About Ramana Maharshi, At the Feet of Bhagavan
IT was about 1927 when Sri Bhagavan’s Nool Thirattu1 in Tamil was under preparation to be published. There was talk among the Ashram pundits that the book must have a preface although the devotees of Maharshi considered that nobody was qualified to write a...
About Ramana Maharshi, At the Feet of Bhagavan
Bhagavan in His embodied state occupied our whole heart, being dear to us as father, mother, God and Guru, all in one. We were loath to leave His presence, be it night or day. We slept outside the Old Hall, and Bhagavan was always visible to us on the sofa from where...
About Ramana Maharshi, At the Feet of Bhagavan
Even during the days Bhagavan lived on the Hill, His fame as a perfect Jnani had spread far and wide, and people of several religions were visiting him in large numbers. One of these visitors was a Sri Vaishnava hailing from either Srirangam or Kanchipuram — I do not...
About Ramana Maharshi, At the Feet of Bhagavan
It was in 1908 I first contacted Sri Ramana Maharshi, then in the Virupaksha Cave, when I was a boy of twelve. Had you seen Him in those days, you would hardly have taken Him for a mere human being. His figure was a statue of burnished gold. He simply sat and sat, and...
About Ramana Maharshi, At the Feet of Bhagavan
Acertain Mysorean, well-built and short in stature, presents himself before Sri Bhagavan and puts a question on a familiar yet enigmatic subject. He asks: “Bhagavan, what is this thing they call ‘Guru-kripa’ (Guru’s grace)?” All the...
About Ramana Maharshi, At the Feet of Bhagavan
BHAGAVAN Sri Ramana Maharshi’s greatness needs no recapitulation here. He was a knower (Jnani) by birth, ike Suka and Vamadeva. In His teens He woke up to the reality of the Self not apart from the Divine (Brahman) — the Fourth State — turiya; the shock of death...
