Ramana Maharshi's Core Writings: Uncovering the infinite happiness that is your own being (Ramana Maharshi's Wisdom: Based on the Work of Michael($8.89Value)

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*** A free PDF edition is available through the Sri Ramana Teachings Q&A YouTube channel. *** ‘If one knows what the [real] nature of oneself is, then [what will remain shining is only] beginningless, endless and unbroken existence-awareness-happiness.’ —Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, The Essence of Spiritual Instructions, verse 28 For the first time, this volume brings together the core writings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in a single book, based on the meticulous translations of Michael James currently available. Bhagavan taught that infinite happiness is not something to attain but is what we are — seemingly obscured only by our mistaken identification with the body. His radical yet simple teaching is that by attending to and thereby investigating the fundamental awareness ‘I am’ — the clear sense of our own being — we can discern what this ‘I’ actually refers to. When we persistently follow the path he has shown, the false awareness of ourself as ego subsides, and what alone remains is the ever-present reality. This compilation includes Who am I? ( Nāṉ Ār? ), Forty Verses on What Is ( Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu ) , The Essence of Spiritual Instructions ( Upadēśa Undiyār ) , the devotional hymns to Arunachala, and other writings — the works in which Bhagavan presents the entire teachings of advaita (non-duality) in its purest, deepest and undiluted form. The translations of Akṣaramaṇamālai and Upadēśa Taṉippākkaḷ reflect the current state of Michael James’s work; some verses remain to be completed. Compiled by Sandra Derksen from Michael James’s translations, this edition presents Bhagavan’s words without commentary.