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David Godman, lors d'un entretien improvisé avec son amie Harriet, évoque les quatre années (1978-1981) où il a régulièrement visité le maître spirituel Nisargadatta Maharaj à Bombay. Nisargadatta, un jñânî, avait pour objectif principal de « planter ses mots directement dans la conscience » de ses visiteurs, évitant ainsi de saturer leur intellect de concepts. Au fil de la conversation, Godman fait ressurgir des souvenirs enfouis sans chercher à en faire un livre de souvenirs. Il nous plonge dans la petite pièce où Maharaj recevait des visiteurs du monde entier, où se tenaient des séances de questions-réponses, une pratique qu'il appréciait particulièrement. Le récit de Godman allie la fraîcheur de l'expérience vécue à un regard avisé d'observateur. Il se présente comme un témoin fidèle, sans intention d'enquête ni dogmatisme, mais avec une empathie éclairée. La préoccupation principale de Nisargadatta était de dissiper les identités illusoires pour permettre à chacun de découvrir sa véritable nature : une conscience sans limites ni formes.

Padamalai contains well over a thousand teaching statements made by Sri Ramana Maharshi, none of which has appeared in English before. They were recorded in two-line Tamil verses by Muruganar, one of Sri Ramana’s foremost devotees. It was at Muruganar’s behest that Sri Ramana composed both Ulladu Narpadu and Upadesa Undiyar, two of his principal philosophical works. Muruganar himself composed Guru Vachaka Kovai, an extensive and authoritative compilation of Sri Ramana’s sayings that was personally checked and revised by Sri Ramana himself.The original Tamil poem from which these statements have been taken had no structure at all. It was simply 3,059 random verses. Some of them praised Sri Ramana, some of them expressed Muruganar’s gratitude to Sri Ramana for granting him liberation, but the majority contained renderings of his teachings. The editors and translators have arranged these verses thematically, organising them into topics such as ‘Self-enquiry’, ‘The Guru and the Jnani’, ‘The Self’, and so on. To supplement the text and to provide a commentary on it the editors have added many other quotations by Bhagavan.

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The Ultimate Truth Is So Simple. The Simple Message Of Sri Ramana Maharishi, One Of India S Most Revered Spiritual Masters, Whose Teachings, Forty Years After His Death, Are Speaking To Growing Audiences Worldwide. Be As You Are, Edited By The Librarian At The Sage S Ashram-Still Flourishing-At The Foot Of The Holy Mountain Of Arunachala, Is A Compendium Of Those Riches As Bequeathed Personally To Pilgrims Hungry To Discover What Is The Ultimate Truth . Nothing More Than Being In The Pristine State. That Is All That Need Be Said, Declared Sri Ramana. Indeed It Is Claimed That His Highest Teachings, To Those Capable Of Receiving Them, Consisted Of Nothing But Silence During Which He Transmitted A Silent Flow Of Power Enabling Individuals To Experience, Directly, What He Meant By Enlightenment. This Book Is For Those Of Us Who Would Remain Perplexed, But Enriched By The Silence.