The Fire of Devotion

This part is taken from Periapuranam in “Spiritual Stories” as Told by Ramana Maharshi With reference to a devotee’s account of the miraculous appearance of sugar candy and almonds, which dropped into the hands of some ladies in a trance, Bhagavan...

Periapuranam

This part is taken from “Spiritual Stories” as Told by Ramana Maharshi The Periapuranam is a Tamil devotional classic depicting the lives of 63 Saivite Saints. This book made a remarkable impression on Sri Bhagavan as a young boy. Speaking of four of the...

Going Round The Self

This part is taken from Brahma, Vishnu, Siva in “Spiritual Stories” as Told by Ramana Maharshi In the evening when some devotees were beginning giripradakshina, (circumambulation around the hill Arunachala), Sundaresa Iyer, a long-standing devotee also...

Parvati’s Test

This part is taken from Brahma, Vishnu, Siva in “Spiritual Stories” as Told by Ramana Maharshi Sri Bhagavan was looking into the Siva Purana and related, “Siva has the transcendental and immanent aspects as represented by His invisible,...

Sweet of Speech

This part is taken from Brahma, Vishnu, Siva in “Spiritual Stories” as Told by Ramana Maharshi Satidevi, the wife of Siva and the daughter of Daksha, gave up her life as she was insulted by her father during the yajna performed by him. She was subsequently...