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"Sri Ramana Maharshi is regarded as one of the most important Indian sages of all time. At the age of sixteen, he experienced a spiritual awakening and travelled to the holy mountain of Arunachala, where a community grew up around him. From there, he touched the lives of influential writers, artists, and seekers such as Carl Jung, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Somerset Maugham. Today, millions around the world continue to be inspired by his teachings. Edited by his pupil Arthur Osborne, this classic work sets out Sri Ramana Maharshi's thoughts on such subjects as how to live in the here and now, wealth, freedom, knowledge, and the essence of our true nature. It has been long-established as a classic text for those studying non-duality, specifically Advaita. Self-inquiry is the key to liberation, Sri Ramana contends, as he invites us to detach ourselves from our illusions and set out on the path that leads toward enlightenment."--Back cover.

The book delves into the life and teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, who attained Self-realization at a young age through spontaneous Self-enquiry. After leaving his home in Madurai at seventeen, he spent fifty-four years in Arunachala as a sage, embodying continuous Self-realization until his passing in 1950. His profound teachings have had a lasting impact on many seekers, offering insights into the nature of the Self and the path to spiritual awakening.

Presents a collection of essays which cover a range of topics that are grounded in the fundamental truth of Advaita, or non-duality, in the light of Ramana Maharshi's teachings. These essays cover questions on the spiritual journey: meditation, self-effort and effortlessness, action and non-action, Self and ego, and the question of suffering.

New Enlarged Edition Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) was still in his teens when he attained enlightenment through a remarkable experience, as if undergoing death of the physical body, while remaining in full consciousness. He left home for the sacred hill of Arunachala where he taught the purest form of Advaita Vedanta (non-duality) through the simple discipline of self-inquiry. His teaching, his principal instruction to all his devotes was always to meditate on the question “Who am I?” In this book Arthur Osborne gives an account of the life and teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi. It has a special relevance to our age with its outlines of a religion based on the Indian scriptures which is essentially spiritual, without ceasing to be rational and ethical.

Sri Arthur Osborne has in his deceptively simple but profound exposition highlighted the essential unity of all the three religions discussed in this work.He has clearly and directly gone to the heart of what makes a religion alive as an instrument oto discover the purpose of life and who we are.