A Spiritual Torch – Paul Brunton
The world seldom recognises a prophet at his true worth during his own lifetime, but the Maharshi has been more fortunate. His repute has begun to ripple out and is destined to go right around the world.
Our Natural State – A ‘Pilgrim’
“What you think to be your natural state is your unnatural state. (And this was my second shock that shook me from the slumber of my pet notions). With your intellect and imagination you have constructed the castles of your pet notions and desires. But do you know who has built up these castles, who is the culprit, the real owner? The ‘I’ who really owns them and the ‘I’ of your conception are quite different. Is it necessary that you put forth some effort to come into the ‘I’ who owns these, the ‘I’ behind all states?”
Recollections – K.R.K.Murthy
“One who does the work without the feeling of doer-ship escapes misery and unhappiness; work then becomes more a pleasure and not exacting.”
Ramana Reminiscences 16 – Madhavi Ammal
Srimathi Madhavi Ammal, a staunch devotee, was fortunate in having many opportunities to talk to Sri Bhagavan freely and appeal to him direct for upadesa. Sri Bhagavan made things easy for her in many ways, one of which was talking to her in her native Malayalam. He gave a patient hearing to her tales of woe which were many. This is visible in a film on Sri Bhagavan which is screened occasionally at the Ashram. The devotee seems to have almost wrested the upadesa from the Guru by her perseverance according to the following narrative of hers.
Ramana Reminiscences 15 – N.N.Rajan
Bhagavan Sree Ramana is a guru to all those who have faith in him. He is a rare combination of bhakti and jnana. Some devotees feel that they are led through jnana towards Self-knowledge. Each individual is helped or taught by him either through silence or sometimes by words according to the needs of that person. Therefore, one is not aware what another gets by way of help from the guru and that becomes clear when the devotees compare notes of their experience.