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He composed the well-known song Saranagati in his devotion to Ramana Maharshi, which is still sung by devotees of Ramana Maharshi today. Native to the Manavasi village of Trichy District, Ramaswami Iyer was transferred to a place only 60 kilometres from Tiruvannamalai , Villupuram, where he was the Supervisor of the Public Works Department there.
Tripura Rahasya was venerated by Ramana Maharshi, he often quoted from it and regretted that it was not available in English. As a consequence Munagala Venkataramaiah (now Swami Ramanananda Saraswathi) took up the work of translation in 1936.This was first published in parts in the Bangalore Mythic Society's Journal (Quarterly) from January ...
A number of Ramana Maharshi's Indian devotees (a more extensive list of devotees can be found in V. Ganesan's Ramana Periya Puranam [77]): Ganapati Muni (1878–1936), Sanskrit scholar and poet, activist for Indian independence, [78] and one of Ramana Maharshi's foremost devotees. [79] Muni devised the name "Ramana Maharshi", [80]
Robert Adams (January 21, 1928 – March 2, 1997) was an American Advaita teacher. In later life Adams held satsang with a small group of devotees in California, US. [1] He mainly advocated the path of jñāna yoga [note 1] with an emphasis on the practice of self-enquiry. [2]
Self-enquiry, also spelled self-inquiry (Sanskrit vichara, also called jnana-vichara [1] or ātma-vichār), is the constant attention to the inner awareness of "I" or "I am" recommended by Ramana Maharshi as the most efficient and direct way of discovering the unreality of the "I"-thought.
David Godman, a devotee of Ramana Maharshi, moved to Lucknow in 1992 to spend time around Poonja and stayed until 1997. Godman wrote prolifically about Poonja, including Papaji Interviews , an anthology of interviews, and Nothing Ever Happened , a three volume 1,200-page biography.
In dramatic theory, theater criticism, [44] and acting, [45] it has been used to denote spontaneous creativity and related practices or attempts; it has additionally appeared in music works. [46] Author J. D. Salinger (1919–2010), who was interested in spirituality and alternative religions, was reputedly an adherent of Ramana Maharshi ...
The song is an important motif in the 2006 Bollywood film, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, and is featured in the movie. [ 46 ] Pete Seeger included "Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram" on his album "Strangers and Cousins" (1964) [ 47 ] and performed it in Episode 10 of his television series Rainbow Quest .