Sri Ramanasramam.Tiruvannamali; 1st edition (August 15, 2006)
Edition
Hardcover
Book description
Epistles of Light presents a series intimate,revealing letters written in Sanskrit by Vasishta Kavyakantha Ganapti Muni while residing at Anandasrama,Sirsi(North Kanara,Central Karnataka) in 1931 to his Guru Sri Ramana Maharshi.Every letter has an English translation "Giver of everything desirable!Though I may be having a thousand desires,they are all set at rest within the cave of Heart scorched by the effulgence of Your benevolent look.Only one of them sprouts forth rasing it's head even now.May my impure Ego perish.My Lord,grant me the fulfilment of this aspiration." Talking of Sri Ramana Maharshi the famous British author Paul Brunton has the following to say: "The words of this Sage still flame out in my memory like beacon lights. I pluck golden fruit from rare meetings with wise men, wrote trans-Atlantic Emerson in his diary,and it is certain that I plucked whole basketfuls during my talks with this man.Our best philosophers could not hold a candle to him....
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.