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Japa of ‘I am’ as an aid to self-attentiveness by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Oct 29, 2009After I wrote my previous article, ‘Holy indifference’ and the love to be self-attentive, a series of interesting comments have been posted on it discussing the use of japa (repetition) as an aid to the practice of self-attentiveness. In the most...

‘Tracing the ego back to its source’ by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jul 12, 2009A friend recently wrote to me asking:I am stuck at a point where I feel I need help ... While reading Sri Ramana Maharshi’s work and Talks, there is this constant mention of tracing the ego back to the source. When I try to do it there is an arrest...

Svarupa-dhyana and svarupa-darsana by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jul 8, 2009A friend recently wrote to me asking:Does svarupa-dhyana, atma-chintana and atma-smarana mean focusing attention on the first thought ‘I am’, consciousness of being? I mean, is it concentration on being, staying without thoughts but still aware o...

Sadhanai Saram – an introduction by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 27, 2009As I had intimated in several of my recent articles, today I have uploaded the following four new e-books to the Books section of my website:An e-book copy of the English translation by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James of Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam...

Sadhanai Saram – The Essence of Spiritual Practice (sadhana) by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 27, 2009As I had intimated in several of my recent articles, today I have uploaded the following four new e-books to the Books section of my website:An e-book copy of the English translation by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James of Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam...

Anma-Viddai (Atma-Vidya) – an explanatory paraphrase by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 24, 2009In continuation of my previous five articles, which were explanatory paraphrases of Upadesa Undiyar, Ulladu Narpadu, Ulladu Narpadu Anubandham, Ekatma Panchakam and Appala Pattu, the following is the sixth of seven extracts from the introductory page...

Ulladu Narpadu – an explanatory paraphrase by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Jun 14, 2009

Ekatma Vivekam – the kalivenba version of Ekatma Panchakam by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on May 28, 2009Sri Ramana composed many of his Tamil works — such as Ulladu Narpadu, Ekatma Panchakam, Devikalottara – Jnanachara-Vichara-Padalam, Atma Sakshatkara Prakaranam, Bhagavad Gita Saram and Atma Bodham — in a four-line poetic metre called venba, whi...

Why to write about self? by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Apr 17, 2009A question that I am asked quite frequently is why I take so much trouble to write about the nature of self and the means by which we can know ourself as we really are, when all that we really need to do is just to be vigilantly self-attentive. For e...

Guru Vāchaka Kōvai – a new translation by TV Venkatasubramanian, Robert Butler and David Godman by Happiness of Being - The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi on Nov 12, 2008A new English version of Guru Vāchaka Kōvai has recently been published. It is translated by Dr T.V. Venkatasubramanian, Robert Butler and David Godman, and is edited and annotated by David Godman.More information about this new book and where it c...