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In this article I discuss the relationship that should exist between the Guru and disciple. The primary sources are Bhagavan himself and some of his senior devotees such as Muruganar, Lakshmana Sarma and Annamalai Swami.

This is an article I assembled in 2008 and posted on my blog. It was a response to several readers who were discussing Bhagavan's teachings on renunciation.

I wrote this article in 2008 in response to online discussions about whether knowledge of Vedanta was a prerequisite for Self-realisation. One school of Vedanta was claiming that Ramana Maharshi couldn't be enlightened because he hadn't studied Vedanta…

There was a lively debate on my blog a few years ago about whether it was necessary to desire the Self to attain liberation, or whether even that desire should be given up. One of the readers following…

This is an article I wrote on my blog many years ago in response to a query about whether jnanis, liberated beings, ever incarnated again.

Ramana Maharshi usually never replied to letters that were addressed to him, but in 1931, at the request of Ganapati Muni, he dictated a letter to T. K. Sundaresa Iyer that responded to several philosophical points that Ganapati…

In this article I take issue with the views of Swami Siddheswarananda, a monk of the Ramakrishna Order who taught in Paris for many years. He made a few comments on Bhagavan's teachings on creation that I felt…

There is a traditional classification that ranks jnanis on the basis of how well they 'know' Brahman. Bhagavan was asked about it on a couple of occasions and his response was that there were no grades or hierarchies…

In this article, first posted on my blog, I attempt to address the topic of why some enlightened beings have the power to awaken others, and some don't.