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Sadhanai Saram
Sadhanai Saram
By
Sri Sadhu Om
Published by
AHAM Publications
Asheboro, NC 27205
U.S.A.
First published in Tamil in 1983
Under the title, "Part Three Sri Ramana Vazlu"
Published by
AHAM Publications
Asheboro, NC 27205 USA
Copyright 2002
ISBN: 1-888599-21-9
Table of Contents
An Invitation.....................................................115
iv A Light on the Teaching of Ramana Maharshi
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The Essence of Spiritual Practice vii
1. Invocation
6. Leave it to Him
joy even the honor (puhazh) that results from the re-
nouncing of relatives and possessions.
67. When the cow goes round the peg more and
more, the length of its tether will finally be reduced
to nothing, whereupon the cow will be brought to a
standstill, being unable to move away from the peg.
Similarly, the mind of a devotee who with love does
pradakshina around Arunachala (Annamalai), which
is Self, the exalted space of true knowledge, will fi-
nally be brought to a standstill with its attention fixed
motionlessly within upon Self, all its mental tenden-
cies (vasanas) having subsided completely.
29. Pramada
156. Know that the world, soul and God have all
seemingly come into existence only because of our
pramada or slackness in Self-attention.
49. Self-Knowledge
Invocation
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GLOSSARY
(Sanskrit and Tamil Words Used in This Book)
abhimana attachment
abhyasa practice
abhyasabala strength of practice
adharma unrighteousness
aham-vritti I thought; the reflected ray of Self-
consciousness
ahankara I sense; the ego-self
ajata non-creation, knowledge of nothing
ajnana ignorance
ajanai the ignorant one who has not realized Self
akhanda-Siva-swarupa undivided nature of God
amalka
ananda bliss; love
ananya jnana free knowledge that this world is
nothing but our own Self
seen wrongly in ourself by ourself through imagina-
tion
anaya priya non-dual love
antahkaranas four inner organs, namely; the
mind, intellect, memory and ego
anya priya dual love; desire towards other ob-
jects
apara-vidya mundane, useless knowledge
asakta powerless
asat not real
ashtasiddis eightfold occult powers
asparsa-yoga a state of oneness by act of union
asrama a place where hermits and sages live
asti-bhakti-priya luminosity-love
106 A Light on the Teaching of Ramana Maharshi
chit consciousness
chitta memory; mind
chitta-suddhi purity of mind
jada insentient
jagat-maya world-illusion
japa repetition of a sacred word or syllable or
name of God
jnana knowledge
jnana-gurunatan Lord Ramana
jnana japa repeating mentally I-I
jnanakasa the space of pure being
jnananubhuti Self-knowledge
jnanatma-vichara Self-inquiry
Jnani Sage; one who realized the Self
jiva individual; ego
108 A Light on the Teaching of Ramana Maharshi