Gambhiram Seshaier was a Municipal Overseer at Tiruvannamalai about 1900. He became a devotee of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi who was then living at the Virupaksha cave on the Arunachala Hill. A student of yoga, he was especially interested in Swami Vivekananda’s lectures on Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga, etc. Finding some difficulty in understanding these and similar books, he brought them to the Maharshi for elucidation. Sri Bhagavan then went through each of them and wrote out in easy Tamil prose the gist of these works on bits of paper and answered supplementary questions put by Seshaier. ...

Doubts occur to all seekers on the spiritual path. The precise answers given by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in these pages represent the quintessence of Divine Wisdom. Bhagavan Sri Ramana speaks from the peak of spiritual experience. Every word that falls from his lips is the essence of Upanishadic wisdom. The devout reader who studies these pages, to whatever religion he may belong, is sure to gain the conviction that his essential nature is divine. He will be guided to the core of his Being, the Heart.

The present selection of quotations from the varied works of Sri Ramana Maharshi is a welcome addition to the literature of Sri Ramana Maharshi. Though Sri Bhagavan has repeatedly said in His authenticated publications and in reply to enquirers that the method of “Enquiry” i.e., “Who am I?” is the easiest and the most direct path leading to salvation, yet He has also nowhere and at no time deprecated other methods and paths, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga and so on, as will be seen from his reply to a query under the head “Self-realization”.

The Gospel Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi gave unto the world is a divine legacy left to mankind, to be delivered from generation to generation. This immortal book is a precious lifeblood of the Maharshi embalmed and treasured for application and assimilation in a life solemn and sacred. This lively book speaks louder in Supreme Silence the Truth of our life and living based on practical experience. It solves the problems of mankind by the dynamic emphasis on the divinity of man. It moves all nations, all races and the whole world to the one and only Self. This book is, in short, the ...

‘In Ramana Maharshi, then, we have an actual, historical, recent, much exposed and highly photogenic Sage, whose writings and recorded sayings provide, in the words of Wei Wu Wei, the most precious “cross-reference and confirmation” of the utterances of the old Vedantic and Buddhist Masters.’