Ramana Maharshi
Appalappattu (The Song of the Poppadum)
Written work
Appalappattu (The Song of the Poppadum)
அப்பளப் பாட்டு
A Tamil song that turns the recipe for poppadum, the lentil wafer of South Indian cooking, into an allegory of self-enquiry: grinding the ego, kneading it with the question about the Self and frying it in the fire of knowledge until only reality remains. It shows the humour and simplicity with which Ramana taught.
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Authorship note
Composed, according to ashram tradition, when his mother asked for his help in making poppadums; the exact date is not documented in the sources consulted. No Spanish edition located; the Spanish title is a descriptive translation. Added 2026-10-25: the 1974 edition of the Collected Works places it “in 1914 or 1915”, at Virupaksha Cave (source s26).
Editions and translations
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English
Ramana Maharshi
The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi
The Conscious LibraryThe Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi
Rider, 1959
Incluido en The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi
Other works by Ramana Maharshi
- Who Am I? (Nan Yar?) · 1902
- Vichara Sangraham (Self-Enquiry) · 1901
- The Marital Garland of Letters to Arunachala (Aksharamanamalai) · 1914
- Five Hymns to Arunachala · 1914
- Upadesa Saram (The Essence of Instruction) · 1927
- Ulladu Narpadu (Forty Verses on Reality) · 1928
- Supplement to the Forty Verses · 1928
- Five Verses on the One Self (Ekatma Panchakam) · 1947
- Tamil translations (Vivekachudamani, Atma Bodha, Drig-Drishya-Viveka and others)
- Sri Ramana Gita · 1917
- Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi · 1955
- Maharshi's Gospel · 1939
- The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi · 1972
- The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi · 1959
- The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in His Own Words · 1962
- Be As You Are · 1985
- Day by Day with Bhagavan · 1968
- Letters from Sri Ramanasramam · 1970
- Self-Realization: The Life and Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi · 1931
- Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge · 1954
- Atma Vidya Kirtanam (Song on Self-Knowledge) · 1927
- Sat-Darshana Bhashya and Talks with Maharshi · 1931
- Spiritual Instruction (Upadesa Manjari) · 1948
- Guru Vachaka Kovai (The Garland of Guru's Sayings) · 1939
- Crumbs from His Table
- Gems from Bhagavan · 1965
- Conscious Immortality · 1984
- Padamalai · 2004
- The Essential Teachings of Ramana Maharshi: A Visual Journey · 2002
- Translations from the Agamas (Atma Sakshatkara and Devikalottara) · 1933
- Vichara Mani Mala (Jewel Garland of Enquiry)
- Miscellaneous and Occasional Verses
Sources
- Osborne, Arthur, ed. The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi. Londres: Rider, 1959; Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanasramam (ediciones posteriores).
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