The Collected Works of Sri Ramana Maharsi

The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi T. K. Sundaresa Iyer’s Preface (Translated from the Tamil Original) This is Tiruvannamalai, the sacred place where Arunachala, the self-created Linga of Fire, shines. Arunachala, the centre of the earth, attracts seekers who are rich in tapas and confers liberation on those who simply think of it. Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi who is of the form of Dakshinamurti and always abides in the Self, graces this place in order to enable countless souls to attain liberation from samsara and reach the bliss of final beatitude. He confers Grace from his state of supreme silence. His extraordinary compassion flows like a flood. This Ramana Nool Thirattu (The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi) is a golden work, it is nectar, it is his prasad to us.

It is due to our good merit and luck that compositions of various types — prose, poetry, dialogue and song — are available in this work. The learned and not so learned alike, can, according to their levels of understanding, read it and be profited.

Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam (Five Hymns to Arunachala), the first part of this work, was composed in the early days when Sri Bhagavan had just begun to speak, breaking mouna. It is the flood of the Self itself. Devotees should be delighted to go through the explanations on bhakti and jnana provided by Ramana Murti himself. He is the Supreme Being,