All actions will go on by themselves Maharshi’s Gospel ~ Work And Renunciation D: Bhagavan said yesterday that while one is engaged in search of God ‘within’, ‘outer’ work would go on automatically. In the life of Sri Chaitanya it […]
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Can a householder attain Self-Realizatio...
Can a householder attain Self-Realization ? Maharshi’s Gospel ~ Work And Renunciation D: How does a grihastha fare in the scheme of moksha? Should he not necessarily become a mendicant in order to attain liberation? M: Why do you think […]
Talks with Ramana Maharshi – Author
Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi FOREWORD University of Madras, August 1l, 1958. T. M. P. MAHADEVAN The “Talks”, first published in three volumes, is now issued a handy one-volume edition. There is no doubt that the present edition will be […]
Highest Goal of Spiritual Experience
Highest Goal of Spiritual Experience Maharshi’s Gospel ~ Work And Renunciation Disciple: What is the highest goal of spiritual experience for man? Maharshi: Self-realization. D: Can a married man realize the Self? M: Certainly. Married or unmarried, a man can […]
Stomach or Prana ~ Who is the culprit?
Stomach or Prana ~ Who is the culprit? Bhagavan addressed the issue of Stomach or Prana ~ Who is the culprit? There is a Tamil stanza by Avvai. It is an address of the prana1 to the stomach; its meaning […]
Bhagavan and the Mischievous Boy
Bhagavan and the Mischievous Boy A middle-aged man prostrated himself before Sri Bhagavan, who asked him about his well-being. After a few minutes Sri Bhagavan recalled an incident saying that this was the only person whom Sri Bhagavan had slapped; […]
God Plays Tricks Too?
God Plays Tricks Too? Sri Bhagavan shows great humour at times: He read Upamanya Bhakta Vilas which contains a passage where Arunachalesvara is said to have robbed Tirujnana Sambandar and his group of followers of all their possessions by His […]
Abhishekam ?
Abhishekam ? Once on a cold day Sri Bhagavan was sitting in a cave on the hill with His hands folded on the breast as a protection against the cold. Some visitor had come; he broke a coconut and poured […]
Kamba Ramayana
Kamba Ramayana Sri Bhagavan said that Kamba Ramayana consists of 12,000 stanzas to Valmiki’s 24,000. Kamba’s can be understood only by the learned and not by all. Tulasidas had heard Kamba Ramayana recited to him in Hindi by a Tamil […]
No one need worry as to what happens
No one need worry as to what happens There are some buildings in the Asramam. They used to have some plan which somehow could not be followed in entirety. Therefore ‘A’ and the Sarvadhikari did not agree on many details […]
Turn inward while active in the world
Turn inward while active in the world We don’t have to give up active living to turn inward. This is what the sages say. Sages tell us that we should live our lives in the world according to our nature […]
