Ramana Maharshi
Upadesa Saram (The Essence of Instruction)
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Upadesa Saram (The Essence of Instruction)
உபதேச உந்தியார் / उपदेशसारम्
Thirty verses that move in ascending order through the spiritual paths: ritual action without attachment, worship, repetition of the name, meditation, breath control and, at the summit, enquiry into the source of the mind. It does not disqualify the earlier paths but shows that all lead to the stillness of the heart. It is the text recited daily at Sri Ramanasramam.
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Authorship note
Written by Ramana in Tamil (Upadesa Undiyar) at the request of the poet Muruganar, who was composing a poem on Shiva and asked him for the verses of instruction; Ramana himself translated it into Sanskrit (Upadesa Saram), Telugu and Malayalam.
Editions and translations
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English
Ramana Maharshi
Essence of Instruction (Upadesa Saram)
The Conscious LibraryEssence of Instruction (Upadesa Saram)
Books on Demand, 2014
ISBN 9783738600919
Ramana Maharshi
Upadesa Saram (Essence of Teaching)
The Conscious LibraryUpadesa Saram (Essence of Teaching)
Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning, 1992
ISBN 8185378169
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
- 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
- Appalappattu (The Song of the Poppadum) · 1914
- 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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