Ramana-literature

09-01-2002, 10:10 AM

Dear All,
someone has asked me to put together a list of Ramana-literature.
The list is detailed but not complete.

Where to order books and also out of prints you can see on:
www.geocities.com/bhagavanramama

(RMCFL = Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning, Bangalore)

In HIM
Gabriele

Biographies

- Narasimha Swami: Self Realization. - Ramanasramam
was already published in 1934. It is the classic about the early years of
Ramana.
All the other biographers have used it as a source.

- Osborne, Arthur: Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge
was written by Osborne soon after the Maharshi's death and is also a classic.

Mahadevan, T.M.P.: Ramana Maharshi. - Unwin (London)
gives a good start, containing life, some works and about the teaching
(I don't know if it is still available)

- Natarajan, A.R.: Timeless in Time. - RMCFL, 1999
is the newest one and very detailed

- Sri Maharshi: A Short Life-Sketch. - Ramanasramam
for short information

Reminiscences

- Brunton, Paul: A Search in Secret India
was published already in 1934 and gives a good impression on the Ashram life
and Ramana in the thirties.

- Cohen, S.S.: Guru Ramana. - Ramanasramam
about the teaching, the second part is a diary of Cohen, which describes very
vividely the late years and the last months in the life of Ramana

- Ganesan, V.: Moments Remembered. - Ramanasramam
many beautiful short Ramana-reminiscences from various devotees

- Godman, David: Living by the Words of Bhagavan. - Sri Annamalai Swami Ashram
Trust
reminiscences of Annamalai Swami, who did a lot for the construction of the
various buildings at
Ramanasramam

- Godman, David: The Power of the Presence, parts I and II (III will come out
soon). - Tiruvannamalai
is a collection of reminiscences of different devotees

- Humphreys, Frank: Glimses of the Life and Teaching of Bhagavan Sri Ramana
Maharshi
Humphreys was the first Westerner, who met Ramana in 1911 (a small booklet)

- Kunju Swami: Reminiscences. - Ramansramam
As Kunju was one of the closest devotees we find here much on the life of Ramana
from
1920 onwards

- Mouni Sadhu: In Days of Great Peace. - Ramanasramam
the late years

- Mudaliar, Devaraja: Day by Day with Bhagavn. - Ramanasramam
gives a good report about life and teaching covering March 1945 to Jan. 1947

- Nagamma, Suri: Letters from Sri Ramanasramam
and dto: Letters from and Recollections of Sri Ramanasramam
similar as Mudaliar covering Nov. 1945 to Febr. 1950

- Natarajan, A.R.: First Meetings with Ramana Maharshi: First Person Accounts. -
RMCFL

- Ramana Smrti. - Ramansramam
containing a lot of reminiscences of many devotees, the first ed. is out of
print,
the sec. ed. available was unfortunately very much shortened

- Reddy, N. Balarama: My Reminiscences. - Ramanasramam

- Sadhu Arunachala: A Sadhu's Reminiscences of Ramana Maharshi. - Ramanasramam
Major Chadwick's reminiscences

- Subbaramayya: Sri Ramana Reminiscences. - Ramanasramam

- Taleyarkhan, Bhagavan Priya Ma F.: Sages, saints and Arunachala Ramana. -
Madras
(out of print)

- T.K. Sundaresa Iyer: At the Feet of Bhagavan. - Ramanasramam
TKS met Bhagavan in the Virupaksha-cave-years, small book

- Unforgettable Years: Memoirs of 29 old devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana
Maharshi. -
RMCFL

Teaching

- Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi. - Ramanasramam
contains all works and translations of Ramana
There are also a lot of single books about Ramana's works available as "Who am
I", the poems etc.

- Conscious Immortality: Conversations with Sri Ramana Maharshi. -
Tiruvannamalai, 2. ed.

- Godman, David: Be As You Are
gives a good start in the teaching

- Osborne, Arthur: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in His Own
Words.
Ramanasramam
a collection of talks from different sources

- Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi. - Ramanasramam
detailed, an important classic

Photographic Presentation

- Bhagavan Sri Ramana: A Pictorial Biography - Ramanasramam
nice photos of Bhagavan and the places he lived with extracts from his life and
teaching

- Radiance of the Self. - RMCFL
is a large format photograhic presentation of Ramana with lots of photos

Videos and CD

There are also some videos and 1 CD-ROM available.

Journals

The Mountain Path
journal of Ramanasramam (2 issues a year)

The Maharshi
journal of Arunachala Ashrama, NY,
free to download from the webpage of Ramanasramam or Arunachala Ashrama
(6 issues a year)

The Ramana Way
journal of RMCFL (monthly)

Self Enquiry
journal of Ramana Maharshi Foundation, London (2 issues a year)

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09-01-2002, 10:21 AM

Sorry, there was a mistake in the address. It is of course:
www.geocities.com/bhagavanramana

--- In RamanaMaharshi@y..., "Gabriele Ebert" wrote:
> Dear All,
> someone has asked me to put together a list of Ramana-literature.
> The list is detailed but not complete.
>
> Where to order books and also out of prints you can see on:
www.geocities.com/bhagavanramama
>
> (RMCFL = Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning, Bangalore)
>
> In HIM
> Gabriele

09-01-2002, 11:50 AM

Dear Gabriele,

Thanks for the posting. This is a good page with many valuable
resources.

May I suggest that you also set a link also to SAT:
www.SATRamana.org SAT is focused on Ramana, and the practice of self-
inquiry, as taught by Ramana.

Thank you again for that nice ceocities page.

We are Not two,
Richard

--- In RamanaMaharshi@y..., "gabriele_ebert" wrote:
> Sorry, there was a mistake in the address. It is of course:
> www.geocities.com/bhagavanramana
>
> --- In RamanaMaharshi@y..., "Gabriele Ebert" wrote:
> > Dear All,
> > someone has asked me to put together a list of Ramana-literature.
> > The list is detailed but not complete.
> >
> > Where to order books and also out of prints you can see on:
> www.geocities.com/bhagavanramama
> >
> > (RMCFL = Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning, Bangalore)
> >
> > In HIM
> > Gabriele