My introduction
to Ramana Maharishi happened when I was probably 16 years old. Being a huge fan of Indian Music Composer
Ilayaraja, i read about Ramana in one of his interviews/speech. His teachings were vaguely understood then. Not that I could able to
comprehend everything now, but even with words it was tough. Many said that it
is a distilled form of spiritual truth and I had that deep interest
in knowing the truth partially to satisfy my ego to possess that
understanding. When I read the book written by Paul Brunton's A Search in Secret India, it took me few days to
digest and left me in tears many times. A classic in simple terms. To me that was the greatest
story of a spiritual hero told and documented despite knowing Ramayana and Mahabharata
in parts. I have read many books about Ramana and his close disciples and the way they lived in the Ashram left me stunned. Honestly, I was not sure what I was looking for from Ramana but his
interactions with people (hardly does he) inspired me heavily to read more and
more and made me to visit his ashram in Thiruvannamalai or Holy Arunachala which is 4 hours drive
from Chennai city. His stance on the sadhana or practice remained to the dot
regardless of the forms of questions put forth by different kinds of people and
he never swayed away from the truth to please them which itself is a huge life
lesson. Even if you are a non-believer you simply cannot afford to miss this
greatest Rishi lived on planet earth.
I am looking forward to share more in future.
God Bless!!!
