

Recommended Secondary Sources for Bhagavan Ramana’s Teachings 1. Guru Vachka Kovai was checked and revised by Bhagavan himself during his lifetime. This work also contains verses by Sri Muruganar in praise of the Guru and explaining the teachings. These are utterances of Bhagavan recorded by Sri Muruganar and represent a classic record of Bhagavan’s teachings.

“Guru Vachka Kovai” or the “Garland of Guru’s sayings”. It is, however, truly a classic and as we have all of Bhagavan’s personal writings and poetry organized in one place. The book is small as Bhagavan wrote only infrequently during his 54 years at Arunachala. This book contains all of Bhagavan’s writing, poetry, and also Bhagavan’s translations from the ancient scriptures that he liked.


“The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi”. The time period covered by this Diary is approximately 2 years with 19 being represented the most with a couple of entries in 1947. His path was that of surrender to Bhagavan. Sri Devaraja Mudaliar was a long-term devotee and spoke freely and frankly with Bhagavan. “Day by Day With Bhagavan” (From the diary of A. These letters faithfully document Bhagavan’s teachings and also capture his human personality.
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These letters were shown to Bhagavan prior to being mailed and had the full approval of Bhagavan. Shastri later translated them from Telugu to English. Suri Nagamma sent these letters to her brother Sri D. These 273 letters recording Bhagavan’s conversations and general attitudes cover the last 5 years of Bhagavan’s life. “Letters From Sri Ramanasramama” By Sri Suri Nagamma. I used to sleep with this book underneath my pillow in the 1970s. Venkataramiah (later Swami Ramanand Saraswati). “Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi” – This is a book of recorded conversations that Bhagavan had with visitors between the years of 19. Recommended Primary Sources of Bhagavan Ramana’s Teachings 1. However, I am happy to add to this list as Bhagavan devotees give me feedback as to what sources they would personally recommend. So there is an element of subjectivity here. In addition, my attempt is to keep the list of recommended sources small for the most practical benefit of people just getting introduced to Bhagavan’s teachings. Please keep in mind that everyone has their favorite sources for Bhagavan Ramana’s teachings and I am simply sharing mine. Harsh K. Lutharĭear Friends: The most frequent question that I am asked, especially from newcomers to Bhagavan Ramana’s teachings, is: “What books do you recommend for studying the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi”? Here is my answer. This precious volume contains English translations of most, if not all, of the writings by the Maharshi, both texts and verses composed by him in writing or spoken form and English translations of Advaita Vedanta texts that were translated by him into the Tamil language.Ĭontains Self-inquiry, Who am I?, Spiritual Instruction, the five hymns to Arunachala, The Essence of Instructions, Reality in Forty Verses and the Supplement thereto, Five Verses on the Self, Self-Knowledge, many other verses, the Song Celestial (verses he selected from the Bhagavad Gita, 2 nondual texts from the Agama-s, 6 texts originally composed by Adi Sankara selected by the Maharshi, and Vichara Mani Mala (Jewel Garland of Inquiry), which is a selection by him of portions from Vichara Sagara (Ocean of Inquiry).Recommended Books for Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi: By Dr. Everyone who has an interest in Nonduality, the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, Advaita Vedanta, and Self-Knowledge should possess and read this book.
