About Ramana Maharshi, At the Feet of Bhagavan
Mr. Noles, an Italian, not more than 30 years old yet well-read in philosophy, both Eastern and Western, and eager to imbibe the spirit of Sri Maharshi’s teachings, was at our Ashram once, and he had very many interesting talks with Bhagavan. One morning Sri...
About Ramana Maharshi, At the Feet of Bhagavan
We go back to 1924. Those were the days of the newly founded Sri Ramanasramam at the foot of Arunachala. The Old Hall had not yet come into existence and Bhagavan sat in the thatched shed of the early days in front of the Matrubhuteswara Shrine. A small elevated seat...
About Ramana Maharshi, At the Feet of Bhagavan
SRI Mahadeva Iyer, a devotee of Sri Bhagavan, was ailing in Madras from persistent hiccough for nearly a month. His daughter wrote to Sri Bhagavan, appealing to Him to bless her father and give relief to his distressing ailment. On receipt of this letter, Sri Maharshi...
About Ramana Maharshi, At the Feet of Bhagavan
Dr. Venkatarangam, the eye specialist, had come from Madras. As Chinnaswamy (Sri Maharshi’s brother and the then Sarvadhikari, Sri Niranjanananda Swamy) remembered that Bhagavan’s spectacles needed new lenses, he requested that they be brought from the...
About Ramana Maharshi, At the Feet of Bhagavan
Mr. and Mrs S. were visitors from Peru to the Ashram. They had heard of the Maharshi and His greatness, of how He was accepted by Arunachala, and how He and Arunachala are one. To the couple, Sri Maharshi’s presence on earth seemed the second coming of the...
About Ramana Maharshi, At the Feet of Bhagavan
About the year 1948 the Ashram received a letter from His Holiness Sri Sankaracharya of Puri (Govardhana Mutt), expressing his desire to pay a visit to Bhagavan and to get certain doubts cleared. Incidentally, the letter categorically mentioned the doubts and asked...