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	Ramana Maharshi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ramana Maharshi (December 30, 1879 – April 14, 1950) was a Hindu mystic of the Advaita Vedanta stream, who lived on Arunachala hill near Tiruvannamalai.
		Ramana Maharshi was born in a village called Tirucculi near Madurai in southern India.
		Ramana recommended his followers to go back to the "source from wherein all thought arises" and for example ask themselves, "to whom is this thought?" or "to whom has this anger arisen?" The answer would be obviously "to me"; after that, they were asked to enquire as to "who am I?".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ramana_Maharshi (1403 words)

	Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
		The Maharshi is a man beyond description in his expression of dignity, gentleness, self-control and calm strength of conviction.' Humphry's ideas of spirituality changed for the better as a result of the contact with Ramana.
		Ramana had only just moved from the caves on the side of the mountain to it's base and taken up residency at his newly constructed ashram, which was not much more than a thatched hut in those days, when he was visited by Swami Ramdas, a person on the cusp of great spiritual renown.
		Ramana had compassion for those who grieved over the suffering, and he sought to comfort them by reminding them of the truth that Bhagavan was not the body : "They take this body for Bhagavan and attribute suffering to him.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/bodhisattva/ramana.html (5741 words)

	Realization.org: Ramana Maharshi
		Ramana Maharshi was born 30 kilometers south of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India.
		Ramana Maharshi taught a method called self-inquiry in which the seeker focuses continuous attention on the I-thought in order to find its source.
		Ramana Maharshi's gaze ignited a college professor's Kundalini and caused his heart center to open.
	www.realization.org /page/topics/ramana.htm (1742 words)

	Bhagavan - his life and teachings
		Guru Vachaka Kovai is a collection of Ramana Maharshi’s teachings that was recorded in Tamil verse by Muruganar, one of his foremost disciples.
		Sri Ramana Paravidyopanishad is a presentation of Ramana Maharshi’s teachings that was written in Sanskrit verse in the 1950s by Lakshman Sarma, a devotee who had the rare privilege of having private lessons from Bhagavan on the meaning of his teachings.
		Ramana Puranam is a long Tamil poem that was jointly composed by Bhagavan and Muruganar.
	davidgodman.org /rteach/rteach.shtml (327 words)

	Bhagavan Ramana the Guru of Sri H.W.L. Poonja Papaji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ramana himself worshipped Lord Shiva in the form of Arunachala mountain and as the main deity of the Tiruvannamalai temple, experiencing directly the form path of bhakti yoga.
		After this Ramana focuses on the how to abide in the heart, which mainly has two methods of yoga (control of prana) and jnana (mind control) as the heart is the source of both mind and prana.
		Ramana mentioned that if one is not in the company of a great teacher or sadhu, pranayama is the best method to gain power and energy in one's practice.
	www.poonja.com /Ramana.htm (2811 words)

	Ramana Maharshi — (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ramana Maharshi was one of India's greatest Spiritual Teachers of the Twentieth Century.
		With a glimpse of this higher consciousness Ramana lost interest in worldly life and travelled to the holy Mountain of Arunachala where he spent many years in meditation and teachings seekers who were attracted by his divine personality and aura of peace.
		Ramana Maharshi taught seekers to silence the mind and try and discover the source of their thoughts.
	www.writespirit.net /authors/ramana_maharshi/index_html (202 words)

	Ramana Maharshi
		Ramana Maharshi was born in 1879 as Venkataraman Iyer in the village of Tiruchuli in South India.
		Ramana entered the condition of silent Beingness and from thereon knew himself as pure Awareness.
		In answering their concerns, Ramana Maharshi recommended the concentration on "I" or the meditation on "who am I?" as a shortcut to the realization of the Self.
	www.self-realization.com /articles/sages/ramana_maharshi.htm (417 words)

	Ramana Maharshi Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The teachings of Ramana Maharshi are among the clearest and most direct of the advaitic (nondualistic) teachings originating from India.
		Though we often refer to the teaching of Ramana Maharshi as a "path," it is truly pathless.
		Throughout the more than fifty-four years that Maharshi guided seekers from various parts of the world, he never swerved from the essential task of bringing the questioner back to the truth of his or her own Existence.
	www.hermetic-philosophy.com /ramana_maharshi1.htm (1834 words)

	GURU, SILENCE & SATSANGA
		Sri Ramana Maharshi: Although in absolute truth the state of the Guru is that of oneself (the Self), it is very hard for the self which has become the individual (jiva or embodied soul) through ignorance, to realise its true state or nature without the grace of the Guru.
		Sri Ramana Maharshi: The very fact that you are possessed of the quest for the Self is a manifestation of the divine grace.
		Sri Ramana Maharshi: In the proximity of a great master, the Vasanas (subtle impressions that lead to desires) cease to be active, the mind becomes still and Samadhi results.
	uarelove1.tripod.com /GURU.htm (5862 words)

	Sri Ramana Maharshi
		Ramana practised Tapas in the thousand-pillared Mandapam, near the Patala Linga, in Subrahmanya’s shrine, in the Mango garden, the Sadguru Swami cave and Cora hills.
		Ramana Maharshi was known as Brahmana Swami in Tiruvannamalai.
		Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi has set at naught the prattle of materialists that Self-realisation and Samadhi are things of the remote past, and that in the present age, they are impossible of achievement to man. He has shown by his lifelong Samadhi that it is still possible to realise the Supreme and live in that realisation.
	www.sivanandadlshq.org /saints/ramana.htm (1389 words)

	God
		At first sight Sri Ramana Maharshi’s statements on God appear to be riddled with contradictions: on one occasion he might say that God never does anything, on another that nothing happens except by God’s will.
		Sri Ramana Maharshi: Sentient and insentient beings of all kinds are performing actions only by the mere presence of the sun, which rises in the sky without any volition.
		Sri Ramana Maharshi: Iswara has individuality in mind and body, which are perishable, but at the same time he has also the transcendental consciousness and liberation inwardly.
	www.hinduism.co.za /god.htm (2827 words)

	Ramana Maharshi - Saint of Arunachala (Tiruvannamalai)
		When a mantra is repeated, if one watches whence that mantra sound arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas.” To the scholar this came as a revelation; he felt the grace of the sage enveloping him.
		It was in the beginning of 1916 that the mother came, resolved to spend the rest of her life with ramaNa.
		The Maharshi is a man beyond description in his expression of dignity, gentleness, self- control and calm strength of conviction.’ Humphry’s ideas of spirituality changed for the better as a result of the contact with ramaNa.
	www.shaivam.org /ad_ramana.htm (5815 words)

	Ramana Maharshi - Who am I?
		Ramana Maharshi - Who am I? "To us all towns are one, all men our kin.
		Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge - Arthur Osborne
		Ramana was a true master, He knew that truth could not be put into words, he knew that truth could not be a concept or an idea, he knew that truth was beyond mind, beyond the horizontal plane of existence of apparent beginings and ends so his favorite method was his silent teaching.
	www.tamilnation.org /sathyam/east/ramana/ramana.htm (1498 words)

	Ramana Maharshi Books from Blue Dove Press
		While it is a compendium of topics as remembered and recorded by the authors, it is to be understood that Maharshi's teachings were done mostly in silence; the finger pointing to the moon is not the moon.
		Ramana Maharshi had the highest regard for this book; the translation from the known manuscripts was thoroughly revised in his presence by one of his long-time devotees.
		Ramana Maharshi teaches that life must be lived in the "now," to dwell on the past or the future would be unsound.
	www.bluedove.com /ramana.html (3125 words)

	Ramana Maharshi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Without a doubt, Ramana Maharshi is the greatest Indian sage of the 20
		There are no accounts of Ramana Maharshi stealing from the ashram treasury, dressing in fine clothes, having sex with disciples, or engaging in any other ego-inflating behaviors which often seem the norm in today's spiritual landscape.
		Ramana Maharshi's deepest teaching was given in silence.
	www.spiritualteachers.org /ramana_maharshi.htm (395 words)

	Guru
		Sri Ramana often said that God, Guru and the Self are identical; the Guru is God in human form and, simultaneously, he is also the Self in the Heart of each devotee.
		Although Sri Ramana Maharshi was happy to give his verbal teachings to anyone who asked for them, he frequently pointed out that his ‘silent teachings’ were more direct and more powerful.
		Sri Ramana wholeheartedly encouraged this practice and frequently said that it was the most efficient way of bringing about a direct experience of the Self.
	www.hinduism.co.za /guru.htm (9250 words)

	The Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi website - Complete Books - Bhagavan Ramana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As it is felt that this essay may be of interest to the general readers, it is being issued separately also in the form of a booklet.
		Though it is unable to keep pace with him, it feels uplifted in his presence and has a foretaste of the felicity compared to which the pleasures of the world pale into nothing.
		Ramana Maharshi seldom wrote; and what little he did write in prose or verse was written to meet the specific demands of his devotees.
	www.ramana-maharshi.org /bhgvnram.htm (6280 words)

	The Living Essence Foundation - Ramana Maharshi
		Ramana Maharshi lived in India from 1879 till 1950.
		The body of Ramana died in 1950, but his presence and teachings live on in the ashram where he lived, and in the many living teachers who have awakened through his Grace.
		Ramana: There are no others to mix with.
	www.livingessence.com /ramana.htm (2236 words)

	RAMANA MAHARSHI CENTRE FOR LEARNING (BANGALORE)
		Sri A.R. Natarajan is the President of the Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning and the Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi Research Centre, Bangalore.
		She is also director of the dance division of the Centre, Ramana Nritya Kala Ranga, and has scripted and directed nine ballets and several dramas on the life of Ramana.
		Sri Ramana was a bee in the large bosom of the Cosmic Lord.
	members.tripod.com /~rmclb/rclbios.htm (713 words)

	Amazon.com: The Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharshi (Shambhala Dragon Editions): Books: Ramana Maharshi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge by Arthur Osborne
		But I feel a need to point to the originality, directness and purity of the teachings of Ramana Maharshi, teachings that are etched in a realm beyond the shifting phases of a life.
		Ramana made no concessions to marketing or popular tastes and stands far removed from what we know as new age spirituality and quick solutions.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0877730245?v=glance (1532 words)

	Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi site - Book extracts - Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
		Only so long as there is the knower is there knowledge of all kinds (direct, inferential, intellectual etc.); should the knower vanish they all vanish together with him; their validity is of the same degree as his.
		The conversation turned upon the question as to whether Iswara Prasad (Divine Grace) is necessary for the attaining of samrajya (universal dominion) or whether a jiva's honest and strenuous efforts to attain it cannot of themselves lead him to That from whence is no return to life and death.
		The Maharshi with an ineffable smile which lit up His Holy Face and which was all-pervasive, shining upon the coterie around him, replied in tones of certainty and with the ring of truth; "Divine Grace is essential for Realisation.
	www.beezone.com /Ramana/Talks_with_Ramana_Maharshi.html (5792 words)

	THE RAZOR'S EDGE
		In the article by feminine seductress Mercedes De Acosta "My Meeting With Ramana Maharshi" as well as her book "Here Lies the Heart" it is stated she was at the ashrama in 1938 for three days.
		Maugham's meeting with the Maharshi has been dated as February, 1938, which entertains the possibility of a much later departure from Europe for the Darrell character than the spring of 1933.
		He had experienced Awakening years before under the grace of Maharshi Ramana and when he came west for what he thought would be a spiritual atmosphere similar to Ramana's offerings he was highly disappointed.
	www.angelfire.com /electronic/bodhidharma/mentor.html (4602 words)

	Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK is a registered charity.
		There are a number of E-Groups that discuss the teaching of Ramana Maharshi.
		Books may be borrowed from the Ramana Maharshi Online-Lending-Library for Europe.
	www.ramana-maharshi.org.uk (456 words)

	Ramana Maharshi (
		Translations from Tamil of material composed by Ramana Maharshi or inspired by him
		The list serves mainly, but not solely, to feature the translations of Shankar which communicate the teachings of Ramana Maharshi.
		Please be present in this list community as though in a Temple dedicated to Ramana Maharshi.
	www.nonduality.com /ramana.htm (178 words)

	SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI: TIMELINE
		It was under his direction and the Maharshi's guidance that the Old Hall was first constructed.
		March 14 - Maharshi was taken to open the new big Hall attached to the temple.
		At that moment a shooting star, vividly luminous, coming from the South [the present Nirvana Room] and moving slowly northward across the sky and disappearing behind the peak of Arunachala was observed by many in various parts of India.
	www.geocities.com /upakaascetic/ramana.html (859 words)

	David Godman - Home Page
		While he was attending Oxford University in the early 70s he found himself being attracted to the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi.
		After a period of intense meditation that lasted almost two years (1976-8) he started and ran the ashram's library, leaving it in 1985 to devote himself to writing and research.
		He has now published eleven books on Ramana Maharshi, his teachings and his direct disciples.
	www.davidgodman.org (217 words)

	ACALAYOGA: Ramana Maharshi
		The 'a' in maharshi is again short in both instances.
		Ramana Maharshi says: "You are already the Self.
		The questions were put to Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi by one Sri M. Sivaprakasam Pillai about the year 1902.
	acalayoga.blogspot.com /2005/09/ramana-maharshi.html (276 words)

	Ramana Maharshi
		The simple message of Sri Ramana Maharshi, one of India's most revered spiritual masters whose teachings, forty years after his death, are speaking to growing audiences worldwide.
		Be As You Are, edited by the librarian at the sages ashram - still flourishing - at the foot of the holy mountain of Arunachala, is a compendium of those riches as bequeathed personally to pilgrims hungry to discover what is ' the ultimate truth.'
		Indeed it is claimed that his highest teachings, to those capable of receiving them, consisted of nothing but silence during which he transmitted a silent flow of power enabling individuals to experience, directly, what he meant by enlightenment.
	www.nisargadatta.net /Ramana_Maharshi.html (198 words)

	THE SRI RAMANA COMMUNITY PAGE
		Cerchiamo persone e devoti interessati a tradurre in Italiano le opere di Ramana Maharshi per la loro pubblicazione e diffusione.
		We are looking people and devotees interested to translate to Italian Language Ramana's works to publish and to spread them in Italy.
		Ramana Satsangh will be held on the first Sunday of each month at our home.
	uarelove1.tripod.com /SRC.htm (2230 words)

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