Author: K Lakshmana Sarma
Foreword/Introductio: Paul Brunton
Publisher: Sri Ramanasramam
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 281
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8188018201
Description
This Book (running into tenth edition) is based on the Sanskrit works of the Lakshmana Sarma, Sri Raman Hridayam and Guru Ramana Vachana Mala. The status of the world, the soul, the egoless state and merits of devotion are all lucidly explained so as to help the serious seeker understand the teachings of Bhagavan. The Author chooses to write under the pseudonym 'WHO'.
The Book besides summarising the teachings of the sage also gives a summary of the entire Vedanta embodying in particular the exposition of Sri Sankarachrya. In effect we see the perfect parallelism between the teachings of the Upanishads and those of Sri Maharshi.
The method of Self-Enquiry advocated by Sri Maharshi has an intense orientation towards practice. This means enquiring into the source of 'I' which leads to the extinction of the ego that is illusory 'I'. Thus Self-enquiry leads to Self-realisation.
Contents
Foreword by
Paul Brunton
Preface to the Eighth Edition
Author’s Note
The sage of Arunachala
Are We Happy?
Ignorance
Authority
The World
The Soul
God
The Egoless State
The Quest
The Sage
Devotion
Some more Sayings of the Sage
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Index
Bibliography