‘The Direct Path (The Ramana Way)’
Eighth Edition (Pocket Edition)
By Sri Ramana Maharshi
Translated and commentary by: AR Natarajan
Ramana Maharshi Center of Learning, Bangalore
ISBN: 81-85378-05-3
I had heard about Sri Ramana Maharshi and his philosophy before but never got a chance to read him. When I got this book in its pocket edition, it was a perfect chance for me to get a glimpse of his thoughts which I found representing ancient truth and boundless wisdom.
This book is actually a compilation of two of his works:
(1) Bhagwan Sri Ramana Maharshi’s Upadesa Saram (Essence of Teaching)
and
(2) Sat-Darshanam (Forty Verses on Reality)
Only after reading him I realized what I had missed so far. Verses from Ramana Maharshi have infinite wisdom in them. If we do some more meditation over those, we get to feel and understand what wisdom the great sages and rishis from India/Bharat had.
This book has an introduction in the beginning, and then the two portions as told above come with Sanskrit Verses along with their English translation. The translations are perfect; here are two verses from the book:
The controversy whether fate is stronger than free-will or vice versa
is only for those who do not know their source.
Those who know the individual for whom they pertain
remain untouched by them. ||19||
Both the wise and the ignorant regard the body as “I”.
The ignorant limit the “I” to the body
For the wise, the Self shines in the heart,
Limitless, including the body and the world. ||17||
The translator and commentator A.R. Natarajan was a disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi. He was also the president and founder of the Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning and the Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi Research Centre.
If you are interested in philosophy or Vedic knowledge, this is a must-have book for you.
Some interesting webpages on him:
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