The Silent Power - Hindu Temple of Greater Cincinnati

239 Pages·2005·0.55 MB·English

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Selections from
The Mountain Path
and
The Call Divine
SRI RAMANASRAMAM
Tiruvannamalai
2002
© Sri Ramanasramam
First Edition : 2002 (1000 copies)
ISBN No: 81-88225-49-5
Price: Rs.
CC No: 1009
Published by
V.S. Ramanan
President, Board of Trustees
Sri Ramanasramam
Tiruvannamalai 606 603
Tamil Nadu
INDIA
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Foreword
Like the previous volumes Fragrant Petals and Surpassing
Love and Grace, The Silent Power contains selections from The
Mountain Path and The Call Divine. Besides the writings on
Sri Maharshi and his beloved Arunachala, a few other interesting
articles on various topics have been included.
TIRUVANNAMALAI V.S. RAMANAN
15 FEBRUARY 2002 PUBLISHER

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Foreword . . . . . iii
P I
ART
Arunachala — Lucia Osborne . . . . . 1
Arunachala’s True Shape — Aquarius . . . . 10
The Cult of the Hill — Kenneth Grant . . . . 12
P II
ART
Sab Jan, Sri Maharshi’s Classmate — “SEIN” . . . 19
Krishnaprem and Maharshi — Marie B. Byles . . . 25
A Perfect Image of the Life Divine — K. Ramachandra . 28
A Talk with Sri Ramana Maharshi — Pryns Hopkins . . 31
RAMANA REMINISCENCES
— I Arthur Osborne . . . . . 34
— II Dr. Hafiz Syed . . . . . 38
— III Prof B.L. Atreya . . . . . 42
— IV Anonymous . . . . . 45
— V Anonymous . . . . . 47
— VI OM Sadhu . . . . . 48
— VII Anonymous . . . . . 49
— VIII Varadachari . . . . . 50
— IX Maurice Frydman . . . . . 51
— X Swami Madhavananda . . . . 52
— XI K. R. K. Murthy . . . . . 53
— XII J. Suryaprakasa Rao. . . . . 56
— XIII K. K. Nambiar . . . . . 57
— XIV P.T. Muthuswami . . . . . 58
— XV N.N. Rajan . . . . . 60
— XVI Madhavi Ammal . . . . . 65
Recollections — K.R.K. Murthy . . . . . 67
Our Natural State — A ‘Pilgrim’ . . . . 69
A Spiritual Torch — Paul Brunton . . . . 73
Bhagavan Treated for Eczema — T.K.S. . . . 77
Sri Ramana — Major A.W. Chadwick . . . . 81
Sri Bhagavan and the Mother’s temple—Major A.W. Chadwick 83
The Immutable Atmosphere — N. O. Mehta . . . 85
Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi as seen by a Bengali Devotee
— Jagannath Chattopadhyaya . . . . 90
REMEMBERING RAMANA
— I Miracles and Bhagavan — N. N. Rajan . . 92
— II His Divine Excellence — N. N. Rajan . . 93
The Fortunate Boy — “SEIN” . . . . . 96
LEST WE FORGET ...
— I Dr. V. Srinivasa Rao . . . . . 99
— II G. Lakshmi Narasimham . . . . 101
HOW I CAME TO BHAGAVAN
— I Roda MacIver . . . . . 104
— II M. S. Nagarajan . . . . . 106
— III A Seeker . . . . . 108
Bhagavan’s Solicitude for Devotees — Kunju Swami . . 112
REMINISCENCES
— I A. Venkateswara Sarma and Smt. Sala . . 115
— II M. S. Nagarajan . . . . . 117
HOW I CAME TO THE MAHARSHI
— I Swami Paresananda . . . . . 120
— II Sunyata . . . . . 123
— III Satya Narayan Tandon . . . . 125
Awareness Absolute — Visvanatha Swami . . . 128
Sri Bhagavan’s Bodily Health — K. Lakshmana Sarma . 133
Treatment to Sri Bhagavan - An Account — Dr. Shankar Rao 135
The End was Peaceful — Lt. Col. P.V. Karamchandani . 142
ARADHANA DAY
— I Major Chadwick . . . . 146
— II Mouni Sadhu . . . . . 148
Bhagavan is Everywhere — S.G. Devaraj . . . 151
Bhagavan Sri Ramana is Personally Present Here
— Swatantra . . . . . 153
How I Came to Bhagavan — Muhammad Abdulla . . 155
RAMANA’S UNIVERSAL PHILOSOPHY — Dr. M. Hafiz Syed
— I Ramana Maharshi’s Spiritual Philosophy of Life . .158
— II Testimony of Islam to Bhagavan’s Life and Teachings 164
Bhagavan Sri Ramana, The Light Divine
— Dr. T.M.P. Mahadevan . . . . 169
Sri Ramana: A Pure Channel for a Higher Power
— Paul Brunton . . . . . 183
P III
ART
The Eternal Now — Major A.W. Chadwick . . . 189
There is Nothing, Be! — Major A. W. Chadwick . . 197
Uniqueness of Bhagavan — Dr. T.M.P. Mahadevan . . 201
The Miraculous and Supernatural — Marie B. Byles . . 208
An Angry Prayer — Jean Butler . . . . . 212
An Incarnate Abbot Explains . . . . . 216
Zen Stories . . . . . 221
The Story of Lila . . . . . 223
Appendix . . . . . 227

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