Sri Ramana Darsanam

Sadhu Natanananda was a distinguished scholar and devotee who first met Sri Ramana Maharshi on the Arunachala Hill. His collection of dialogues with Ramana Maharshi – Upadesa Manjari in Tamil and Spiritual Instructions in English – has appeared in several editions of Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi. Sadhu Natanananda also edited Vichara Sangraham (Self-Enquiry) in both the essay and the question-and-answer formats. Ramana Maharshi also gave him the job of arranging the verses of Guru Vachaka Kovai, Muruganar’s authoritative compendium of Sri Ramana Maharshi’s teachings.
In the early 1950s Sadhu Natanananda wrote Sri Ramana Darsanam, a book that contained many previously unpublished stories about Ramana Maharshi. However, it is not merely a collection of anecdotes. Sadhu Natanananda uses these stories to make a penetrating analysis of Bhagavan’s life and teachings.
Also included are previously unpublished poems that give a rare glimpse into the inner experiences that came to Sadhu Natanananda as a result of Bhagavan’s teachings and grace.

The translation into English was done by David Godman.