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ARKANA. Be As You Are David Godman has spent the last nine years in India studying and practising the teachings of Sri Ramana. He is the librarian of Sri Ramana’s ashram and a former editor of The Mountain Path, a journal which propagates Sri Ramana’s teachings. Be As You Are The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi Edited by David Godman —>. Ss ee a mame Eq agg= = ARKANA London, Boston, Melbourne and Henley First published in 1985 by ARKANA ARKANA PAPERBACKS is an imprint of Routledge & Kegan Paul plc 14 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7PH, England 9 Park Street, Boston, Mass. 02108, USA 464 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia and Broadway House, Newtown Road Henley on Thames, Oxon RG9 1EN, England Set in Sabon 10 on 11pt by Columns of Reading and printed in Great Britain by Cox and Wyman Ltd, Reading, Berks. © Sri Ramanasramam 1985 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publishers, except for the quotation of brief passages in criticism ISBN 1-85063-006-2 Contents Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE THE SELF The nature of the Self N Self-awareness and Self-ignorance W The jnani ENQUIRY AND SURRENDER PART TWO Self-enquiry — theory &N Self-enquiry — practice _ N Self-enquiry — misconceptions I Surrender N PART THREE THE GURU 8 The Guru 9 Silence and sat-sanga PART FOUR MEDITATION AND YOGA Meditation and concentration Mantras and japa Life in the wor Yoga PART FIVE EXPERIENCE Samadhi 15 Visions and psychic. powers 16 Problems and experiences PART SIX THEORY 17 Creation theories and the reality of the worl vi CONTENTS 18 Reincarnation 19 The nature of God | 20 Suffering and morality 21 Karma, destiny and free will Glossary Notes and references Bibliograph Index” poy Acknowledgments To Sri Ramanasramam for permission to reprint extracts from most of the books listed in the bibliography. To Rider and Co., London, for permission to reprint an extract from A Search in Secret India. To Sadhu Om for permission to reprint material from The Path of Sri Ramana and for permission to use and adapt his unpublished translations of the writings of Sri Ramana Maharshi and Guru Vachaka Kovai. To Michael James for assistance in adapting verses from Guru Vachaka Kovai and for offering constructive advice throughout the preparation of the book. Vil