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We recommend Michael James’s translations. They are more accurate than the translations in Sri Ramanasramam publications.
Translated by Michael James
Translated by Michael James
Translated by Michael James
Translated by Michael James
Translated by Michael James
Translated by Sadhu Om
Translated by T.M.P. Mahadevan
Translated by Arthur Osborne
Translated by Michael James
Translated by Michael James
Translated by Michael James
Translated by Michael James
Translated by Michael James
Translated by Robert Butler
Translated by (probably) Arthur Osborne
Translated by Michael James
Translated by Michael James
Translated by Michael James
Translated by T.M.P. Mahadevan
By Annamalai Swami
Advice from a Self-realized expert on Self-enquiry who was a direct disciple of Ramana Maharshi.
By Annamalai Swami
By Annamalai Swami
Helpful quotes from somebody who really knows how because he really did it.
By Alan Chadwick
The little pamphlet Who Am I? says everything you need to know to become Self-realized.
By Michael James
Every time you see “I-I” in a Ramana book, it’s a translation mistake that distorts the meaning.
By Suri Nagamma
It’s just an idea; don’t worry about it; find the source and abide as that.
By V. Ganesan
His face was red with rage. “What a fool you are!” he told me. “What do you think you have come to Bhagavan for?”
By Sadhu Om
Many people regard Sri Sadhu Om’s book on Self-enquiry as one of the best instruction manuals for that practice. He was Sri Ramana Maharshi’s direct disciple and Muruganar’s literary executor. This article contains the entire chapter on technique from his book.
By Ramanananda Swarnagiri
A silent mind will not lead to Self-realization unless awareness of ‘I’ is present.
Abdul Wahab knew Ramana when they were teenagers. In later life he became Ramana’s devotee.
He describes what it was like to realize the Self.
A quarterly journal for devotees of Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Links to free high-quality digital books about Ramana Maharshi.
Our main page on this famous classic: background, translations, commentaries, links.
Byron Katie is the inventor of The Work, a method of self-enquiry based on four simple questions. She experienced an unexpected awakening in 1986 following years of severe depression.
By Charlie Hopkins
Dada Gavand describes with remarkable precision exactly what he did that led to his waking up. This is one of the clearest and most informative explanations of spiritual practice that has ever been written.
Bio, articles, links, and more.
By Franklin Merrell-Wolff
I saw that genuine Recognition is simply a realization of Nothing, but a Nothing that is absolutely substantial and identical with the SELF. This was the final turn of the Key which opened the Door.
By Franklin Merrell-Wolff
Recognition and Liberation are attained by turning the attention toward the subjective pole and away from the objective content of consciousness. The effort must be to attain a consciousness without objective content. Such a consciousness may be likened to a light in a space that contains no objects.
By Franklin Merrell-Wolff
Franklin Merrell-Wolff describes how he performed the crucial step that led to his enlightenment.
By Franklin Merrell-Wolff
A mystic experiment by the least mystical of realizers.
By Freddie Yam
After a waterfall of light erupted in Freddie’s head, he cried tears of joy for three days. He describes what he did to make it happen and concludes that yoga is a technology for turning people into saints.
By iamquiet
The experience of one’s true state of total emptiness is indescribable. No pleasure or fleeting happiness or excitement I have experienced before even comes close. Nothing I can say will compare, experience it for yourself.
Our reference page on John Richards: Bio, articles, links, and more.
Translated by John Richards.
By Bruce Morgen
The practice we call meditation doesn’t cause the meditative state; at most it prepares the ground for an event beyond our control.
By Petri Einiö
Consciousness is the sunlight of our soul; Awareness, the moonlight; Kundalini, the cool balancing energy.
The left side of this table shows symbols in VaigaiAA, a Tamil typeface published in 1988. The right side shows corresponding Unicode symbols.
In 1978 the government of Tamil Nadu ordered the replacement of symbols on the left side of the table (shown in the VaigaiAA typeface) by symbols on the right (shown in Noto Sans, a modern unicode typeface).
In this excerpt from his book All-Amareakin, Tom Anderson recalls a nine day road trip that began with Self-remembering and ended with samadhi.
This page was first published on July 5, 2024 and last revised on July 12, 2024.