tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post354621403682097358..comments2024-03-20T13:24:11.422+05:30Comments on Arunachala and Ramana Maharshi: RamanapadanandaDavid Godmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354181925332694222noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-37797584649243364222014-01-13T04:51:12.986+05:302014-01-13T04:51:12.986+05:30Thanks anonymous, Rereading the posting on Ramanap...Thanks anonymous, Rereading the posting on Ramanapadananda. One can read it many times and it's contents are ever fresh and beautiful.hey judenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-13261598982313949002014-01-12T19:25:47.587+05:302014-01-12T19:25:47.587+05:30Feeling blessed!
Thanks for the blog post.Feeling blessed!<br />Thanks for the blog post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-53738040804233020002010-11-17T09:06:57.082+05:302010-11-17T09:06:57.082+05:30I didn't know about Ramanapadananda until this...I didn't know about Ramanapadananda until this golden blog entry. Thanks! Wish somebody had interviewed him earlier though - when his memory had been better. "Bhagavan often asserted, ‘Those who come here will be liberated – even animals’." Did Bhagavan mean Tiruvannamalai or Ramanasramam or Ramanasramam in the physical presence of Bhagavan(didn't Wolter Keers feel that being in the physical presence of Bhagavan was important)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-23099559997091966552010-11-17T09:06:56.704+05:302010-11-17T09:06:56.704+05:30Dear David,This blog is really beautiful and very ...Dear David,<br><br>This blog is really beautiful and very useful. Thanks for all your efforts.<br><br>I was wondering if you or somebody has tried to put together detailed account of the last days of various devotees of Bhagavan. For example those that were included in your power of presence trilogy.<br><br>Thanks again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-45221355334853529102009-06-28T11:14:50.829+05:302009-06-28T11:14:50.829+05:30Beautiful!Beautiful!Maneeshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693008674509444946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-25549398660328060672008-05-20T18:03:00.000+05:302008-05-20T18:03:00.000+05:30Dear DavidWould remain grateful for this posting....Dear David<BR/>Would remain grateful for this posting.What more one can say.wish Bagavan's other collections of tamilparayana is known.<BR/>Balasubramanian<BR/>N.DelhiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-82558464753916251032008-05-20T14:05:00.000+05:302008-05-20T14:05:00.000+05:30This is a truly inspiring account of a great devot...This is a truly inspiring account of a great devotee. This is the first time I have read about Ramanapadananda. Many many thanks, David.<BR/><BR/>Nandu NarasimhanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-51595143320484372162008-05-20T10:29:00.000+05:302008-05-20T10:29:00.000+05:30V. Ganesan made many visits to devotees in their f...V. Ganesan made many visits to devotees in their final days. Some of the things they told him can be found in Moments Remembered, which is an anthology of articles he wrote for The Mountain Path in the 1980s.David Godmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354181925332694222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-68514786268543039912008-05-20T08:33:00.000+05:302008-05-20T08:33:00.000+05:30Dear David,This blog is really beautiful and very ...Dear David,<BR/><BR/>This blog is really beautiful and very useful. Thanks for all your efforts.<BR/><BR/>I was wondering if you or somebody has tried to put together detailed account of the last days of various devotees of Bhagavan. For example those that were included in your power of presence trilogy.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-2551814289650454702008-05-20T08:15:00.000+05:302008-05-20T08:15:00.000+05:30KrishnanandThe Tamil parayana started at Skandashr...Krishnanand<BR/><BR/>The Tamil parayana started at Skandashram when Aksharamanamalai was chanted before Bhagavan every evening. Later on more works were added, all selected by Bhagavan. Eventually, the list became so long, it took fifteen days to get through them all. There would be a fifteen-day cycle, at the end of which the chanters would go back to the beginning and start again. When I looked after the ashram archives in the early 80s I found a handwritten parayana book that had the whole fifteen-day cycle written it in. I don't think the texts have ever been published, but if you ask at the ashram, I am am sure someone can give you a list of all the works that were included in the original parayana. <BR/><BR/>The Tamil parayana was abandoned soon after Ramanapadananda passed away, because not enough people were turning up to do the chanting, and a Sanskrit one was substituted. Ramaswami Pillai, who was an enthusiastic Tamil chanter, objected to this and staged a one-man protest by coming to the samadhi hall and singing the Tamil parayana very loudly while the Sanskrit was also being chanted. He said that this Tamil parayana was something he had always done in Bhagavan's presence at that time, and he didn't see why he should stop just because no one else wanted to join him. Eventually, he was persuaded to desist. The Tamil parayana disappeared for about fifteen years, and when it reappeared in the late 1980s, it consisted only of Bhagavan's works, works he had translated, and songs in praise of him.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous (2)<BR/><BR/>Ramanapadananda apparently gave an interview to a Tamil magazine Arunachala Mahimai about his time with Bhagavan. I am trying to track it down. If I find it, and if there is new material there, I will add it to this post.<BR/><BR/>'All those who come here will be liberated - even animals'<BR/><BR/>Without context, it is hard to know what Bhagavan meant by this. He did endorse the various puranic statements about Arunachala ('The thought of Arunachala will bring liberation,' and 'All those who live within three yojanas of Aruanchala will be liberated') so he may have been alluding to this.David Godmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354181925332694222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-22339593384551446662008-05-20T04:32:00.000+05:302008-05-20T04:32:00.000+05:30I didn't know about Ramanapadananda until this gol...I didn't know about Ramanapadananda until this golden blog entry. Thanks! Wish somebody had interviewed him earlier though - when his memory had been better. "Bhagavan often asserted, ‘Those who come here will be liberated – even animals’." Did Bhagavan mean Tiruvannamalai or Ramanasramam or Ramanasramam in the physical presence of Bhagavan(didn't Wolter Keers feel that being in the physical presence of Bhagavan was important)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-73648878804592157052008-05-20T02:13:00.000+05:302008-05-20T02:13:00.000+05:30Nice...from KarthikNice...from KarthikAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-8090272811606603512008-05-19T23:10:00.000+05:302008-05-19T23:10:00.000+05:30Here is one devotee who, after staying so long wit...Here is one devotee who, after staying so long with Bhagavan and receiving his Grace abundantly feels that Surrender is better. I am moved by this.<BR/><BR/>Regards MuraliMuralihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720150736535781474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-62067220890954287222008-05-19T21:54:00.000+05:302008-05-19T21:54:00.000+05:30Dear GodmanAccording to Sri Ramanapadanand in thos...Dear Godman<BR/><BR/>According to Sri Ramanapadanand in those days the parayana did not just consist of Bhagavan’s works and his translations; it also included classical Tamil devotional literature that Bhagavan had personally selected for daily chanting in his presence.<BR/><BR/>Bhagawan's Tamil works are clearly available but are those other Tamil classical works selected by Bhagawan available ? Has Ramanashram compiled it and made it available ?Krishnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897276223601330565noreply@blogger.com