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"...and he said to me,
I am with you wherever you are,
and somehow it entered into my heart."

Video Clip from the Jayanti Celebration on January 9, 1993
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Guru Vachaka

Guru Vachaka Kovainew
The Garland of the Guru's Sayings by Muruganar
Translated by Dr. T.V. Venkatasubramanian, Robert Butler, and David Godman
598 pages. Hardbound.
$25, plus shipping and handling.
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Guru Vachaka Kovai is the most authoritative collection of Ramana Maharshi's spoken teachings. The first Tamil edition of the book , published in 1939, was personally checked and extensively revised by Sri Ramana Maharshi himself.

The Guru Vachaka Kovai verses, recorded by Muruganar in the last decades of Sri Ramana Maharshi's life, cover the full spectrum of the sage's teachings. This new translation of the entire work includes previously unpublished explanatory notes by Mururganar and supplementary teaching material by Sri Ramana that illustrates or expands on the words of the original text.

 

Be As You Are
The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
By David Godman.
was $13.95, plus shipping and handling.

Probably the most widely read book on Ramana Maharshi's teachings. Since its first appearance in the mid-80s, it has been, outside India, the standard introduction to Bhagavan's teachings. Dialogues with Ramana are arranged by topics, with the most important teachings on each subject differentiated from the remainder. Introductions to each chapter summarize Bhagavan's views on each subject.

 
Padamalai

Padamalai
Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi Recorded by Muruganar, First English Translation
Edited and annotated by David Godman, 396 pages
$20, plus shipping and handling.

The original Tamil work comprises 3,059 two-line verses that either praise Ramana Maharshi, record his teachings, or express Muruganar’s gratitude to him. This collection contains representative samples from all these categories, while concentrating on the teachings. Of the book's 1,750 verses approximately three-quarters of them contain direct statements by Ramana Maharshi on all aspects of his teachings.

 

Final Talks, Annamalai Swami
Edited by David Godman, 109 pages
$9.95, plus shipping and handling.

Annamalai Swami lived and worked with Sri Ramana Maharishi until 1938, when Sri Ramana asked his disciple to devote himself to solitary meditation. In the 1980s small numbers of spiritual seekers began to visit Annamalai Swami to question him about his Guru's teachings and their own spiritual practices. The teachings presented in this book were given out the last six months of his Annamalai Swami's life. They represent the essence of his experience and his lifelong devotion to his Guru and his teachings.

 

Guru Vachaka Kovai
The Garland of the Guru's Sayings
Published by Sri Arunachala Nilayam, 443 pages
$20, plus shipping and handling.

Guru Vachaka Kovai is the biggest collection of Bhagavan’s spoken teachings that was thoroughly checked and revised by him during his lifetime. As such it has a unique place in the Ramana literature.

 

 

Living by the Words of Bhagavan
By David Godman
was $16.95, plus shipping and handling.

An absorbing account of the trials and tribulations of Annamalai Swami's life with Bhagavan. Annamalai Swami spent many years supervising building work at Ramanashram under Bhagavan's direct supervision. This is a classic Milarepa-like tale of unwavering commitment to the Guru and his words. Many previously unpublished dialogues with Bhagavan are included, and the book also contains teaching dialogues that took place between Annamalai Swami and his own devotees in the late 1980s.

 

The Power of the Presence

The Power of the Presence
Part One, Part Two, Part Three
By David Godman. Accounts from Ramana devotees. Ordered individually,
at $18 each, or, by the set, for $48, plus shipping and handling.

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Set (All Three)

Power of the Presence Vol 1
$18

$18

$18
Power of the Presence Set
$48

What was it like to live with and be guided by Sri Ramana Maharishi, one of the greatest sages that India has ever produced?
- Part One: Eight devotees narrate their personal stories, most of which have never before appeared in English.
- Part Two: Six more devotees share their momentous and transforming experiences.
- Part Three: The final volume. Recounts stories about a number of outstanding devotees: Ramanatha Brahmachari, Mastan, Lakshmi the cow, Echammal and others.

 

Ramana Puranam
Composed by Sri Ramana Maharshi and Sri Muruganar

$9.95, plus shipping and handling

In the 1920's and '30's Muruganar wrote Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murai, an anthology of devotional poems in praise of Sri Bhagavan that was modeled on the Tiruvachakam of Manikkavachagar.
While he was composing, in Sri Bhagavan's presence, the poem that would eventually be called Ramana Puranam, he took a break to go out and think about the title. When he returned to the hall, he was astonished to discover that Bhagavan had not only named the poem Ramana Puranam by writing this title on every page of the manuscript, he had also completed it by composing and adding about 300 lines. He included many lines that summarize key aspects of his teachings, particularly on subjects that he had written about in Ulladu Narpadu.

 

Sri Ramana Darsanam sale
By David Godman
was $10.95,
now $6.57, 40% off, plus shipping and handling.

Sadhu Natanananda was a Tamil scholar who edited many of Ramana Maharshi's works, even some that appeared in Sri Ramana's Collected Works. This work is a penetrating analysis of Bhagavan's life and teachings, illustrated by many quotations and stories that have never appeared in English before. Also included are two long poems that Natanananda wrote in the 1950s which explain key points of Bhagavan's teaching and give intimate details of Natanananda's own inner experiences.

 

Heart Is Thy Name, Oh Lord
Published by V.S. Ramanam
$19.95, plus shipping and handling.

Moments of Silence with Sri Ramana Maharshi.
An exceptional book of Raman photographs and quotations.
Great to give as a gift...

 

 

Day by Day with Bhagavan
By Devaraja Mudalier
$14.95, plus shipping and handling.

Accounts of Ramana from the the diary of A. Devaraja Mudalieer, a lawyer by profession who met Ramana at the Virupaksha cave in the first decade of the twentieth century.

 

Letters from Sri Ramanasramam
By Suri Nagama
$20, plus shipping and handling.

Previously published in two volumes.Translated from Telagu. Letters from 1945 to 1949. A unique insight into the Ramanasramam, Ramana, and his disciples from the stories and letters of people who had that direct experience.

 

No Mind, I am the Self
The lives and teachings of Sri Lakshmana Swamy and Mathru Sri Sarada
by David Godman, 227 pages
$20, plus shipping and handling.

Lakshmana Swamy realised the Self in Ramana Maharshi's presence in 1949. Mathru Sri Sarada realised the Self in Lakshmana Swamy's presence in 1978. The book contains fascinating details from both their lives, along with teaching instructions that were given out to devotees in the early 1980s.

 

Non-Dual Consciousness
By Sri Ramana Anubuti
$12.95, plus shipping and handling.

Bhagavan Ramana's centenary of enlightenment publication. From the Tamil original of Maruganar and translated by Robert Butler.

 

Revelation
By Sri Ramana Anubuti
$2.95, plus shipping and handling.

A wonderful little gem of a book by Ramana that he recommended to all his devotees.

 
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The Concise Yoga Vasisthanew
By Swami Venkatesananda, 430 pages
$29.95, plus shipping and handling.
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The Yoga Vasistha was narrated to God Himself. It is the teaching of the sage Vasistha to Lord Rama. It contains true understanding of the creation of the world...
the world is nothing but the play of consciousness!

 

-Swami Muktananda

   

Who Am I?
The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
Published By Sri Ramanasramam Tiruvannamalai
$2.95, plus shipping and handling.

Who Am I? is comprised of a set of questions and answers on self-enquiry. They were asked and answered by Ramana Maharshi when he was living in Virupaksha Cave on the sacred mountain of Arunachala. It constitutes the first set of instructions in the Master’s own words.
Papaji once said that this is the only book that you ever need to read!


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