Akshara Mana Malai.

Description

Ramana Maharshi is an exponent on Self-enquiry.He has great devotion and gratitude for Arunachala Siva.He said the holy hill of Arunachala is nothing but solid mass of bliss of Siva.The devotees of Ramana Maharshi used to go for begging food in Tiruvannamalai town and they asked Bhagawan to write poems for singing while begging so that people will recognise them as Ramana Maharshi devotees.Conceeding to their request Bhagawan started writing verses,considering himself as bride to the bride groom Arunachala Siva in which out of love he
accuses Arunachala Siva for not fulfilling his spiritual expectations.This type of accusing out of love is called Ninda Stuti(Praising through accusing) which has got it's own poetic value.Bhagawan used to do Giri Pradakshina slowly and some verses spontaneously felt by him and he noted them on the paper. On the whole there are 108 verses,the number is auspicious in Hinduism. Akshara is a sanskrit word which means indestructible letter,Mana in Tamil means marriage,Malai means garland.So the bride Ramana Maharshi prepared the indestructable garland of letters for the bride groom Arunachala Siva to place that garland around his neck during marriage and in turn expects garland of grace from Arunachala Siva.So Akshara Mana Malai means marital garland of letters put together by Ramana Maharshi.

About the Author

The author,Dr.P.V.S.Suryanarayana Raju is pediatrician from Andhra Pradesh,India,born on 12th December 1950.He is working on the subject of self-inquiry for the past 30 years under the living Presence and guidance of Ramana Maharshi which he discovered 30 years ago in Ramanasramam.He is a frequent visitor to Ramanasramam and out of greatfulness to Bhagawan he wrote many books analyzing his teachings and these books are some of them.His works include "The Art of self-enquiry,Alpha and Omega of self-inquiry,The essence of self-inquiry part 1 & 2, Insights in self-inquiry Part 1 & 2,Theory of self-inquiry,The Practice of self-inquiry,The theory and Practice of self-inquiry,The comprehensive book on self-inquiry,he commented on "Who am i",Upadesa saram,Akshara Mana Malai of Ramana Maharshi and all are his products of his own experience.He wrote many books on Bhagawan in Telugu which include "Nenevadanu? which is a commentary of him on "who am i" in Telugu and his recent book in Telugu is Atma Vicharana Ati Sulabham mainly deals with the practical aspect of self-inquiry and he explains in it why self-inquiry is a direct and easy way for realizing the Self.

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