Ramana Maharši
<s>Ramana Maharši  (30. decembar 1879 – 14. april 1950) bio je indijski mudrac i jivanmukta (oslobođeno biće).</s><s>On je rođen kao Venkataraman Ijer, ali je poznatiji po imenu Bagavan Sri Ramana Maharši.</s>

<s>On je rođen je u sadašnjem Tiručuliju, Tamil Nadu, Indija.</s><s>Godine 1895. u njemu se probudila privlačnost prema svetom brdu Arunačala i 63 Najanmara se probudilo u njemu, a 1896. godine, u svojoj 16 godini, imao je „iskustvo smrti” kad je postao svestan „struje” ili „sile” (avesam) koju je prepoznao kao svoje istinsko „ja” ili „biće”, i koju je kasnije identifikovao sa „lični Bog, ili Isvara”, tj. Šiva.</s><s>To je rezultiralo stanjem koje je kasnije opisao kao „stanje uma Isvare ili jnani”.</s><s>Šest nedelja kasnije napustio je kuću svog ujaka u Maduraju i putovao do svete planine Arunačala, u Tiruvannamalaj, gde je preuzeo ulogu sanjasina (iako nije formalno iniciran), i ostao je tu do kraja života.</s>

<s>Ubrzo je privukao bakte koji su ga smatrali avatarom i koji su dolazili kod njega za daršan („vid Božji”), a u kasnijim godinama oko njega je rastao ašram, gde su posetioci dobijali upadesa („duhovno poučavanje”) putem tihog sedenja u njegovoj blizini postavljajući pitanja.</s><s>Od tridesetih godina prošlog veka njegovo učenje je popularizovano na Zapadu, što je rezultiralo svetskim priznanjem kao prosvetljenog bića.</s>

<s>Ramana Maharši je odobrio brojne staze i prakse, ali je preporučio samoispitivanje kao glavno sredstvo za uklanjanje neznanja i povinovanja samosvesti, zajedno sa bakti (predanošću) ili predajom sebi.</s>

<s>Radovi</s>

<s>Književno delo 
 Gambhiram Sheshayya, Vichāra Sangraham, "Self-Enquiry".</s><s>Answers to questions, compiled in 1901, published in dialogue-form, republished as essay in 1939 as A Cathechism of Enquiry.</s><s>Also published in 1944 in Heinrich Zimmer's Der Weg zum Selbst.</s><s>Sivaprakasam Oillai, Nān Yār?, "Who am I?".</s><s>Answers to questions, compiled in 1902, first published in 1923.</s><s>Five Hymns to Arunachala:
 Akshara Mana Malai, "The Marital Garland of Letters".</s><s>In 1914, at the request of a devotee, Ramana wrote Akshara Mana Malai for his devotees to sing while on their rounds for alms.</s><s>It's a hymn in praise of Shiva, manifest as the mountain Arunachala.</s><s>The hymn consists of 108 stanzas composed in poetic Tamil.</s><s>Navamani Mālai, "The Necklet of Nine Gems".</s><s>Arunāchala Patikam, "Eleven Verses to Sri Arunachala".</s><s>Arunāchala Ashtakam, "Eight Stanzas to Sri Arunachala".</s><s>Arunāchala Pañcharatna, "Five Stanzas to Sri Arunachala".</s><s>Sri Muruganar and Sri Ramana Maharshi, Upadesha Sāra (Upadesha Undiyar), "The Essence of Instruction".</s><s>In 1927 Muruganar started a poem on the Gods, but asked Ramana to write thirty verses on upadesha, "teaching" or "instruction".</s><s>Ramana Maharshi, Ulladu narpadu, "Forty Verses on Reality".</s><s>Written in 1928.</s><s>First English translation and commentary by S.S. Cohen in 1931.</s><s>Ullada Nārpadu Anubandham, "Reality in Forty Verses: Supplement".</s><s>Forty stanzas, fifteen of which are being written by Ramana.</s><s>The other twenty-five are translations of various Sanskrit-texts.</s><s>Sri Muruganar and Sri Ramana Maharshi (1930s), Ramana Puranam.</s><s>Ekātma Pañchakam, "Five Verses on the Self".</s><s>Written in 1947, at the request of a female devotee.</s>

<s>Snimljeni razgovori 
Several collections of recorded talks, in which Sri Ramana used Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, have been published.</s><s>Those are based on written transcripts, which were "hurriedly written down in English by his official interpreters".</s><s>Sri Natanananda, Upadesa Manjari, "Origin of Spiritual Instruction".</s><s>Recordings of dialogues between Sri Ramana and devotees.</s><s>First published in English in 1939 as A Catechism of Instruction.</s><s>Munagala Venkatramaiah, Talks with Sri Ramana.</s><s>Talks recorded between 1935 and 1939.</s><s>Various editions:
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 Online:  
 
 
  Talks recorded between 1945 and 1947.</s>

<s>Sećanja 
 Frank Hamfris, britanski policajac stationiran u Indiji, posetio je Ramana Maharšija 1911. godine i pisao je članke o njemu, koji su bili prvo objavljeni u časopisu The International Psychic Gazette 1913. godine.</s><s>Paul Brunton (1935), A Search in Secret India.</s><s>This book introduced Ramana Maharshi to a western audience.</s><s>First published 1956.</s><s>Kunjuswami, Living with the Master.</s><s>Recordings of Kunjuswami's experiences with Ramana Maharshi from 1920 on.</s><s>G. V. Subbaramayya, Sri Ramana Reminiscences.</s><s>"The account covers the years between 1933 and 1950".</s>

<s>Dokumentarni filmovi 
 The Sage of Arunachala
 Abide as the Self: The Essential Teachings of Ramana Maharshi
 Talks on Sri Ramana Maharshi: Narrated by David Godman
 Who is Sri Ramana...</s><s>Who am I?</s><s>The Eternal Light</s>

<s>Napomene</s>

<s>Reference</s>

<s>Literatura</s>

<s>Visvanathan, Susan (2010), The Children of Nature: The Life and Legacy of Ramana Maharshi.</s><s>New Delhi: Roli/Lotus
 
 
 
  records of upadesa, instructions and answers by Ramana Maharshi in response to visitors
 
 
 
 
 
 David Godman, Paul Brunton's Background, a critique of Friesen's analysis
 
 G.K. Pillai (2015), Monks are from Meditating Monkeys: Unravelling the Algorithm of True Spiritual Awakening</s>

<s>Spoljašnje veze</s>

<s>Sri Ramana Maharshi: Home
 Cosmic Harmony – Biography of Ramana Maharshi
 Realization.org – Biography of Ramana Maharshi</s>

<s>Rođeni 1879.</s><s>Umrli 1950.</s><s>Indijski filozofi</s>

