The Value of Book Learning Once some very learned Sanskrit scholars were sitting in the old hall discussing portions of the Upanishads and other scriptural texts with Bhagavan. Bhagavan was giving them proper explanations and it was a sight to remember and adore! At the same time, I felt genuinely in my heart, ‘Oh, how […]
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Muslim visitors – Ramana
Muslim visitors For the last few days a rule is in force by which the visitors are not allowed to enter the hall between 12 noon and 2-30 p.m. A few Muslim visitors came to the Asramam in the interval today. The attendant promptly told them that they should not disturb Sri Bhagavan’s rest at […]
What is Nishkaama Karma? – Ramana
What is Nishkaamya Karma (Selfless Work) ? Mr. Rangachari, a Telugu Pandit in Voorhees’ College at Vellore, asked about nishkaama karma. There was no reply. After a time Sri Bhagavan went up the hill and a few followed him, including the pandit. There was a thorny stick lying on the way which Sri Bhagavan picked […]
Sadhu Ekarasa (Dr. G.H. Mees) Speaks
Sadhu Ekarasa (Dr. G.H. Mees) Speaks Sadhu Ekarasa (Dr. G.H. Mees, M.A., LL.D.) was a Dutch scholar who came to the Maharshi in 1936. For him it was a case of deep devotion from the very first meeting. He talks about Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi as follows. When Kon-Fu-Tse met Wen-Poh-Hsuche-Tse, he did not speak […]
Bhaja Govindam (Sri Adi Sankaracharya)
Swami Chinmayananda’s Blissful Experienc
Swami Chinmayananda’s Blissful Experience Swami Chinmayananda (Balakrishna Menon) was the founder of the Chinmaya Mission. He describes his experiences in the presence of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. I was just emerging from high school, exams were over. On a package railway ticket I was roaming through South India. As the train steamed through the countryside […]
Paul Brunton’s Blissful Experience – Ram
Paul Brunton’s Blissful Experience I enter the hall and straight away assume my regular meditation posture. An intense interiorization of consciousness comes with the closing of eyes. The Maharshi’s seated form floats in a vivid manner before my mind’s eye. Then the picture disappears leaving me with nothing more than a strongly felt sense of […]
Paul Brunton’s Regard for Sri Ramana Mah
Paul Brunton’s Regard for Sri Ramana Maharshi He says: I study him intently and gradually come to see in him the child of a remote past when the discovery of spiritual truth was reckoned of no less value than is the discovery of a gold mine today. It dawns upon me with increasing force that, […]
Prayers will be answered – Ramana
Prayers will be answered H. Ghosh, M.A., was Principal of Holkar College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He describes: When I first had the good fortune of being introduced to the Great Sage of Arunachala, my imagination was struck by the austerity and simplicity of his sublime countenance. This austerity is indelibly marked on his face and […]
Paul Brunton’s Meditation – Ramana
Paul Brunton’s Meditation During daily meditation in the potent neighbourhood of the Sage, I have learnt how to carry my thoughts inwards to an ever-deepening point. Again and again, I become conscious that he is drawing my mind into his own atmosphere during these periods of quiet repose. And it is at such times that […]
Dr. Paul Brunton’s Second Visit to Sri R
Dr. Paul Brunton’s Second Visit to Sri Ramana Maharshi The following relates to Paul Brunton’s second visit and stay near Sri Ramana, a few months later. Whatever I am doing I never fail to become gradually aware of the mysterious atmosphere of the place, of the benign radiation which steadily percolates into my brain. I […]
Dr. Paul Brunton – About Sri Ramana Maha
Dr. Paul Brunton – About Sri Ramana Maharshi Dr. Paul Brunton (1898-1981), a British journalist, attracted by Indian mysticism first visited India in 1930. Author of eleven books, he has emphasized the value and importance of the Self within us. He is generally considered as having introduced meditation to the West. He once wrote: “Sri […]
