CONTENTS
The list: "The subject of talks" 14
Introduction by the President, Sri Ramanasramam 17
Introduction by the compiler and editor of the Russian edition 19
Acknowledgements 29
Introduction to the First Ashram's edition of "Talks" (by Sadhu
Arunachala) 31
"Talks" and Teaching of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
(by S. S. Cohen) 35
Note by the recorder 40
Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Talks 1935 (№ 1–114) 47
January (1–10) 48
February (11–23) 65
March (24) 89
April (25–31) 91
May (32–43) 95
June (44–50) 98
July (51–64) 109
September (65–72) 123
October (73–78) 127
November (79–01) 132
December (102–114) 153
Talks 1936 (№ 115–308) 160
January (115–144) 161
February (145–166) 183
March (167–181) 196
May (182–184) 208
June (185–212) 212
July (213–235) 239
August(236–240) 251
September (241–252) 258
October (253–274) 275
November (275–290) 296
December (291–308) 320
Talks 1937 (№ 309–337) 337
January (309–337) 338
APPENDICES
Appendix 1
Vaiyai R. Subramaniam
All is one (Ellam Ondre) (translation from Tamil
by A. M. Dubiansky) 383
Appendix 2
Sri Satyamangalam Venkatarama Iyer
Ramana Sat-Guru (translation from English
by О. М. Mogilever) 402
Important Events in Sri Bhagavan's Life 407
Glossary 410
Bibliography 430
Scriptures, books and works which are mentioned in the talks 433
Index 438
A short guide to Sri Ramanasramam 463
LIVINS WATER: Impressions of Sri Ramanasramam 469
Taste of Joy 471
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi 5
2. The Guru and his disciple: Sri Bhagavan and Munagala
S. Venkataramiah 41
3. Sri Ramana Maharshi and his devotees outside the Old Hall,
circa 1930 s. 45
4. Sri Ramana Maharshi 381
THE LIST: "THE SUBJECT OF TALKS"
| Subject | Themes | The number of the talks (As they appear at Sri Ramanasramam's edition) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Reality, or pure Happiness | The nature of the Self | 1.1 | 3, 13, 16, 17, 28, 33, 41, 42, 46, 92, 96–98, 100, 104, 107, 112, 117, 122, 126, 127, 128, 131–133, 137, 139–141, 143–146, 151, 157, 163, 164, 184, 196, 204, 211, 212, 218, 219, 251, 284, 293, 295, 301, 304, 306, 312–313, 316, 333 | Self-awareness and Self-ignorance | 1.2 | 2, 6, 12, 21, 26, 35, 43, 46–49, 53–54, 63, 66, 79–80, 92, 93, 96, 97, 99–101, 104–107, 123, 125, 132, 133, 136, 141, 142, 144, 146, 147, 151, 159, 164, 166, 167, 169, 174–183, 186, 188, 189, 191, 192, 195–198, 201, 203–204, 206–207, 215, 217, 222, 224, 226, 227, 229, 233, 236, 240, 242, 244, 245, 248, 249, 251, 252, 256, 263, 264, 268, 269, 272, 278, 280, 284–286, 288–290, 293, 302, 308–309, 313, 320, 328, 331 | The jnani | 1.3 | 9, 48, 65, 82, 87, 103, 107, 111, 115, 158, 286, 291, 307 | Silence and sat-sanga | 1.4 | 10, 34, 60, 68, 122, 130, 155, 185, 231, 246, 262, 283, 285 | Sri Arunachala | 1.5 | 18, 143, 212, 216, 218-219, 273, 275, 323 | Sri Bhagavan | 1.6 | 71, 84, 125, 238, 243, 250, 258, 267, 281, 291, 296, 324 |
| Subject | Themes | The number of the talks (As they appear at Sri Ramanasramam's edition) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. Prescribed sadhanas | The nature of the Heart | 2.1 | 4, 29, 34, 52, 81, 97, 98, 101, 131, 134, 152, 160, 205, 219, 247, 273, 293, 299 | The nature of the ego-mind | 2.2 | 2, 19, 25, 26, 46, 47, 49, 53, 59, 68, 76, 80, 81, 85, 91, 97, 100, 106, 126, 130, 132, 163, 169, 173, 177, 181, 194, 195, 197, 203, 206, 208, 211, 213, 222, 277, 292, 314, 320, 323, 328 | Self-Enquiry | 2.3 | 12, 24, 26, 27, 34, 41, 43, 44, 47, 49, 56, 67, 73, 80, 81, 97, 101, 104, 107, 109, 131, 138, 146, 153, 154, 164, 165, 195–197, 202, 205, 211, 221, 239, 240, 245, 266, 290, 303, 314, 322–323, 326, 328, 336–337 | Surrender | 2.4 | 27, 32, 43, 50, 52, 59, 63, 74–75, 83, 102, 104, 116, 121, 129, 135, 149, 154, 161, 201, 208, 228, 232, 237, 244, 251, 265, 306, 319, 321, 325, 327, 329, 337 | ||||||
| 3. Guru | The Guru and his Grace | 3.1 | 5, 13, 23, 29, 31, 78, 135, 157, 171, 188, 198, 217, 220, 222, 247, 251, 270–271, 282, 284, 287, 289, 317, 336 | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Life in the world | Life in the world and renunciation | 4.1 | 20, 22, 24, 31, 39–40, 44–46, 54, 58–59, 63, 76, 78, 113, 116, 118, 126, 156, 161, 170, 189, 225, 227, 230, 234–235, 251, 253, 255, 257–258, 260, 266, 268, 272, 274, 283, 313, 319, 335 | |||||||||||||||
| Subject | Themes | The number of the talks (As they appear at Sri Ramanasramam's edition) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5. Other methods | Mantras and japa | 5.1 | 8, 55, 72, 103, 220, 226, 233, 241, 312, 322, 328 | Concentration and meditation | 5.2 | 27, 28, 31, 52, 61, 67–68, 80, 91, 113, 131, 139, 148, 152, 155, 172, 174, 214, 220, 222–223, 231, 287, 293–294, 297–298, 306, 310, 326 | Yoga | 53 | 10, 17, 20, 27–28, 54, 57, 150, 154, 191, 211, 234, 240, 299, 303 | |||||||||
| 6. Experience | Samadhi | 6.1 | 17, 82, 110, 136, 155, 187, 200 | Visions and psychic powers | 6.2 | 18, 20, 30, 32, 37, 57, 103, 121, 304, 305, 317 | Problems and experiences | 6.3 | 29–30, 42, 62, 68, 115, 136, 138, 141, 160, 162, 172, 200, 202, 204, 247, 254, 275, 300, 311, 314, 318, 327 | |||||||||
| 7. Theory | The nature of the world | 7.1 | 1, 25, 30, 33, 98, 114, 292, 315, 328, 332 | Life, death, reincarnation | 7.2 | 64, 69, 129, 144, 198, 242, 244, 247, 248, 261, 276, 279, 311, 318 | The nature of God | 7.3 | 1, 30, 31, 86, 90, 107, 112, 244, 269, 308, 323 | Suffering and morality | 7.4 | 16, 28, 94, 108, 135, 276, 321 | Karma, destiny and free will | 7.5 | 11, 28, 31, 39, 41, 57–58, 193, 209–210, 237, 244 |