Author: Sri Krishna Bhikshu
Translator(s)/ Edito: Pingali Surya Sundaram
Publisher: Sri Ramanasramam
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 317
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8182880009
Description
Oruganti Venkata Krishnayya (1904-1981) was a staunch devotee of Sri Bhagavan. He was a lawyer and a government official. He was a frequent visitor to Sri Ramnasramam right form the early 1930s.
In 1936, he published Ramana Leela in Telugu assuming the name Krishna Bhikshu. This was one of the three biographies of Sri Bhagavan published during his bodily lifetime. The other two are Self-Realization in English by B. V. Narasimha Swammy and Sri Raman Vijayam in Tamil by Shuddananda Bharati. Krishna Bhikshu later revised his work as Sri Bhagavan himself found some errors pertaining to certain incidents in his life in the first three editions. In April 1949, Krishn Bhikshu sat before Bhagavan and read the book. Bhagavan made several corrections in the text. After this Krishna Bhikshu brought out the fourth edition in 1957. Raman Leela, therefore, is the only biography of Sri Bhagavan that has been seen and corrected by him and hence authentic. There are many rare incidents in this work that are not to be found in the other biographies.
Sri Ramanasramam is pleased to bring this book in English. The translation was done by Pingali Sundaram, a devotee from Hyderabad.
Contents
Toc;
Pillai
Echammal
Ganapati Muni
Ramaswami iyer
Harassment by Sadhus
Seshadri Swami
The Dravidian poet
Sri Ramana Gita
Life on the Hill
Giripradakshina
Natanananda Swami
Alagamma
The Mother’s Nirvana
Establishment of Sri Ramanasramam
Followers
Publications
Light of the world
The Presence
The Method of Teaching
Daily Routine
Withdrawal of the Manifestation
Conchision of the Mission
The Dusk
The sun Sets
Quo Vadis?
What Next?
Some Anecdotes
Some Light Moments
Miracles
The Nature of the avatar
Appendix:
Publisher’s Note
Translator’s Note
The Advent
The Family
Childhood
The Dawn
Earlier Attachment
Rebirth
Agony
The command
Farewell
The Great Journey
The Goal
Initiation
Place of Tapas
The Kindom of Yoga
Yoga Siddhi
Victorious Yoga
Preparation
The Peerless Hill
Commencement of Instructions
Sivaprakasam Tiruchuzhi Sundara Mandiram