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Self-attentiveness is nirvikalpa – devoid of all differences or variation by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jul 27, 2009A friend recently wrote to me suggesting:... Indeed Nan Yar? contains everything we need to know and I would be very grateful if you would do translation for mumukshu, giving roman transliteration of every word according to the dictionary (minimum tw...

Upadesa Tanippakkal – an explanatory paraphrase by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 26, 2009In continuation of my previous six articles, which were explanatory paraphrases of Upadesa Undiyar, Ulladu Narpadu, Ulladu Narpadu Anubandham, Ekatma Panchakam, Appala Pattu and Anma-Viddai (Atma-Vidya), the following is the last of seven extracts fr...

Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam – an overview by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 4, 2009I am currently preparing to upload four new e-books to the Books section of my website, namely Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam, Sri Ramanopadesa Noonmalai, Part Two of The Path of Sri Ramana and Sadhanai Saram, and I am drafting introductory pages for...

Guru Vachaka Kovai verse 579 and Anubhuti Venba verse 610 by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Nov 19, 2008When I wrote my previous article, Guru Vāchaka Kōvai – a new translation by TV Venkatasubramanian, Robert Butler and David Godman, I unfortunately overlooked an important fact, namely that Sri Muruganar himself had written a brief urai (explanati...