Meditation on the heart-centre
This was my response to questions I had been asked about self-enquiry, and whether it should be done while focusing on the heart centre of the right side of the chest.
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Attend to what you came here for
Here are four accounts by devotees (Robert Adams, Rangan, Kunju Swami and Sadhu Natanananda) that stress the importance of focusing on what is truly important when one comes to Bhagavan.
Read articleBhagavan’s Self-realisation
In this article I have collected and analysed all the various original sources that relate to Bhagavan's 1896 Self-realisation experience in an attempt to provide a more authoritative account than the ones that have appeared in most of…
Read articleB. V. Narasimhaswami’s Notes
In some of the stories that B. V. Narasimhaswami collected around 1930 Bhagavan spoke in a very forthright way about the poor state of his health in his early years at Tiruvannamalai. Many of these stories were omitted…
Read articleBhagavan the Atiasrami
In the 1930s, as a result of a case brought against Ramanasramam by a devotee, Bhagavan was required to make a deposition about the ownership of the ashram. Bhagavan's replies to the lawyer's questions give an insight into…
Read articleBhagavan and the Politics of His Day
A few years ago I was invited to comment on Bhagavan's views on the politics of his era, and specifically what his attitude was to the struggle for independence that was being led by Mahatma Gandhi. This was…
Read articleWho Were You, Ramana?
In this article I examine the belief of many devotees that Bhagavan was an avatar of Subramanian, the second son of Siva.
Read articleSadhu Natanananda
Sadhu Natanananda first met Bhagavan at Skandashram. In later years he edited or arranged many texts relating to Bhagavan's teachings, including Spiritual Instruction, Self Enquiry and Guru Vachaka Kovai. This article focuses on his personal struggle to transcend…
Read articleInterview with Sadhu Om
This is an interview that Sadhu Om gave in the early 1980s.
Read articleRamanapadananda
Ramanapadananda was a devotee of Bhagavan for several decades. In the 1930s and 40s he published all the books of Muruganar's poetry that were published during Bhagavan's lifetime.
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