Author: A Compilation
Publisher: Sri Ramanasramam
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 167
ISBN/UPC (if available): N/A
Description
A work of this kind is not a record of facts and details. What this book records are the experiences of devotees, sages and saints who have felt Arunachala in the hill, Arunachala in the temple and Arunachala in Ramana. They live and breathe Arunachala. They speak of Arunachala as a mother would of her child or a lover of his beloved, not in measured terms, but in awed tones and with overwhelmed sensitivity. The reader is invited to join as a spectator of this love affair.
The joy and delight the writers feel the choking emotions they try to express here are sure to capture the heart of the reader making him long for these experiences.
The divine is beyond thought. Yet He allows Himself to be reflected in a sigh, a tear, a gasp, a look of wonder. This is what this book is. Long after the words are forgotten, the details erased from memory, one can feel inwardly the sigh, the tear, the gasp, the look of wonder and say,
Contents
Foreword
Dedication
PART I – ARUNACHALA
1. Origin of Arunachala
2. Arunachala as Ardhanareeswara
3. Arunachala in the Vedas and Puranas
4. Arunachala Honoured in the Thirumurais
5. Arunachala: The Beloved of Saints
6. Temple of Arunachaleswara
7. Concept of Arunachala
8. Aspects of Arunachala
9. Arunachala: A Sublime Mystery
10. Giripradakshina
11. Arunachala: The Inspiration of
Mellifluous Tamil
12. Festivals
13. All Nature Worships Him
14. History of Tiruvannamalai
15. Arunachala: A Geological Paradise
16. The Worship of Arunachala
PART II – ARUNACHALA RAMANA