Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharshi: self-inquiry

This is biography of great saint Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharshi.His teachings are also touched in this book. At the behest of Siva, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi as- sumed a human form and was born in the early of hours of 30th December, 1879 at Tiruchuzhi, a place near Madurai, under the asterism of Punarvasu, to the pious couple Sundaram Iyer and Azhagammal. Sundaram Iyer passed away when the boy Ramana was twelve. Then itself Ramana pondered over the nature of death. In 1896 on Thursday 16th July Ramana had an unaccounted form of the fear of death. Then his body's age was only 16 years, 6 months, 16 days. He was then staying with his uncle in a house in Chokkappa Naicker Street, Madurai. On the onset of the fear of death, he investigated into it with an undisturbed mind. He thought thus "This body is dead, it will be taken to the cremation ground". His body was actually dead, respiration and heartbeat stopped. Even then he was able to feel the consciousness within. He had direct experience that he is the pure conscious being; later after twenty minutes, consciousness again entered the body and the body started moving. Such a thing has not happened in any saint's life before. Ever since then Sri Bhagavan abided in that consciousness only, a state known as Sahaja Samadhi. At the instance of Siva he reached Tiruvannamalai on 1st Sept. 1896 and taught Atma vidya (self-knowledge) to any one who cared for it. Several animals, like dogs, monkeys, peacocks, serpents, squirrels and cattle lived in close proximity to Sri Bhagavan. In Sri Bhagavan's holy presence his mother Azhagammal and the cow Lakshmi attained liberation apart from some others.