Bhagavan's Life
On a rainy day in thiruchuzhi, where paper boats floated in the street floods, Venkataraman got caught stealing law-suit papers and made this person very mad.
Who is Sundaram?
The main fear of any questioner is this Bramasthram of Bhagavan.
Who is the questioner?
When asked whether he would come and meet young Brahmanaswami, "I will just screw his ears, pull him back to Madurai and leave him with his mother" said this devotee who was called naughty by all. But he protrated before Bhagavan after seeing him.
Who is Pokkiri Mani?
According to Bhagavan this vegetable would stand in front of heaven that would prevent Mother Azhagammal to enter.
What is Onion?
This is the first roof constructed exclusively for Bhagavan by a hardworking man on the mountain close to Virupaksha.
What is Skandahsramam?
What is the use of worldly studies for a renunciate like you? said this frustrated person to Venkataraman in deep meditation.
Who is Nagaswami?
When translating Atma Bodham, Bhagavan declared that he is the same person as this Acharya.
Who is Adi Shankara?
When Bhagavan made fun about how shabby this devotee had cut the greens for cooking, Only this devotee had the audacity to challenge Bhagavan to marry an equally efficient young maiden and set up home instead of wandering as a mendicant in loin cloth.
Who is Muruganar?
Bhagavan joked to this poet friend that his sloppiness in sorting the greens was similar to his married life.
Who is Muruganar?
Thanks to this person who lit the first fire to cook for all devotees of Bhagavan, uninterrupted sumptuous food flows to all devotees forever at the ashram.
Who is Azhagammal?
The Young Brahmana swami identified his name as this when asked by a devotee whether he was Hari or Shiva or Muruga.
Who is Arunachala Ramanan
Beyond words Bhagavan always taught devotees through this.
What is silence?
This lady devotee who comes from far by walk and fed Bhagavan, approached Bhagavan on a full moon day to get initiation, and Bhagavan gave her the upadesha "Unnai vidaathu iru"(Remain in the self) and gave her the experience. Bhagavan joked to this poet friend that his sloppiness in sorting the greens was similar to his married life.
Who is Desurammal? Or Who is Akilandammal?
Which Kingdom are you running to conquer? asked Bhagavan to this forest creature that came out of a monk state.
Who is monkey?
This is the gnani for whom when Ramansramam built an expensive building, not only did milk and ghee rivers flooded but also Godess Mahalakshmi's blessings made Ashram flourish.
Who is cow Lakshmi?
When this great tapasvin saw six balls of light circle around the young Brahmanaswami, he praised him as the incarnation of this God.
Who is Lord Karthikeya?
The closest proof that Bhagavan repeatedly points to our own experience of this state in which our body and mind cease to exist.
What is deep-sleep?
This devotee really wanted Sanyas or renunciation, but Bhagavan insisted that it was taken from within not in outward appearance. He took Sanyas from Swami Ramdas, and showed Bhagavan his new oufit, seeing which Bhagavan laughed and insisted that renunciation has to happen within.Thanks to this person who lit the first fire to cook for all devotees of Bhagavan, uninterrupted sumptous food flows to all devotees forever at the ashram.
Who is Maurice Frydman?
"Your own slithering bed came here to visit you, no need to be startled", Said Bhagavan to this devotee who was about to sleep.
Who is Madhava?
Bhagavan who has no body consciousness was operated for sarcoma without anesthesia at this place in the Ashram
What is the Dispensary?
Bhagavan, when asked by a devotee named T.K. Sunderesa Iyer, the meaning of this stotram on a Sivaratri night, Bhagavan explained it with a whole night of silence.
What is Dakshinamurthy Stotram?
Bhagavan composed and completed these thousand verses to complete the sankalpa of an extempore poet who had thumb injury
What is Uma Sahasram?
Bhagavan appeared in this widow lady's dream as a siddha purusha 30 years before she met Bhagavan. She was observant and wrote all that happened around Bhagavan.
Who is Suri Nagammal?
When this devotee lady served slightly bigger rice balls to Bhagavan specially, and said it is all in your mind Bhagavan, Bhagavan laughed and said,"She is giving me my own medicine".
Who is Mudhaliyar Paatti?
This is the only hall of Ramanasramam that stands for Dwanta, dual existence, one in east and one in west.
What is the old meditation hall?