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 18
Acknowledgements 28
Foreword to the Second Ashram's edition of "Talks"
(by Prof. T. M. P. Mahadevan) 30
Talks With Sri Ramana Maharshi
Talks 1937 (№ 338–438) 37
January (338–349) 38
February (350–373) 50
March (374–378) 74
April (379–410) 78
May (411–419) 122
June (420–427) 128
December (428–438) 136
Talks 1938 (№ 439–601) 149
January (439–449) 150
February (450–463) 165
March (464–481) 181
April (482–485) 204
May (486–495) 208
June (496–500) 222
July (501) 227
August (502–509) 227
September (510–522) 239
October (523–566) 252
November (567–589) 274
December (590–601) 394
Talks 1939 (№ 602–653) 309
January (602–617) 310
February (618–637) 336
March (638–652) 352
April (653) 371
APPENDICES
Appendix 1
Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni
Forty Verses in praise of Sri Ramana (Sri Ramana Chatvarimshat) (translation from the English byО. М. Mogilever) 379
Appendix 2
Oleg M. Mogilever
Maha Yoga (A Garland of Sonnets) 392
Important Events in Sri Bhagavan's Life 403
Glossary 406
Bibliography 428
Scriptures, books and works which are mentioned in the talks 432
Index 439
A short guide to Sri Ramanasramam 463
LIVING WATER: Impressions of Sri Ramanasramam 470
Sri Ramanasramam's gift to three main Libraries of Russia 473
The Direct Path to the Self (a Sonnet) 477
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi 5
2. Sri Ramana Maharshi 35
3. Maharshi standing at entrance to Skandashramam 377
4. Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni 381
5. Oleg Markovich Mogilever 393
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 | 341, 349, 353, 363, 379, 381, 401, 406, 420, 433, 436, 467, 468, 481, 506, 514, 567, 590, 608, 612, 617, 620, 624, 636, 637, 647 | Self-Awareness and Self-ignorance | 1.2 | 338, 340, 341, 344, 349, 351, 354, 356, 359, 360, 362, 363, 365, 376, 379, 380, 385, 386, 392, 396, 399, 406, 413, 427, 432, 433, 435, 437, 440, 468, 470, 476, 477, 479, 480, 482, 487, 490, 496, 512, 513, 520, 540, 548, 556, 565, 569, 571, 575, 579, 589, 591, 601, 607, 609, 610, 618, 624–626, 635, 636, 639, 641, 644, 646, 653 | The jnani | 1.3 | 342, 343, 355, 375, 383, 385, 415, 421, 426, 432, 445, 446, 449, 460, 467, 471, 487, 498, 499, 513, 515, 554, 559, 595, 599, 607, 609, 643 | Silence andsat-sanga | 1.4 | 398, 456, 482, 518, 519, 534, 550, 569, 609, 646, 650 | Sri Arunachala | 1.5 | 357, 358, 361, 442, 464, 473, 492, 494, 529, 598 | Sri Bhagavan | 1.6 | 363, 370, 389, 403, 408, 409, 410, 412, 415, 418, 419, 463, 494, 505, 560, 583, 584, 585, 592, 593, 616, 622, 632, 638, 640, 648, 652 |
| 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 | 392, 398, 402, 403, 408, 424, 433, 474, 503, 511, 567, 587, 616, 641 | The nature of the ego-mind | 2.2 | 344, 347, 376, 378, 381, 382, 384, 389, 392, 398, 427, 448, 451, 465, 473, 485, 510, 514, 561, 563, 569, 571, 574, 577, 579, 589, 613, 615–617, 619, 623, 624, 629, 637, 641, 647 | Self-Enquiry | 2.3 | 345, 352, 356, 366, 374, 378, 379, 380, 382, 390, 394, 398, 426, 427, 429, 430, 434, 448, 452, 472, 473, 485, 486, 489, 501, 522, 545, 551, 557, 578, 580, 596, 602, 605, 606, 608, 611, 612, 615, 618, 620, 628, 629, 631, 634, 642, 644, 645, 647 | Surrender | 2.4 | 341, 350, 363, 373, 398, 422, 423, 428, 434, 438, 449, 450, 454, 462, 493, 502, 521, 543, 544, 549, 567, 569, 594, 596, 600, 604, 630, 642, 650 | ||||||
| 3. Guru | The Guru and his Grace | 3.1 | 350, 425, 434, 440, 458, 496, 503, 509, 518, 529, 547, 591, 612, 621, 627 | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Life in the world | Life in the world and renunciation | 4.1 | 395, 411, 426, 427, 429, 444, 453, 472, 484, 495, 521, 523, 524, 525, 530, 533, 535, 538, 542, 568, 581, 582, 588, 614, 634, 643, 653 | |||||||||||||||
| Subject | Themes | № | The number of the talks | ||||||||||||
| (As they appear at Sri Ramanasramam's edition) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Other methods | Mantras and japa | 5.1 | 339, 401, 413, 426, 441, 448, 526, 527, 591, 650 | Concentration and meditation | 5.2 | 338, 349, 367, 371, 377, 378, 390, 401, 404, 405, 413, 452, 453, 472, 528, 536, 538, 539, 540, 542, 557, 580, 596, 624, 634 | Yoga | 5.3 | 371, 398, 404, 424, 448, 483, 500, 508, 528, 574, 580, 616, 619, 643, 646 | ||||||
| 6. Experience | Samadhi | 6.1 | 349, 391, 406, 465, 497, 527, 582, 597, 621, 647 | Visions and psychic powers | 6.2 | 364, 389, 400, 407, 468, 503, 534, 597, 616, 621, 634 | Problems and experiences | 6.3 | 340, 348, 372, 393, 397, 399, 404, 427, 431, 450, 457, 462, 466, 478, 488, 491, 507, 517, 531, 562, 563, 564, 565, 566, 570, 572, 586, 603, 617–619, 647 | ||||||
| 7. Theory | The nature of the world | 7.1 | 374, 376, 381, 387, 388, 399, 427, 442, 443, 446, 450, 451, 453, 455, 487, 514, 516, 548, 556, 577, 610, 641, 651 | Life, death, reincarnation | 7.2 | 363, 396, 414, 426, 427, 461, 513, 542, 553, 558, 573, 611, 644 | The nature of God | 7.3 | 363, 385, 436, 453, 537, 548, 649 | Suffering and morality | 7.4 | 368, 371, 377, 420, 422, 447, 507, 532, 541, 546, 555, 575, 633 | Karma, destiny and free will | 7.5 | 346, 383, 423, 425, 426, 552, 653 |