Timeless in Time : Sri Ramana Maharshi

Publisher's Preface vii Foreword ix Eliot Deutsch Introduction xi A.R. Natarajan Section I: Who are you Ramana? 1(20) Who are you Ramana? 1(2) Tiruchuzhial---Birth Place of Sri Ramana 3(2) Blissful Parents 5(1) Born With a Purpose 6(2) Early Years 8(1) Dindigal---Self-Enquiry Begins 9(1) Madurai 10(1) The Day Before 11(1) Enlightenment---July 17, 1896 12(2) The Father's Command 14(2) Advent at Arunachala 16(5) Section II: Penance 21(8) The Penance 21(2) Gurumurtam 23(3) Arunagirinathar Temple---Pachaiamman Koil 26(3) Section III: Virupaksha Years 29(48) Virupaksha Years, 1899-1916 29(5) Hornets 29(1) Composition of the Five Hymns 30(1) Ramana With Children 30(1) Some Other Incidents 31(3) The Most Significant Event After Enlightenment 34(2) Arunachala 36(10) The Ancient Legends 36(1) Sage Gautama---Skanda Purana 36(3) Ramana's Guru 39(2) Giripradakshina 41(5) Gambhiram Seshier 46(2) Sivaprakasam Pillai 48(2) Vasishta Ganapati Muni 50(9) Truth Revealed 51(3) Let the Whole World Know Him as Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi 54(1) Ramana Gita---1917 54(3) Cast Your Burden on the Lord of the Universe 57(1) Ulladu Narpadu---Sat Darsanam 58(1) The Muni and the Maharshi---The Late Years 58(1) F.H. Humphreys 59(1) Lesser Known Devotees of Ramana 60(1) Ramana Dasa Sadananda (Seshagiri Iyer) 60(1) Mastan 61(1) Sacred Hands 61(3) Ramana's Mother Azhagammal 64(13) Mother's Anguish 64(3) Ramana and Mother at Virupaksha and Skandasramam 67(3) Mother's Liberation 70(3) Mother's Samadhi and the Matrubhuteswara Temple 73(4) Section IV: Skandasramam Years 77(6) Skandasramam Years: 1916-1922 77(2) Sadhu Natanananda 79(4) Section V: Sri Ramanasramam Years 83(38) The Liberty Hall 83(2) Robbers Worship Ramana 85(2) Ramana in the Kitchen 87(2) Equality in the Dining Hall 89(2) Kinder You Are Than One's Own Mother 91(2) Identification With the Poor, Humble, and Meek 93(3) One Consciousness 96(8) Monkeys 96(2) Squirrels 98(1) Peacocks 98(2) Wild Animals 100(1) Snakes 101(1) Liberation of Cow Lakshmi 101(3) Some Western Devotees 104(7) Paul Brunton 104(3) M.A. Pigot 107(1) Mercedes de Acosta 108(1) Uma Devi 109(1) Arthur Osborne 110(1) The Thirties and Forties 111(1) Vicarious Penance 112(2) Devotees Panic---Ramana's Response 114(2) Did Ramana Suffer? His Attitude to Darsan 116(1) Mahanirvana 117(1) Samadhi Function and Significance of Samadhi 118(3) Section VI: Timeless in Time 121(21) The Post-Nirvana Scene 121(1) Absence 121(1) The Continuing Story 121(2) Teachings 123(5) Sadguru 128(6) Ramana's Daily Miracles 134(1) Timeless in Time 135(7) Notes and References 142(3) Bibliography 145(1) Glossary 146(1) Biographical Notes 147