Ramana Maharshi

Continued from Ramana Maharshi's Biography-His Disposition This article, a part of Ramana Maharshi's biography is about His central teaching of self enquiry. The Maharshi never explicitly stated that he was a Guru but he used the expression to mean ...

Continued from Ramana Maharshi's Biography-Mother's entreatiesThis article, Ramana Maharshi's biography, talks about His natural disposition.When a regular Ashrama came into being, life in it followed a strict routine. Everything about the Ashrama was neat and tidy. There was a spontaneous simplicity ...

Continued from-Ramana Maharshi's Biography-In Thiruvannamalai It was in one such temple shrine that his mother met him. Her eldest son too had accompanied her to Tiruvannamalai. Her repeated entreaties and lamentations, threats and reproaches during her stay there for several ...

Continued from Ramana Maharshi's Biography-Departure To ArunachalaThis part of Ramana Maharshi's biography deals with His early stages of His life in Thiruvannamalai.Venkataraman discovered on getting into the train that he had purchased ticket for a wrong station, not very near Tiruvannamalai. ...

Continued from the previous part of Ramana Maharshi's biography-Death Experience.This part of Ramana Maharshi's biography deals with His leaving home for Arunachala.Venkataraman's changed mode of life and indifference to studies drew forth critical remarks from his uncle and elder brother. Six ...

Continued from Ramana Maharshi's biography-Early days This part of Ramana Maharshi's biography deals with His death experience.A significant event occurred in Venkataraman's life (Ramana Maharshi's biography) sometime in 1886, which changed the entire course of his life. He was sitting ...

“They who always perceive Him as seated in the heart, Him who is the Eternal among all non-eternal things, the Consciousness among all conscious things, and He who fulfills the desires of many — to those men of discrimination belongs eternal ...

Girivalam or Giripradikshana in Thiruvannamalai forms an integral part of the pilgrimage to this sacred town. A sleepy town with the Hill Arunachala towering over it, it attracts pilgrims and seekers from across the globe round the year, who drink from ...

Finding God is the mission of all those who tread the path of spirituality. One's spiritual practices and activities are directed towards finding God.Where is God?Once a devotee, Mrs.D.Jinarajadasa raised a question to Ramana Maharshi regarding the presence of God. She ...

Continued from the previous part-Learn to Live This Now is the Time:This now is the time. There is always time to make hay. Obviously it is when the sun is shining. The urgent need is to check the constant movement ...

Continued from the previous part, The Mind Are we ROBOTS?This is a question that keeps cropping up. Why indeed are we reducing ourselves more or less to automatons inspite of our much prided intellect? Our daily life is so routinised ...

The exercise of free will is an intriguing topic in spirituality. A seeker once asked Ramana Maharshi if there was such a thing called freewill.Ramana Maharshi gave His customary answer may be with a difference in the choice of words.He ...