation in me. The darkness, which a few minutes before had seemed heavy and unbearable, gradually lightened and melted into a glow of well-being. My erstwhile sadness completely disappeared, leaving in my heart an inexplicable emotion of joy. My limbs appeared to have been washed in an ocean-tide of freedom.”
Paperback - 26 pages - $2.95
The Maharshi
by T. V. Kapali SastryThis volume is compiled from the papers of Sri Kapali Sastriar. The first section consists of articles written, now almost seven decades ago, on special occasions at the ashram of Sri Bhagavan Ramana. These articles and most of the portions of the third section of the book appeared originally in the Sunday Times. The contents of the second section were published for the first time in this work.
Sri Sastriar first came into the circle of the Maharshi's teaching in 1911, as a disciple of Sri Kavyakantha Ganapati Sastrigal, one of the most noted of the Maharshi’s disciples at that time. Sri Sastriar had the benefit of direct instruction from Sri Ramana. His commentaries on the teachings of the Maharshi were submitted to Bhagavan and accepted by him.
Paperback - 96 pages - $4.50
Maharshi’s Gospel
published by Sri RamanasramamIn response to the earnest desire of a large number of devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana, the answers to some of the questions put to him from time to time were gathered together to form this book.
These questions occur to many of us, and we struggle within ourselves to solve them. The answers given by the Maharshi are the quintessence of Divine Wisdom, and are based on his direct knowledge and experience. His answers are of inestimable value to the earnest seeker of Truth.
The reader will find in these pages practical advice, and will gain the conviction that his essential nature is divine.
Paperback - 97 pages - $4.95
Meditations
by A. R. NatarajanA must for any meditator, advanced or beginner. In this book, a clear insight is provided into the many questions and problems which worry us. Is work a drudgery? What is wisdom in action? How does one fit meditation into one’s busy schedule? Should one pray or not; and if so, for what? Do visions and dreams help?
Paperback - 107 pages - $5.50
Moments Remembered: Reminiscences of Bhagavan Ramana
by V. GanesanA collection of reminiscences by Sri V. Ganesan, a grand nephew of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, reflecting his many years of contact with the senior devotees of Sri Ramana Maharshi. It is an intimate glimpse of a great Sage through the eyes of his close devotees.
NOTE: While staying at the AHAM Center in the USA during the months of June through August, 2004, Ganesan has given a series of talks weekly on the lives and experiences of Sri Bhagavan’s senior dovotees, as was told to him personally by each of them who he knew personally. He plans to publish the transcriptions of these talks in another book in the near future.
Paperback - 134 pages - $7.95
Periapuranam
translated by R. RangachariThe Periapuranam is the song of the lives of 63 Saivite ancient Tamil saints sung by a poet saint. Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi points to the reading of the Periapuranam as a significant event in his life.
In the source biography of Bhagavan, “Self-Realization,” we read: “Towards the end of 1895 (perhaps a few months after hearing about Arunachala from a relative, and a few months before his 1896 death experience and transformation) he found at home a copy of the Periapuranam which his uncle had borrowed. This was the first religious book that he went through apart from his class lessons and it interested him greatly... It transported him to a different world... As he read on, surprise, admiration, awe, reverence, sympathy and emulation swept over his soul in succession... but when the book had been quickly read through and laid aside, the new impulses and ideals disappeared leaving him as he was before that study."”
The availability of this work provides us with the opportunity to experience for ourselves the text that elicited such inspiring emotions in the young Bhagavan Ramana.
Paperback - 308 pages - $3.95
The Poems of Sri Ramana Maharshi
translated by Sadhu Arunachala (Major A. W. Chadwick)Major Chadwick, an Englishman, was the first westerner to move to Sri Ramanashram. A loyal and earnest devotee, he had the grace to spend much time in Sri Bhagavan’s presence from his arrival at the ashram in 1935, until Bhagavan’s Maha-Nirvana in 1950. Upon his arrival, and speaking only English, he found the translations of Bhagavan’s works into English often to be unsatisfactory or incomplete; and thus decided to compile his own versions. All translations were placed before Bhagavan for his approval and fine-tuning. Bhagavan would often make corrections, explaining the meaning in detail and suggesting alterations, which Major Chadwick would then incorporate into his verses. The result is a unique collection of Bhagavan’s verses and poems, translated into English, under the direction and guidance of Sri Ramana Maharshi, himself.
Paperback - 48 pages - $1.95
A Practical Guide To Know Yourself (Conversations With Sri Ramana Maharshi)
compiled and Edited by A. R. NatarajanThe sacred words of Ramana Maharshi are original and independent utterances based on his direct experience, and their message is for all. There is no doubt concerning the spiritual path which is left unanswered. While the Maharshi enriched and clarified all that is worthwhile in philosophic thought and practice, he has also given a distinct path, a straight path for Self-Knowledge to dawn. The Ramana Path is the path of Self-Inquiry. While philosophic thought generally concerns itself with God, Self, the unknown, the Maharshi focuses attention entirely on the individual.
Though we think we are familiar with the “I,” properly directed inquiry would reveal that the assumptions on which we proceed, and things we take for granted, are not valid.
This selection of conversations with Sri Ramana Maharshi and various seekers, their arrangement, and the editorial notes, have been made with regard to the reader’s need. The purpose is, that it may serve as a practical guide to Self-Knowledge. Such knowledge opens up for us our own natural, but hidden, happiness.
Paperback - 261 pages - $9.95
Practicing Self-Inquiry
The Teaching of Sri Ramana Maharshi by V. GanesanThis book may be small, but don’t let that fool you. For inside the cover is the profound teaching of Self-Inquiry. “Mind is the sole obstacle in realizing the Reality. Yet mind is the only means to pursue the quest. How do we solve this problem? In the answer lies the Maharshi’s unique method of teaching.” This is a profound book for anyone new to Self-inquiry, or already practicing it
Paperback - 16 pages - $1.95
Purushothama Ramana
compiled by V. GanesanThis book presents a series of captivating blow-up photos of Bhagavan with a myriad of expressions. The gentle smile, the majestic glance, the deep silence and the tender compassion are but a few of the many expressions presented.
Doubling the value of the book are a series of anecdotes written by Sri Ganesan, former Managing Editor of “The Mountain Path” (the spiritual quarterly from Sri Ramanasramam) and printed in the monthly journal from the Ramana Maharshi Center for Learning in Bangalore. Sri Ganesan has combined these incidents, most of which were being recorded in print for the first time, with the photos in such a way as to bring us closer to Sri Ramana through their selection and manner of narration. After you have enjoyed reading this book, you will enjoy thumbing through the pages looking at the pictures and spot-reading the anecdotes.
Soft cover - 60 pages - $6.50
The Quintessence Of Wisdom
by M. AnantanarayananThe quintessence of religion is Self-Knowledge. It is an adventure of the spirit, a quest after the real and the immanent, a continuous process of emancipation from the shackles of doctrines, prejudices and practices. True religion is rooted in inner experience, a unique realization of Being.
The Thirty Verses of Sri Ramana gives us this religion of the spirit. It is an ethical and rational approach, relating the problems of the external world to inner belief and understanding. The insistence on inner personal experience as the measure of all things is authentic, and its relevance to spiritual liberation is obvious.
The reader will welcome the author’s commentary on the Thirty Verses for they are insightful concise and beneficial.
Paperback - 50 pages - $2.25
Radiance Of The Self: A Photographic Presentation Of Sri Ramana Maharshi
photos by P. R. Subramanian (Mani)This book contains 170 photographs of Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi, beginning with the first known photograph taken in 1900 or 1901 while Bhagavan was staying in Virupaksha cave. Along with each set of photographs is a description by the photographer, relating a brief history of the photograph.
Sri Bhagavan’s grace, in all its plenitude, flows through these pictures. Their appeal is universal; there is a spontaneous and immediate rapport.
Ramana Maharshi use to call the photographer, P. R. Subramanian, “Mani.” Mani spent the last 14 years of his life under the loving guidance of Sri Bhagavan. Consequently one might say that Mani’s camera became blessed. Mani took many photographs, particularly during Skandasramam days. This book is a feast for the eyes.
Hardcover - 134 pages - $35.00
Ramana-Arunachala
by Arthur OsborneThe author of this book, Arthur Osborne, arrived at Ramanasramam in October 1945 following a three and a half year internment in a Japanese concentration camp. He remained there until the beginning of 1948. Thereafter he obtained work in a nearby city and visited Sri Bhagavan on weekends and holidays. Osborne was present on the fateful April night of Bhagavan’s Mahasamadhi (death), and subsequently took over as editor of the Ashram’s quarterly publication, The Mountain Path, holding that position for almost twenty-five years.
Several years after Bhagavan’s Mahasamadhi, Osborne had a dream in which Sri Bhagavan placed His hands on Osborne’s head as he knelt before Him. Although he previously felt no urge to write about Bhagavan, there immediately arose in him an impulse to write his memories and experiences about being in the presence of the Master. He particularly wanted to explain the accessibility of Bhagavan’s teaching, the path of Self-Inquiry. This he does successfully in language that is direct and easy to understand. He also succeeds in presenting an intimate portrayal of Sri Bhagavan from his perspective as one of Bhagavan’s most dedicated and influential Western devotees.
Paperback - 71 pages - $3.95
Ramana Gita - Dialogues With Sri Ramana Maharshi
by Ganapati Muni
Commentary compiled by A. R. NatarajanThis text consists of three hundred verses arranged in eighteen chapters. The material was written from the questions asked Sri Bhagavan by disciples between the years 1913 and 1917 and arranged in the format of the Bhagavad Gita. Some of the disciples were advanced in yoga, some involved in inner exploration, some of them simply sought answers for intricate questions from the Maharshi. The work deals with more than just the philosophical content of the Teaching. It also deals with the practical discipline and the process to be adopted to reach the goal, or realize the Truth of the Self for one’s Self.
The commentator, A. R. Natarajan, adds a substantial amount of detail that brings the work into perspective for the typical reader. The commentary provides background information for the reader on some of the passages, as well as quotes from other sources of Sri Ramana Maharshi’s teaching, along with references to supportive passages from scriptural texts.
Hardcover - 232 pages - $7.95
Ramana Maharshi And The Path Of Self-Knowledge
by Arthur OsborneA popular biography which has done much to spread knowledge of Sri Bhagavan both in India and around the world. Anyone reading this biographical account cannot help being touched by the remarkable life of Sri Ramana Maharshi.
While describing the life of the Maharshi, Osborne has provided an easily understandable description and insight into many aspects of Indian spiritual life and thought, and has provided the reader with an invaluable background for understanding Sri Ramana’s teaching.
This is a superb presentation, beautifully told by Arthur Osborne.
Softcover - 207 pages - $8.95
Ramana Maharshi Answers 100 Questions
edited and compiled by A. R. NatarajanSri Bhagavan Ramana answered questions of a vast variety of persons in different stages of spiritual evolution, and varied backgrounds, for five decades from 1900 to 1950. His accessibility, at all times, to one and all, made it possible for seekers to freely express their problems and seek solutions from him. It is estimated that Sri Ramana answered over thirty thousand questions during that fifty year time period. A selection of one hundred of these questions, covering a diverse range of subjects, were selected to be included in this booklet.
The reader will find answers to many of the questions that naturally come up when practicing the process of Self-Inquiry.
Paperback - 69 pages - $2.95
Ramana Maharshi The Living Guru
by A.R. NatarajanSince Sri Ramana’s method is based on his direct experience, and it is oriented towards practice and experience, guidance on the path is a major asset. This book covers numerous personal accounts of those who are receiving Sri Ramana’s guidance and help, step by step, whenever needed, even today. The various articles in this book throw a clear light on Ramana’s teachings from different angles, to enable one to enjoy its fruits in daily life.
Paperback - 77 pages - $4.95
Ramana’s Arunachala
by Sri Bhagavan’s DevoteesA work of this kind is not a record of facts and details. What this book records are the experiences of devotees, sages and saints who have felt Arunachala in the hill, Arunachala in the temple and Arunachala in Sri Ramana. They live and breathe Arunachala. They speak of Arunachala as a mother would of her child, or a lover of his beloved, not in measured terms, but in awed tones and with overwhelmed sensitivity. The reader is invited to join as a spectator of this love affair.
The joy and delight the writers feel, the choking emotions they try to express here, are sure to capture the heart of the reader, making him or her long for these experiences.
The divine is beyond thought. Yet He allows Himself to be reflected in a sigh, a tear, a gasp, a look of wonder. This is what this book is. Long after the words are forgotten, the details erased from memory, one can feel inwardly the sigh, the tear, the gasp, the look of wonder and say, “This is Arunachala, this is Ramana.”
Paperback - 122 pages - $5.95
Ramana Thatha
by Kumari SaradaThis book was written to introduce children to Bhagavan’s grace and love. It conveys the message that “Ramana Thatha” as he is called in this book, is always with them, protecting them with his love. The book is heavily illustrated and written in a manner that children can easily understand. It contains true stories of Bhagavan’s kindness and generosity toward everyone, especially children and animals.
Children are reminded not to be afraid because Ramana Thatha is with them, to treat everyone with kindness and respect as Bhagavan did, to be kind to animals, to eat their food, to be generous and giving to others, etc. All of these points are emphasized with a true story about Bhagavan.
Paperback - 22 pages - $1.95
The Ramana Way — In Search of Self
by Kumari SaradaThe author, Kumari Sarada, is blessed in many ways, having been “caught young” in Bhagavan’s net of Grace. What distinguishes her writings is the simplicity and clarity of communicating ideas centered around the life and teachings of Sri Bhagavan. This springs from her basic approach based on an intuitive understanding of Bhagavan’s teachings, an unerring comprehension of his principles and total dedication to Him. What she writes, therefore, is well suited to the Ramana Way with its directness and emphasis on practice and experience.
Paperback - 34 pages - $1.95
Reflections On Talks With Sri Ramana Maharshi
by S. S. CohenThese pages contain memories of S. S. Cohen, a Western devotee of Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi, who moved to Tiruvannamalai to be near Bhagavan in 1936. In 1982, at the age of 80, Cohen was asked to write his memories of the time he spent with Bhagavan, from his arrival until Bhagavan’s Mahanirvana in 1950. These stories are unique in that they are direct memories of a Westerner living at the ashram during its peak. Cohen includes his interactions with other Western devotees of Bhagavan, including Major A. W. Chadwick and Paul Brunton.
Hardcover - 193 pages - $8.95
Reminiscences
by KunjuswamiIt is indeed a most rare and fortunate privilege when one is able to live and serve a Jnani, a Master of Truth. It is even far greater when he puts into practice the teaching of such a Master and proves that the teaching is a livable, living Truth. Sri Kunjuswami is one who had that fortune. In this book, is a treasure trove of spiritual wisdom. “To remember and to recount the essence and glory of the Master’s words of wisdom,” Sri Kunjuswami repeatedly says, “is the major duty of a devout disciple.” This is surely a “must have” for anyone who views Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi as his Guru.
Soft cover - 199 pages - $5.95
Residual Reminiscences of Ramana
by S.S. CohenFound on these few pages are the remnant of the memories which have been preserved by the author from his contact with his divine Guru. Dates and names have been extracted from the author’s notebooks.
Cohen recommends that the reader become familiarized with the book “Guru Ramana” in order to have a fuller knowledge of the Master, the author, the teaching and the taught.
Don’t be concerned with the size of the book. Appearances are deceiving. For it is inside that the treasure can be found.
Paperback - 38 pages - $1.95
Revelation (Sri Ramana Hridayam)
by K. Lakshmana Sarma (“Who”)This book contains a Sanskrit verse rendering of Sri Bhagavan’s “Reality in Forty Verses” and “The Supplement to the Forty Verses” with an English translation. The chapters are entitled “Discrimination,” “Non - duality”, “Hints to Aspirants,” “Meditation,” “Alive but Free,” “Knowledge Without Instruction” and “The Teaching in Brief.”
This book, though small in size, is powerful in essence. Just to gaze into the eyes of Sri Bhagavan pictured so majestically on the cover is potent in itself.
Paperback - 56 pages - $1.95
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