SPECIFICATION:
Publisher : Krishnamurti Foundation India
By : J. Krishnamurti
Cover : Paperback
Language : English
Edition : 2018
Pages : 128
Weight : 250 gm
Size : 0.3 x 4.7 x 7.1 inches
ISBN-10: 8187326433
ISBN-13: 978-8187326434
DESCRIPTION:
Krishnamurti had a life-long interest in education, and this book is the
earliest and most expository of his books on the subject. Focusing on the
central vision that life 'has a wider and deeper significance' and that it is the
concern of education to come upon it, he explores various other connected
themes - authority versus freedom, discipline, intelligence, and the role of
religion in education.
SPECIFICATION:
- Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
- By : Jacques Derrida (Author), Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Tr.)
- Cover : Hardcover
- Language : English
- Edition : 1994
- Pages : 300
- Weight : 1.5 pounds
- Size : 5.8 x 1.2 x 9 inches
- ISBN-10: 8120811879
- ISBN-13: 978-8120811874
DESCRIPTION:
The author is one of the most acclaimed thinker, and expounder of philosophic process of thought of our time. Influence enough to have affected the entire French critical scene, Jacques Derrida has been hailed as the most important philosopher in France today. His ideas of reading and writing, his notion of de-construction, his reinterpretations of phenomenology, of psychoanalysis, and of strucuralism have profoundly influenced the vanguard of European and American criticism and have occasioned lively controversy. Derrida`s philosophical background baffles some literary critics. This role of exposing the common assumption shared by combatants in a controversy raises Derrida`s importance above merely the French scene.
Specification:
- Publisher : Yoga Publication Trust
- by : Bihar School of Yoga
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2015
- Pages : 42
- Weight : 150 gm.
- ISBN-13: 9788100000259
Description:
A Ray of Joy is the twentieth in the series of Satyam Tales depicting the hie arc teachings of our guru, Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Through the medium of these simple narratives, we hear the voice of Sri Swamiji inspiring all, irrespecike of age.Ananda, the celestial harbinger of joy, is at his wit's end when faced with a place that stubbornly resists all efforts to bring in joy and happiness. Many years I he visits the place and its people once again, only to find that someone has quietly worked wonders. Listening to the story behind this miracle, Ananda filled with renewed inspiration and determination to spread cheer and happineas.This story is a delightful read for children, adults and old alike. It is an invaluable message for those engaged in the world and for those seeking the spirit. Pus journey is your journey, these challenges are your challenges, and this victor is your victory. It is a story that will touch your heart, give you joy, hope conviction and, above all, faith. Yes, you too can make a difference and bring a ray of joy into the lives of people around you.
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Lingeswara Rao
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2018
- Pages : 459
- Weight : 670gm.
- Size : 22 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-10: 8188225614
- ISBN-13: 978-8188225613
Description:
It is similar to Periyapuranam and gives an account of the lives of the sixty-three Nayanmars, the Shaivite saints of south India. Sri Ramanana Maharshi was profoundly influenced by the lives of these Nayanmars.
Devotees of Sri Ramana Maharshi are well aware that he was profoundly influenced by the Periapuranam containing the lives of the Nayanmars, the sixtythree Saivite saints. Even after realizing the Self he prayed before the images of the Nayanmars at the Meenakshi temple that he may become a devotee like them! Sivabhakta Vilasam is similar to the Periapuranam and gives an account in Sanskrit of the lives of the Nayanmars. It has its origin in an episode in Kailasa when a congregation of rishis saw a brilliant light descending before them. Maharshi Upamanyu explained to the assembled rishis that it was Sundara, the preeminent Nayanar who came in that form. He also revealed the names and stories of all the sixtythree Nayanmars. This account by Maharshi Upamanyu was later given to others by Sri Suta Muni and Agastya Rishi. The present translation of Sivabhakta Vilasam into Enlglish is by Lingeswara Rao, a fellow devotee.
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : T. M. P. Mahadevan
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1999
- Pages : 182
- Weight : 540gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-10: 8188018279
- ISBN-13: 978-8188018277
Description:
Taking cue from the Ulladu Narpadu and its supplement written by Ramana Maharshi, this book reflects on the sage’s philosophy of existence. It is considered as the quintessential scripture of Ramana Maharshi.
"Under whatever name we worship It,It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless,formless Absolute.
Yet to see one's Self in the Absolute,to subside into it and be one with it,this is the true knowledge of the truth."
This is a typical translation by the Author of the Tamil original verse,Ulladu narpadu (Forty Verses of Existence) authored by Sri Ramana Maharshi.Sri Ramana hardly contributed any writings and probably this is the only major work.His Philosophy and Spirituality were more expounded by clearing the doubts of devotees by way of Questions and Answers.
About the Author
Dr.T.M.P.Mahadevan was Director,Centre of Advanced Study in Philosophy University of Madras.Tasmilnadu.South India.He has authored many books focussed mainly on exposition of Indian Scriptures and Eastern Philosophy.
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Sri Ramana Maharshi - recorded by Paul Brunton/Munagala Venkataramiah
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2018
- Pages : 198
- Weight : 450gm.
- ISBN-10: 8182881781
- ISBN-13: 978-8182881785
Description:
It is a record of conversations and observations made by Paul Brunton and Munagala S. Venkataramiah, the compiler of Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi during the second half of the 1930s. Just over half the record in Conscious Immourtality can also be found in Talks.
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Smt. T.R. Kanakammal
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2009
- Pages : 714
- Weight : 900gm.
- Size : 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
- ISBN-10: 8182881021
- ISBN-13: 978-8182881020
Description:
This commentarial work is on the two works of Sri Ramana maharshi: Arunachala Stuti and Upadesa Nun Malai. It through the commentary, originally in Tamil, spreads the fragrance of the teachings of the sage.
This book contains Sri Bhagavan’s original poetic works and the translation of Smt. T. R. Kanakammal’s commentaries on them.
Smt. Kanakammal is an old ashramite who had spent four years in the immediate presence of Sri Bhagavan till his Mahasamadh
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Arthur Osborne
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2000
- Pages : 228
- Weight : 430gm.
- Size : 18.3 x 12.2 x 1.3 cm
- ISBN-10: 8188018643
- ISBN-13: 978-8188018642
Description:
This comparative study makes an attempt to find the inner meanings of Buddhism and Christianity against the philosophical background of Hinduism.
Sri Arthur Osborne has in his deceptively simple but profound exposition highlighted the essential unity of all the three religions discussed in this work.He has clearly and directly gone to the heart of what makes a religion alive as an instrument oto discover the purpose of life and who we are.
About the Author
Arthur Osborne's very first meeting with RAMANA MAHARSHI had the most profound impact on him.He attained a deep understansing of Ramana'teachings both intellectually and spiritually and from that time until his death in 1970 he was unswerving in his devotion.
Amongst his writings while he lived in Tiruvannamalai are Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self Knowledge and he also edited the The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi.Both these titles are available at Amazon.com
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Arthur Osborne
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2008
- Pages : 473
- Weight : 480gm.
- Size : 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
- ISBN-10: 8182880920
- ISBN-13: 978-8182880924
Description:
It is a collection of the various writings of Arthur Osborne on different topics, religions and their philosophy along with a comparative study of religion. In addition, it houses a number of poems written by Osborne eulogizing or having influenced by Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Editorial Reviews
Sri Ramana Maharshi (Tamil: ) (December 30, 1879 April 14, 1950), born Venkataraman Iyer, was a Hindu sage. He was born to a Tamil-speaking Brahmin family in Tiruchuzhi, Tamil Nadu. After having attained liberation at the age of 16, he left home for Arunachala, a mountain considered sacred by Hindus, at Tiruvannamalai, and lived there for the rest of his life. Although born a Brahmin, after having attained moksha he declared himself an "Atiasrami", a Sastraic state of unattachment to anything in life and beyond all caste restrictions. The ashram that grew around him, Sri Ramana Ashram is situated at the foothill of Arunchala, to the west to the pilgrimage town of Tiruvannamalai. Sri Ramana maintained that the purest form of his teachings was the powerful silence which radiated from his presence and quieted the minds of those attuned to it. He gave verbal teachings only for the benefit of those who could not understand his silence.His verbal teachings were said to flow from his direct experience of Consciousness (Atman) as the only existing reality. When asked for advice, he recommended self-enquiry as the fastest path to moksha. Though his primary teaching is associated with Non-dualism, Advaita Vedanta, and Jnana yoga, he recommended Bhakti to those he saw were fit for it, and gave his approval to a variety of paths and practices. This book is a tribute to the great sage. --Wikipedia
About the Author
Arthur Osborne (1906 1970) was an English writer on spirituality and mysticism, and an influential disciple and biographer of Ramana Maharshi. When one of Osborne's books, Ramana Maharshi and The Path of Self Knowledge, was first published in 1954, it contained a foreword from Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, at that time vice president of India.From 1964, Osborne served as the founding editor of Mountain Path, a journal published by Ramanasramam, the ashram founded by Ramana Maharshi. Thirty years after Osborne's death, his autobiography was discovered among his papers and published by Ramanasramam.
Specification:
- Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
- by : Paul Brunton
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2003
- Pages : 320
- Weight : 530gm.
- Size : 14 x 2.4 x 21.6 cm
- ISBN-10: 1844130436
- ISBN-13: 978-1844130436
Description:
A Search in Secret India is one of the great classics of spiritual travel writing. With a keen eye for detail combined with a generosity of view, Paul Brunton describes taking a circular journey round India: living amongst yogis, mystics and gurus, seeking the one who would give him the peace and tranquillity that come with self-knowledge.
Specification:
- Publisher : Vakils Feffer & Simons
- by : S.R. Mehrotra
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2014
- Pages : xi, 659
- Weight : 1.350 kg..
- Size : 9.1 x 6.5 x 2 inches
- ISBN-10: 8184620764
- ISBN-13: 978-8184620764
Description:
This is the hitherto-untold story of Gandhi’s greatest friend and benefactor, Dr Pranjivan Mehta (1864 – 1932). It was to Mehta that Gandhi first revealed his newly-found philosophy of life in a London hotel in July-September 1909. According to Gandhi’s own admission, his seminal work, Hind Swaraj, first published in the Gujarati columns of the Indian Opinion on 11 and 18 December 1909, was a faithful record of the conversation he had had with Mehta earlier in the year, recollected and recorded in the tranquility of the voyage back to South Africa, between 19 and 22 November 1909.
Specification:
- Publisher : Vakils Feffer & Simons
- by : Chandrika
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2006
- Pages : x, 347p.
- Weight : 390
- Size : 9 x 6 x 1 inches
- ISBN-10: 8187111828
- ISBN-13: 978-8187111825
Description:
Atma-Siddhi, a 142 verse philosophical poem, is a dialogue between the master and the pupil, on the subject of the soul and its journey through this world of material manifestations. Written in lyrical and lucid Gujarati, by the great Jain saint, Srimad Rajchandraji, it is as relevant today, as when it was first written more than a hundred years ago. A contemporary of Gandhiji, Srimadji was considered by the Mahatma to be his spiritual mentor. Attaining enlightenment at an unbelievably young age of 32 years, Srimadji, remains, even today, one of those iconic spiritual teachers, who balanced, with ease and grace, the life of a householder with that of a sage.The book is an interpretation that underscores the validity of Srimadji’s work, for young and old, the spiritually and not so spiritually inclined, in a manner that is interesting as well as insightful.
Specification:
- Publisher : Vakils Feffer & Simons
- by : Dirk Collier
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : 214
- Weight : 450
- Size : 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
- ISBN-10: 8184620756
- ISBN-13: 978-8184620757
Description:
Black and white. Left and right. Believers and infidels. Us and them. The list is endless and should make it painfully obvious: differences between people are inherently dangerous Difference divides; it breeds prejudices, fear and hatred; and sometimes, it kills. This is what Paths to Peace is about: how to avoid the traps of hatred, even if there is no hope of avoiding, removing or convincing those with whom we disagree. No religion or cultural tradition is immune to the poison of fanaticism and hatred. In each and every one of them, however, paths to peace can be found.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Muktha Manu & Peter Berking
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : xv, 167p.
- Weight : 300gm.
- Size : 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788010
- ASIN: 9382788018
Description:
‘Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi and the Holy Hill of Arunachala are the names given to that Ultimate Truth which is beyond all names and forms. The identity of these two forms as the one Ultimate Truth, the Self, leads us to call Bhagavan ‘Arunachala-Ramana’. He realized not only Arunachala, but every being and everything as His own Self. Arunachala-Ramana had no merely localised experience of ‘I’ as the body-mind complex; He realized the ‘I’ as this universal, all-pervading Self.
The name and form of Arunachala-Ramana is the entry door to realization of this universal, all-pervading Self for spiritual seekers. He has appeared as the Guru to guide them on this journey to the ultimate fulfilment of one’s life to realize the Self.
Those who worship the Holy Hill of Arunachala by per-forming Giripradakshina receive blessings to accelerate reaching their goal to merge with that Self into which Arunachala-Ramana has merged. Arunachala-Ramana has said time again that the Holy Hill of Arunachala waits to respond eagerly and tenderly to even the devotee’s weakest yearning to fulfill the Ultimate Goal of Life.
As Arunachala-Ramana said, He has not gone anywhere, but dwells in devotees’ hearts, and is eternally there as the Self.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Karl Renz
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : 219
- Weight : 300gm.
- Size : 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788041
- ASIN: 9382788042
Description:
‘Decoding Karl is akin to understanding electricity: simply cannot be done. Its effects, though, may be felt and described. That’s what you may encounter here in Worry And Be Happy.
It’s the welcome release from needing any release which makes Karl’s display of ‘the audacity of hopelessness’ in this book so enchanting and endearing.
If you believe you have ‘made it spiritually’ it may be worthwhile to test your ‘understanding’ through an encounter with Karl. Honestly though, in such a situation, he is not the kind of guy you would particuiarly enjoy meeting! In the now overcrowded world of sagely Advaita gurus dishing out profound insights into our real nature, Karl stands out as a sore thumb. Like a drunken Kung-Fu master, Karl, in his crazy off-balance style, mocks and punctures the validity of these insights - displaying unshakable balance!
With sparkling and soothing humour, Karl mesmerizingly rips through anything and everything that can be ripped through, to the mixed dismay and wonder of onlookers. And underlining it all is an unmistakable unshakability. In fact, it is this effortless unshakability which manifests through Karl that draws seasoned seekers to him. They flock to him either through resignation or a renewed desire for a breakthrough. Thankfully, once there, neither seems to matter!
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1999
- Pages : 225
- Weight : 300gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 5 x 5.5 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071210
- ASIN: 8188071218
Description:
‘Consciousness is all there is. So “who” is to know or seek “what”? All there is is the impersonal functioning of Consciousness, or God, reflecting within It self the totality of manifestation. Live life making decision and accepting the consequences as if you have free will -- knowing it is Consciousness seeking, doing, living deciding...
Ramesh Balsekar is an awakened sage whose long life has been devoted to Ramana Maharshi and whose final Guru was Nisargadatta Maharaj. He perfectly reflets both East and West-born and raised in Bombay, India, thinking and speaking in English, student of Sanskrit and translator of the Bhagavad Gita, intimately familiar with the Taoist and Chan classics as well as the new paradigm (Consciousness is all there is) which has emerged from quantum mechanics. Poignantly clear and precise and delightfully, humorous, his teaching makes life simple.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2001
- Pages : 30
- Weight : 50gm.
- Size : 5.5 x 5 x 5.5 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071050
- ASIN: 8188071056
Description:
‘A perspective, in the light of the teaching of Ramesh S. Balsekar.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Karl Renz
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : 215
- Weight : 300gm.
- Size : 5.9 x 0.6 x 8.9 inches
- ISBN-10: 9382788026
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788027
Description:
‘Extreme’- that’s how seasoned Advaita buffs would term the Karl Renz brand of Advaita, suggesting compromise as an option. However the option of compromising or not itself gets burnt out in the untamed fire of Karl’s living words.
‘I would rather kill myself than bullshit myself,’ says Karl, scoffing at requests to be ‘nice’ or ‘accommodating’ to listeners gasping for survival. By neither confirming nor destroying core ideas of mind, no-mind, presence, absence, real, unreal, he ends up mesmerising the intellect. ‘Oxy-moron’ Karl merrily hums his song of irrelevance without intention of teaching, sharing or clarifying - whatever. Care-freeness itself in action.
Paradoxes unlimited, neti-neti: negation-negation, then negation of the negator and finally negation of negation itself. In that, there is no ‘finally’. This seemingly is the melody of Karl’s ‘Song of Irrelevance - meditation of what you are’.
I don’t talk to ‘you’, he says. Relevance seekers can eat their hearts out. Irrelevance of irrelevance pervades here - with the flavourless flavour of nobody needing to grasp anything! And the effect? Smiles and chuckles unlimlted!
Welcome to this menu of ‘indigestible’ talks - an assortment of talks from Coimbatore, India and Koh Samui, Thailand. You may savour them, even chew on them, but digesting them could be hazardous. . . . they could well end up digesting you!
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2006
- Pages : 86
- Weight : 120gm.
- Size : 8 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
- ISBN-10: 8188071269
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071265
Description:
You cannot have an ‘ego’ because you are the ego: Consciousness identified with a name and form as a separate entity. The sage responds to his name being called; therefore, the sage has an ego. The ordinary man also responds to his name being called. What is the difference between the ego of the sage and the ego of the ordinary man? That is the core question. The answer is that in the ego of the sage the sense of personal doership has been totally annihilated: he knows that he is only a psychosomatic apparatus through which the Primal Energy functions and brings about whatever is supposed to happen according to the Cosmic Law. The ego of the ordinary man is impregnated with the sense of personal doership. The ego of the sage is totally free from the burden of pride and arrogance for his good actions and guilt and shame for his bad actions, whereas the ego of the ordinary man carries the burden of guilt and shame for his own actions and a heavier burden of hatred for the others for their actions which have hurt him. In the words of Ramana Maharshi, the ego of the sage is like “the remnants of a burnt rope.”
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Dwaraknath Reddy
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : 166
- Weight : 260gm.
- Size : 6.9 x 0.5 x 8.3 inches
- ISBN-10: 9382788050
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788058
Description:
The approach is both scholarly and mystic. Pages soaked with fundamental upanishadic ideas regarding mind. Consciousness, ego, along with concepts of Relativity and quantum physics… scintillating lines… Clarity of vision of author's flight on two wings of reason and intuition." -- Swami Jitatmananda, Renowned International Vedantic Teacher, Sri Ramakrishna Mission, Rajkot. All science is disciplined observation leavened by insight. Beginning with particular experience and common sense. Science arrives at general and uncommon sense. In this sense, everyone is a scientist. But most of the time we do not proceed far enough, nor do we bring the discipline on to much of our experience. In these musings Sri Dwaraknath Reddy has given us a chance to share his experience and he invites us to analyse our own. -- Dr. E.C.G. Sudarshan, Reputed Maths-Science professor, University of Texas, Austin, USA
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Francis J. Padinjarekara
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2010
- Pages : 324
- Weight : 450gm.
- Size : 8.1 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8191022902
- ASIN: 8191022907
Description:
Whether your life is running smoothly or you are in the midst of major changes -- this book is for you.
The deep understanding of human nature, the warmth and compassion of the author, Francis J. Padinjarekara, shine out from every page and every story he tells.
These stories are challenging. Intriguing, amusing and transforming. They show a path towards personal growth and self-realisation without judgments or do’s and don’ts.
Those who are familiar with the stories and writings of ANTHONY DE MELLO, will recognize in these pages, a depth wisdom and lightness that make THIS BOOK a continuation of his INSPIRATIONAL teachings. This could be a thoughtful gift for friends and a valuable beside companion.
One of the visitors asked: “How is it, that in the same circumstances of life, some people live a constricted existence limited mostly to their work and family, while others enjoy far richer lives?”
“Birds soar high and far in freedom as their wings make it possible,” the sage replied/ “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s awareness.”
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ed Nathanson
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1999
- Pages : 190
- Weight : 500gm.
- Size :
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071043
- ASIN: 8188071048
Description:
The Knight Writings chronicles the internal struggle of a spiritual journey -- the personal battle to bring the principles of truth and love to places locked inside by fear.
The knights of old provide a model for this struggle. These are not the knights of storybooks and fantasy but the knights who preceded the romantic figures remembered by history.
This book asks its readers to look closely at their personal and spiritual beliefs and the gap between them. It proposes that spiritual truths cannot truly be known prior to the acceptance of oneself personally.
Not for the spiritually squeamish, the knight’s path to God passes through the most distressing territory of all -- the ego. Despite the difficulty of this course, readers may find that this is the only way to make something that doesn’t exist disappear.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Ramesh S. Balsekar
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 1999
- Pages : 52
- Weight : 180gm.
- Size : 8.3 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-8188071630
- ASIN: 8188071633
Description:
Ramesh S. Balsekar was one of the most profound spiritual Masters of this Age. He was both a brilliant writer and a captivating speaker. Shortly after retiring as the President of the Bank of India, he met the sage Nisargadatta Maharaj and began translating for Maharaj’s daily morning talks. It was not long before Ramesh too experienced the Ultimate Understanding. He was therefore a wonderful blend of East and West, spiritual and material. His compassion and gentle humor infuse the Teaching with an energy that can only be described as being uniquely Ramesh.
Specification:
- Publisher : Zen Publications
- by : Muktha Manu & Peter Berking
- Cover : Paperback
- Language : English
- Edition : 2013
- Pages : xiii, 220p.
- Weight : 360gm.
- Size : 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
- ISBN-13: 978-9382788034
- ASIN: 9382788034
Description:
The Holy Hill of Arunachala is one of the oldest and most sacred holy places in India. Lord Shiva, the very embodiment of wisdom, out of His supreme compassion and to bless the world, manifested in the form of the Holy Hill. This led devotees to start the practice of Giripradakshina, walking around the Holy Hill as an act of reverence and worship.
Devotees who come from far and wide together to worship the Swayambhu lingam thus understand that they are not doing Giripradakshina around an ordinary hill of rocks and mud, but to Lord Arunachala Himself. It is one of the most important forms of worship of Lord Shiva and, in fact, one of the most efficacious forms of sadhana.
Giripradakshina has been practiced since time immemorial by saints, sages, devotees, and siddhas. Authoritative references to this fact are found in the Vedas, Puranas, Stotras, and devotional hymns. The importance of Giripradakshina and the benefits that accrue from it have been proclaimed by Lord Shiva Himself. He is ever ready to grant the prayers of devotees who go around the Hill, remembering its nature and seeking its blessings.
Bhagavan Ramana declared that the holy Hill of Arunachala is the heart of the earth, the spiritual centre of the world. He expressed His adoration in action, by doing Pradakshina to the Sacred Hill countless times. While emphasizing the importance of Self-enquiry, Bhagavan Sri Ramana taught His devotees the importance of Giripradakshina by His own example.
Let us humbly Pray to Arunachala Ramana to Grace us with the strength to do the circumambulation of the Holy Hill of Arunachala with devotion.