Sadhu Natanananda first met Bhagavan at Skandashram. In later years he edited or arranged many texts relating to Bhagavan’s teachings, including Spiritual Instruction, Self Enquiry and Guru Vachaka Kovai. This article focuses on his personal struggle to transcend his mind.
Interview with Sadhu Om
This is an interview that Sadhu Om gave in the early 1980s.
Ramanapadananda
Ramanapadananda was a devotee of Bhagavan for several decades. In the 1930s and 40s he published all the books of Muruganar’s poetry that were published during Bhagavan’s lifetime.
Narayana Iyer
In this article I have collected all the stories on or by Narayana Iyer about his time and his relationship with Bhagavan.
Paul Brunton’s Background
In this article I give a brief assessment of some scholarly articles that appeared about Paul Brunton and Bhagavan. Links to the articles are given so readers can come to their own conclusions about their author’s opinions.
Swami Ramanagiri
Swami Ramanagiri came to India in the 1940s and travelled in North India for while before coming to Ramanasramam. He took Sri Ramana as his Guru and eventually became a distinguished and well-respected yogi in an ashram that was located near Madurai.
T. M. P. Mahadevan
Prof. T. M. P, Mahadevan was a professor of Indian philosphy at Madras University as well as being a devotee of Bhagavan. This is an interview he gave in the 1980s about Bhagavan’s life, state and teachings.
Somerset Maugham and The Razor’s Edge
In 1938 Somerset Maugham visited Bhagavan. Years later, in 1944, he used some of his experiences there to write a novel about a westerner who visits an Indian ashram and gets transformed. The Guru in that ashram is clearly Bhagavan. Two years later the novel was turned into a Hollywood film.