Preface to the book ‘At the Feet of Bhagavan’
This book was written by T K Sundaresha Iyer Sri Bhagavan, while defining what Upadesa is, says: “Upadesa means showing a distant object quite near. Brahman (God), which the disciple believes to be distant and different from himself, is near and not different...My Life and Quest – By Arthur Osborne
Arthur Osborne, one of the most ardent and well known of the devotees of Sri Bhagavan, was the founder-editor of The ountain Path, the spiritual journal published by the Ashram. He is well known as the Editor of Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi and the author of Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge and other works.