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    Ramana Maharshi Upadesa Saram
    Ramana Maharshi Upadesa Saram
    Ramana Maharshi Upadesa Saram
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    Ramana Maharshi Upadesa Saram

    By Ramesh S. Balsekar

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    Ramana Maharshi composed The Essence of Spiritual Instruction in response to the supplications of the devoted Muruganar. The poet-devotee was writing in Tamil the story of the wayward rishis of Daruka forest who were practicing special rites for attaining powers they desired. Their egos deflated by Siva, and perceiving the error of their approach, they humbly sought spiritual instruction from Siva. Siva graciously bestowed the instruction, and it is these teachings that Muruganar requested Sri Bhagavan, Siva himself, to reveal in verse form. So, the Maharshi composed thirty verses in Tamil. Later, Sri Bhagavan translated them into Sanskrit. The Tamil version is titled Upadesa Undiyar, and the Sanskrit version is entitled Upadesa Sarah and is also referred to as Upadesa Saram.
    This work is the English translation and interpretation of the Sanskrit Upadesa Saram. It presents the quintessence of spiritual instruction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRamesh S. Balsekar
    Release dateMay 20, 2015
    ISBN9789384363864
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    Ramesh S. Balsekar

    Ramesh Balsekar, a teacher of pure Advaita, or non-duality, is an unearthly blend of the utterly human and utterly divine manifesting as a brilliant spiritual Master. His crystal-clear and profound teachings are backed by his complete understanding that “Nobody does anything” coupled with his life experience as a top executive of a major Indian bank, as a huband, father and grandfather – all lived knowing that it is all happening as God’s Will.For much of his full life Ramesh, whose Guru was Nisargadatta Maharaj, has been devoted to Ramana Maharshi, in whose spirit Ramesh welcomes seekers and asks “Who is seeking? Leave the seeking to Him who started the seeking.”

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    • 5/5
      Loved the book. It is very crisp and succinct in expression. Beautiful!!!
    • 5/5
      It is an absolute must read for a spiritual person , a true seeker who will feel the grace of the Sri Ramana Maharshi while reading it and contemplating to it (meditation etc.)
    • 2/5
      I was thrilled to find this book, but the devanagiri script from verse 20 is repeated several times for all other verses as well. The quality of the devanagiri script is bad.
    • 5/5
      For the person interested in Vedanta, this book should be read every day.

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    Ramana Maharshi Upadesa Saram - Ramesh S. Balsekar

    RAMANA MAHARSHI’S

    Upadesa Saram

    An interpretation by Shirish S. Murthy

    purely by the grace of my Master, Ramesh Balsekar

    Incorporating

    Pointers from Ramana Maharshi

    by Ramesh S.Balsekar

    A DIVISION OF MAOLI MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

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