Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

Index

Subjects

Abhichāra Prayoga 517

Abhyāsa 42, 485

Abhyāsa and inherent peace 264

Advaita and dwaita 35

Advaita vāda 383

After-death state 276

Aham Brahmāsmi and Brahmaivāham 307, 309

Aham Sphurana 307

Ahamkara 177

Ahimsā 22

Ajāta vāda 383

Ajnāna (ignorance) explained 248, 249

Ajnāni and Aspirant, difference 562

Ajnāni, rebirth of 108

Akāsa (ether) 589

Akhandākāra vritti 307

Allison, Mrs. 453

America 503

Anahata 398, 424

Ānanda 566

Anantachari, Mr. 601

Anecdote of Pārvati and Rāma 218

Animals and birds 13, 17, 24, 30, 63, 84, 119, 120, 146, 190, 197, 198, 213, 230, 254, 258, 267, 276, 296, 300, 313, 324, 326, 334, 398, 399, 456, 473, 475, 485, 538, 566, 574, 591, 601, 616, 620, 644

Annamalai Swami 463, 530, 601

Ant hill 267

Antahkarana 392

Antahprānāyāma 54

Arunachala 274, 275, 491, 492, 493, 494, 529

and Self 273

and liberation 472, 473

Arunāchala Hill 14, 18, 71, 84, 118, 143, 176, 212, 216, 218, 219, 228, 267, 273, 275, 281, 300, 323, 324, 357, 359, 396, 412, 442, 447, 464, 473, 492, 499, 529, 539, 616, 621, 652

jothi on 18

“Ārya Dharmam”—Tamil paper 566

Āsana 17, 235

skins of animals for 17

Āsanas 574

Astral body 144, 206

Ātma vichāra, necessity for 186

if it ceases 239

Ātmā-dharma 57, 58

Ātman 186

Ātmanishta 294

Ātmasākshātkāra 565

Ātmavichāra 298

Ātmavichāra and Chitta-vritti nirodha 485

When asleep 485

Ātmavidyā 378, 379

Ātmavidyā, the easiest 551

Attention to the Self 25, 30, 31, 41, 43, 92, 154, 160, 193, 266, 312, 313, 349, 351, 404, 427, 468, 488, 493, 557, 624, 625

Aurobindo’s yoga 200, 201

Āvarana 473, 579

Avidyā 263

Awareness 188

Awareness (Consciousness) 454

Ayyasami 463

Bateman, Lady 603, 609

Be still 338, 354, 363, 379, 380, 480

‘Be yourself’ 181, 182, 183

‘Be-ing’ 46, 111, 112, 121, 122, 610

conciousness 53

Benares 18

Bhagavān’s Grace 217, 218

Bhagavat Gita explanation of some lines 284, 285

Bhakti 472, 650

Bhakti (para-) 25, 50, 51

Bhakti and Jnāna 385

and vichāra the same 251

Bhumā 68

Birth and rebirth 279

Black Magic 517

Blankness 13, 138, 246

Blazing light 200

disappearance of bodies in 215

Bliss 106

obstacles to steady 95

Bodies—three kinds of 215, 216, 217

Body consciousness and samādhi 406

Body, identification with 2 (15th May, 1935), 13, 35, 54, 95, 96, 159, 186, 196, 197, 248, 276, 282, 286, 293, 313, 337, 341, 353, 354, 383, 389, 391, 396, 398, 427, 448, 478, 482, 487, 491, 503, 529, 536, 567, 574, 575, 579, 609, 610, 611, 633, 653

Bondage and action 46

Booklore 22, 23, 25

Brahmacharya 17, 491

Brahmākāra vritti 54

Brahmaloka 517

Brahman 388, 389

Brahmavid, -vara, -varya, -varishta 95

Breath control 25, 345, 448

and ‘I’ thought 195

and control of mind 195, 196

Byramjee, Misses Gulbai, and Shiribai 246

Celibacy 17

Chadwick, Major A. W. 476, 511, 513, 550, 650, 651

Chidākāsa 589

Child and Sage 9

Children 9, 13, 43, 80, 82, 112, 124, 148, 195, 251, 262, 265, 291, 304, 306, 313, 342, 348, 414, 449, 467, 485, 495, 512, 524, 564, 581, 582, 607, 612, 616

Chit 589

Chitta 19

Chitta suddhi 581

Cholkar, Mr. 312

Chopra, Mr. 591

Christ and Christianity 17, 20, 77, 86, 87, 88, 96, 106, 145, 164, 188, 189, 201, 215, 268, 311, 338, 396, 424, 426, 433, 436, 476, 509, 591, 595, 601, 609

Chudālā 597, 647

Concentration 25, 31, 398, 557, 616

aids to 25

the effect of, on brain 616

Consciousness 199, 340, 453

absolute (Cosmic) and reflected 177

of sleeping and waking states 13

supreme 30

in waking and sleep state 280

with quietness 345, 348

the background of objects 450

Cosmic 561

Contemplation 204

Cosmic dissolution 30

Cosmic mind and Guru 188, 189

Craig, Mrs. 453

Creation 20, 25, 30, 80, 112, 133, 177, 204, 215, 239, 240, 241, 272, 276, 292, 315, 326, 341, 374, 383, 387, 388, 399, 404, 446, 452, 453, 455, 472, 477, 487, 548, 567, 569, 594, 601, 602, 610, 611, 641, 651

Cross and Christ 86, 88

Daharākāsa 269

Dakshināmurti 20

Dakshināmūrti stotra 569

Dead, the 64

Death 16, 17, 18, 20, 25, 30, 32, 34, 36, 46, 49, 52, 64, 66, 68, 69, 80, 87, 99, 104, 105, 108, 121, 124, 129, 144, 145, 164, 172, 186, 187, 195, 197, 202, 203, 206, 208, 224, 237, 239, 243, 245, 247, 248, 251, 252, 261, 264, 266, 276, 279, 280, 282, 285, 286, 295, 300, 306, 317, 318, 324, 328, 342, 343, 349, 352, 383, 396, 397, 398, 399, 403, 408, 426, 427, 428, 434, 435, 439, 461, 463, 473, 487, 556, 562, 567, 572, 573, 601, 610, 611, 614, 616, 621, 644

Death, fear of 567, 572, 573

and rebirths, interval between 572, 573

Death, in Benares 18

mourning in 16, 203

Death, states before 247

last hours of mother’s and Sri Bhagavan’s touch 247

Deep sleep 206, 207

Departed souls 16

seeing them 34, 36, 224

Desire 3, 13, 16, 20, 22, 25, 30, 41, 54, 57, 64, 68, 106, 115, 122, 124, 129, 176, 183, 192, 198, 210, 245, 248, 251, 253, 264, 265, 266, 268, 281, 302, 313, 340, 349, 354, 360, 364, 373, 392, 396, 397, 404, 422, 433, 441, 449, 467, 469, 473, 477, 482, 485, 491, 495, 502, 513, 520, 523, 537, 542, 544, 558, 567, 575, 589, 594, 603, 605, 609, 614, 616, 618, 619, 621, 625, 633, 651

and duality 502

conquest of 575

Desirelessness 581, 582

Destiny and free will 11, 25, 30, 31, 37, 41, 57, 115, 190, 193, 195, 208, 209, 245, 251, 256, 282, 286, 291, 295, 323, 336, 346, 349, 383, 423, 426, 449, 491, 515, 582, 646

Devās 30

Devils 30

Devotion 25, 31, 40, 50, 52, 54, 57, 57 (4th July, 1935), 78, 83, 92, 95, 104, 129, 149, 152, 154, 159, 189, 195, 196, 208, 215, 222, 229, 251, 265, 266, 274, 287, 293, 306, 307, 319, 337, 349, 356, 372, 385, 392, 401, 407, 426, 428, 433, 434, 439, 441, 449, 450, 462, 465, 472, 473, 482, 485, 502, 517, 529, 535, 543, 544, 560, 567, 580, 596, 598, 619, 650

Dhar, Mr., I.C.S. 452

and Mrs. 453, 454, 455, 462

Dharma 58

Dhyāna 52, 61, 172, 536, 538, 539, 540

Dhyāna, and seeing God in all 254

and Vichāra 294

Diet and food 16, 22, 24, 25, 31, 108, 119, 154, 168, 170, 226, 229, 258, 265, 266, 313, 357, 399, 405, 410, 415, 426, 432, 449, 463, 467, 491, 523, 528, 529, 557, 607, 644, 648

Dīkshā 518, 519

Dikshas 398, 433

Disciple’s experience 275

in the hall 327

Discrimination 25

Disembodied souls 328

Dispassion 220

Divine favour 25

Divine Grace 25

Divine name 441

the philosophy of 446, 448

Diving, the mind 348, 349

Dodwell, Mr. 363

Doer 63

Doership 20, 39, 41, 46, 58, 63, 72, 116, 209, 214, 266, 295, 318, 319, 354, 383, 420, 429, 439, 445, 467, 472, 491, 499, 500, 503, 513, 530, 549, 624, 628, 643, 650

Doubter 41

Dream 25

Dream and waking state 399

Drik and Drisya 25

Dristi srishtivāda 383

Dvaita and advaita 35, 282

Effort and effortlessness 25, 41, 66, 67, 78, 95, 101, 104, 116, 123, 131, 141, 187, 191, 197, 199, 202, 209, 222, 241, 268, 294, 295, 312, 314, 317, 328, 331, 348, 349, 362, 371, 378, 390, 391, 398, 401, 403, 434, 441, 462, 467, 476, 490, 491, 500, 507, 527, 567, 591, 596, 597, 603, 609, 614, 624, 625, 646, 647

Ego 39, 40, 161, 162, 163, 501, 502, 580, 581

its identification with the gross body 17

its destruction 614, 615

as one of the five divisions of antahkarana 441, 442

Ego, birth and destruction 286

its source 245

after body’s death 285

Enquiry, Self- 25, 31, 34, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57 (4th July, 1935), 63, 67, 72, 78, 81, 105, 123, 126, 130, 131, 138, 139, 146, 148, 152, 154, 162, 165, 172, 174, 178, 186, 196, 197, 208, 221, 222, 239, 241, 247, 251, 254, 257, 266, 268, 274, 284, 287, 290, 294, 298, 303, 322, 323, 327, 331, 332, 336, 337, 338, 344, 349, 354, 356, 374, 380, 385, 390, 392, 394, 398, 399, 401, 429, 430, 433, 448, 450, 454, 462, 479, 482, 484, 485, 486, 509, 532, 551, 557, 562, 596, 602, 619, 625, 629, 631, 634, 641, 642, 644, 647, 650

Evolution 264

Faith 18, 25, 30, 43, 63, 86, 133, 266, 282, 342, 381, 423, 456, 511, 526, 527, 567, 596, 621

and Self enquiry 596

Fear 58, 62, 64, 80, 84, 96, 141, 146, 156, 162, 176, 202, 251, 275, 295, 306, 318, 397, 423, 456, 467, 487, 517, 567, 572, 612, 627, 634, 644, 650

Food 557

Food and spirituality 426

Food, influence on mind 22

food restrictions 154

Forbes, Mrs. Rosita 457

Free will and Destiny 193, 195, 208, 209, 426, 427

Frog 324

Gandhiji’s thought-free state 646, 647

Gānja 560

Ganpatram, Mr. 486

Gasque, Mrs. 480

Gāyatri 322

Genius 384

God, in the Heart 269

His name 426

God’s will 25, 594

Gods, phenomenal existence of 25, 30

Gongrijp, Mrs. 396

Goraknāth 334

Grace 5, 13, 23, 25, 68, 73, 80, 95, 103, 104, 116, 117, 125, 127, 132, 133, 157, 198, 217, 220, 239, 251, 253, 265, 268, 271, 276, 287, 300, 317, 319, 354, 359, 363, 369, 373, 381, 382, 398, 425, 440, 450, 456, 462, 464, 472, 473, 476, 496, 502, 503, 518, 526, 527, 547, 591, 603, 612, 618, 621, 627, 629, 653

manifests with sraddha 381, 382

Guru’s 547

Grant Duff, Mr. 446

Greenlees, Mr. Duncan 254, 310, 313

Grihasta 54

Grihin, Grihastha, dharma and peace 251

Gunās and Gunātita 73

Gupta, Mr. V. 518

Guru 23, 25, 41, 135, 188

necessity of, for realisation 13

grace of and how it works 198

Guru, grace and its functions 398

seva 350

Guthner, Dr. Emile 602

Hack, Mrs. Kelly 636

Happiness 3, 25

Hatha Yoga 41, 189, 596, 619

Hearst, Mrs. 453

Heart 4, 16, 24, 25, 34, 40, 41, 52, 57, 62, 77, 81, 97, 98, 99, 101, 108, 126, 131, 134, 143, 159, 160, 171, 184, 201, 205, 208, 219, 222, 223, 247, 252, 254, 263, 265, 269, 273, 275, 293, 299, 313, 317, 319, 327, 331, 336, 349, 357, 392, 398, 402, 403, 408, 424, 428, 433, 442, 450, 456, 462, 473, 474, 483, 500, 503, 510, 511, 513, 550, 567, 587, 589, 600, 602, 603, 616, 617, 632, 649

the centre of ‘I’ 41, 52

and sushumnā nādi 57

as the place for meditation 205

Vāsanās and Samādhi 616

Heart’s location 402, 403, 408

Hick-Riddingh, Mrs., J. C. S. 597, 608, 612

Householder and the Quest 484, 485

Householder's life 54, 195, 251, 291, 395, 411, 426, 484, 530, 627

‘I am that I am’ 106, 121, 122, 164, 188, 189, 354, 450

‘I am the body idea’, its rise and implications 396, 397, 398

‘I am the Self’ dhyāna the destroyer of sins 534, 536, 538, 539, 540

‘I AM’ 226, 227, 228, 363, 477, 478, 503, 504, 505

‘I-am-the-body’ idea 536

‘I—I’ 363

‘I—I’ (aham sphurana) 24, 49, 52, 62, 92, 122, 139, 160, 195, 196, 204, 205, 219, 247, 266, 268, 307, 323, 327, 363, 518, 645

‘I—I’ conciousness and Samādhi 247

and ‘I’ thought 268, 323

“I—I” feeling 24, 49, 92, 95, 205, 206

‘I’ 512, 513, 581, 582

‘I’ permanent and impermanent 266

universal and individual 311

‘I’-thought (the ego) 25, 41, 43, 53, 129, 130, 139, 146, 164, 186, 195, 196, 197, 199, 202, 217, 222, 239, 245, 247, 266, 276, 277, 285, 290, 292, 307, 311, 321, 323, 336, 341, 345, 352, 362, 379, 392, 427, 451, 486, 489, 518, 579, 587, 589, 591, 609, 616, 647

“I” loss of 32

its source 25

a spurious offshoot 132

annihilation of 139

“I” thought 43, 197, 222

“I”-ness 54

Ichcha, bhakti and sraddha 265, 266

Idol worship and concentration 31

Ignorance explained 249

Illusion 17, 33, 144, 446

and vāsanās 142

Image, life in the 591

Incident of a boy’s death 461, 462

Individuality, loss of 176

Initiation 8, 23, 133, 398, 433, 473, 484, 507, 509, 518, 519

Instructive Discourses 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 513, 514, 519, 520, 601, 609, 611, 628, 644, 647, 648

Intellect 136, 206

Ishta Devatā 25

Isvara Prasād 25

Jackson, Mr. Ward 612

Jāgrat sushupti 311

Jāgrat—sushupti 609

Jamnalal Bajaj, Mr. 502

Japa 72, 103, 220, 328, 401, 413

and vāsanās 172, 173

Japa and the divine name 8, 31, 41, 54, 55, 72, 78, 81, 103, 106, 112, 152, 173, 220, 234, 242, 254, 312, 322, 326, 328, 336, 371, 374, 398, 401, 406, 413, 426, 430, 441, 448, 449, 485, 486, 511, 527, 596, 606, 645, 650

Japa—how to do 650

Jennings, Mrs. R. 331

Jinarajadasa, Mrs. 363, 476, 477

Jiva, location of 25

Jīvanmukta 449

Jivās, multiplicity of 571

Jnāna and bhakti 385

fitness for 319, 320

and Yoga methods 398

Jnāna and yoga paranadi 398

Jnāna mārga 17

Jnāna, paroksha and aparoksha 20, 21, 57

time to steady itself 139, 140, 141

Jnāni 383, 384, 385, 449, 467, 607

lowest, middling and high in Jnāna marga 256

and ajnāni 248, 432, 499, 562

His mind 456, 460

and yogi 580

Jnāni, a good Karma Yogi 39, 40

Jones, Dr. Stanley 476

Jothis on Arunāchāla Hill 18

Jyoti 561

Kabir 50

Kaduveli Siddhar 449

Kailas 635

Kailās and St. Appar 278

Kailāsa, its reality 25, 30

Karma 11, 20, 25, 37, 39, 40, 41, 80, 92, 113, 116, 118, 159, 189, 222, 243, 245, 273, 289, 291, 295, 319, 323, 337, 349, 368, 383, 428, 439, 444, 445, 484, 488, 491, 501, 502, 515, 535, 536, 546, 558, 573, 578, 580, 581, 628, 643

the end of 11, 41

Karma and Jnāna mārga 643

Karma—elimination of 515

Karpura Ārati 89

Kavyakantha Ganapati 334

Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni 555

Khyatis 332

Kishorilal Mashruvala 490, 491, 492

Knowledge, and ignorance 396

real and relative 285

its communication by mauna 285

Koshas 277, 624

Krishna, the eternal celibate 449, 450

Kumbhaka, Kevala 154

Kundalini and Realisation 281, 282, 298, 299, 392

Lakshmana Sarma, Mr. K. 639, 642

Laya 138

Learning 253

Liberation 12, 25, 31, 38, 54, 57, 57 (4th July, 1935), 63, 87, 92, 95, 116, 125, 131, 139, 146, 189, 191, 192, 201, 203, 228, 247, 256, 264, 266, 268, 270, 276, 286, 291, 302, 311, 317, 339, 344, 349, 359, 362, 367, 383, 399, 428, 442, 456, 472, 473, 479, 498, 502, 511, 513, 520, 521, 530, 543, 547, 551, 569, 571, 578, 609, 617, 643, 650

Light gazing 25

Light just after sleep and before ego’s rise 513

Lokesananda, Swami 383

Lorey, Mr. J. M. 503

Love 54, 88, 145, 164, 201, 203, 237, 252, 276, 281, 304, 306, 334, 335, 339, 340, 342, 349, 371, 385, 428, 433, 449, 476, 478, 495, 503, 566, 603, 619, 653

MacIver, Mr. 509, 514, 567

Maharaja, of Mysore 373, 374

and Maharani of Travancore 373, 374

Maharani Saheba 245

Mahat 177

Manana 57

Mantrās picked up casually 8

Married life and realisation 17

Maugham, Mr. Somerset 550

Māyā 20, 280, 288, 439, 477

Māyakarana 318

Māyavāda 314, 315, 316

Meditation 13, 17, 21, 30, 31, 34, 40, 41, 52, 54, 61, 63, 67, 68, 72, 73, 76, 80, 81, 92, 96, 103, 113, 116, 129, 131, 135, 139, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 155, 172, 174, 190, 191, 196, 197, 198, 202, 205, 212, 219, 220, 221, 223, 232, 242, 251, 254, 266, 268, 273, 275, 287, 290, 293, 294, 297, 298, 303, 306, 310, 311, 319, 322, 326, 328, 338, 341, 348, 349, 351, 358, 363, 365, 367, 371, 377, 389, 390, 393, 400, 401, 403, 407, 413, 426, 427, 433, 434, 441, 448, 450, 452, 453, 462, 465, 466, 472, 482, 485, 487, 495, 528, 530, 536, 538, 539, 540, 542, 580, 589, 596, 606, 624, 642, 650

and investigation 172

and work 68

modulations in 212, 214

on ‘I am Brahman’ 139, 202, 266

on forms 40, 41

on nāda 148

Meditation—its subtle stages and effects 624

Memory, location of 19

Merston, Miss 625

Methods 40, 41

Mind 10, 43, 89, 91, 92, 97, 98, 99, 146, 195, 211, 212, 217, 239, 344, 345, 347, 348, 473, 474, 485, 544

and breath control 223

—control and contemplation 212, 213, 214

influence of food on 22

control 398

origin of 323, 328

its restlessness 326

how to be stilled 393, 394, 396

perceptions and the cinema screen 634, 636

and world 442, 443, 444, 451

arūpa and Swarūpa of 560, 561

its taming 563

its composition 589

Miracles and occult powers 7, 18, 20, 30, 57, 68, 101, 122, 154, 252, 262, 417, 421, 449, 471, 534, 569, 580, 597, 616

Miracles at Tiruvannamalai 464

Miseries 532

Misery 371

Moksha 131

Mongoose 84

Mother, Sri Bhagavan's 201, 247, 275, 300, 313, 342, 491

Mouna 122, 232, 445

Mukta Loka 511

Mukti 266

Muktinath 635

Muruganar 450, 481

“Na Karmana” etc. explained 511

Nāda 148, 259, 303

bindu and kala 259, 427

Nādis 474

Nakkirar 334

Nāma japa 591

Namadev 389

Namadev St., his philosophy of Divine Name 441, 446, 448

Namaskār 549

Nammalvar, Saint 327

Narayana Iyer, Mr. 601

Naterlal Parekh, Mr. 295

Necklace, analogy of lost 246

Neti, neti 41

Nididhyāsana 57

Nirguna Upāsana 570

Nirvāna 406

Nirvikalpa Samādhi 17, 54, 200

Nishkāma Karma 118, 502, 524, 525, 526, 580, 581

Nivritti and Pravritti 274

Occult powers 7, 17, 18, 20, 596, 597

Om 634

Omnipotence and omniscience 25

Palanisami 463

Pande, Dr. 482

Pandit Bala Kak Dhar 564

Pannalal, Mr., I.C.S. 441

Parābhakti 25, 49, 50, 51

Pāramārthika 399

Pāramārthika satya 33

Passions, how overcome 523

Past, remembrance of 553

Pathala linga Cellar, Sri Bhagavan’s state in 607

Peace 13, 16, 20, 21, 25, 34, 54, 68, 73, 76, 102, 141, 155, 195, 200, 223, 239, 245, 246, 247, 249, 251, 262, 264, 282, 287, 290, 293, 295, 300, 303, 310, 317, 326, 328, 331, 348, 360, 367, 371, 372, 393, 396, 398, 426, 428, 433, 434, 445, 453, 456, 462, 472, 480, 485, 490, 497, 502, 515, 517, 519, 534, 560, 582, 597, 601, 603, 609, 616, 644, 653

and swarupānanda 262

Peacock 324

Pearce, Mr. F. G. 253

Perceptions, in various states 2 (15th May, 1935)

Pilgrimage, places of 18

Poovan, the shepherd 296

Possessions 226

Prabhulinga 334

Practice 17, 290

Practice, the why of 465

Pradakshinā 212

Prahlada 326

Prajnāna 481

Prānāyāma 30, 54, 154, 371

Prapatti 25

Prārabdha Karma 37

Prasād from Bhagavan’s plate 228, 229

Prātibhāsika 399

Prātibhāsika satya 33

Pratīkam (Symbol) 482

Pratyabhijna 333

Pratyaksha 450, 500

Indriya, Mānasa and Sākshāt 500

Priya, Moda and Pramoda 566

Progress in Sādhana 49

Progress, indications of 427

Progress, measure of 618

Pure mind 513, 514

Purusha 467

Purusha and Prakriti 424

Quest for the Self 596

Raj Krishna, Mr. 621

Rajendra Prasad, Babu 502, 505

Rāma and Parvati, anecdote of 218

Rama Tirtha’s prophecy 568

Rāma’s search for Sita 182

Ramana Gitā, Sri 57

Ramasastri, Mr. 324, 325, 326

Rāmiah Yogi’s experiences 34

Ranganatha Ayyar, Mr. 573

Rasa 433

Re-incarnation 260, 261, 311

Realisation 245, 246

Realisation, aids for 13

beyond expression 13, 14

obstacles to 13

unsteady without vāsanas being rooted out 172

Guru’s grace for 13

Realisation, obstacles to 450, 462, 482

Reality, nature of 25, 139, 140, 141

Rebirth 31, 32, 128, 129

Rebirth and reincarnation 16, 30, 31, 37, 129, 141, 145, 164, 172, 179, 181, 198, 247, 261, 264, 273, 276, 279, 290, 295, 311, 317, 328, 336, 363, 396, 427, 491, 513, 542, 573, 610, 611, 644

Reflected reality 32, 33

Reflections 571, 589

Reminiscences of Sri Bhagavan 296, 324, 357, 409, 419, 584, 592, 593

Renunciation 1, 6, 25, 39, 54, 99, 126, 147, 164, 251, 268, 283, 320, 334, 383, 389, 391, 427, 445, 495, 511, 530, 581, 588, 606, 643, 648

Sād vidyā 567

Sādhaka, food-regulation of 22

Sādhana 398

Sādhana, downfall and break in 25, 30

Sādhana, its necessity 647

Sagarmull, Mr. 290

Sage and child 9

Saguna and nirguna upāsanā 619

Sahaja Samadhi 54, 57, 82, 187

Saints, contact with 456

Saints’ help to the world 20

Saiva Siddhānta 433

Sākshātkāra 175

Sakti 467

Sakti and Swatantra 288

Saktipata 275

Salvation 268

Samādhi 21, 82, 110, 136, 138, 227, 391, 465, 582, 597

and contemplation 187

and deep sleep 136

kevala 82, 187

and ‘I—I’ consciousness 247

and tears of joy 372

Samsāra 25, 31

Samsāra and spiritual practice 251

and Sanyāsa 283

Samskāras 289, 290

Samyamana 483, 616

Sanchita Karma 37

Sankalpās two kinds 116

Sanyās 54

Sanyāsa 427, 530, 531, 532, 533, 586, 587, 588

Sarma, Mr. K. L. 569, 639

Sastri, Mr. V. G. 568

Sat 104, 105, 107, 108

Sat Sanga 482

Sat-Chit-Ānanda 566

Satsanga 283

Satva 52

Sātvic food 22

Sātvic mind 68

Satya, vyavahārika, Pratibhāsika, Paramārthika 33

Satyanarayana Rao, Mr. 632

Science and scientists 4, 25, 126, 199, 206, 209, 211, 215, 220, 263, 268, 285, 300, 331, 338, 363, 380, 388, 398, 403, 424, 455, 503, 587

Scriptures 9, 13, 25, 41, 46, 54, 56, 57, 63, 79, 122, 132, 197, 199, 228, 231, 239, 248, 252, 266, 284, 314, 321, 337, 340, 344, 350, 352, 362, 363, 383, 398, 399, 403, 426, 427, 432, 439, 445, 463, 472, 474, 485, 501, 511, 513, 562, 564, 565, 573, 574, 610, 616, 639, 644, 646, 647, 651, 653

Seekers, various kinds of 95

Self 13, 20, 41, 46, 106, 239, 565

inherence in 57, 58

the witness 466, 467

indivisible 649

and siddhis 596, 597

enquiry explained 618

Self-realisation 251

fitness for 319, 320, 321

the how 241, 242, 245, 246, 266, 336

and guru 282

and Kundalini 281, 282

and thought 341

method and its rationale 249

Self-realisation and book lore 23

the how of 25

Service and work in the world 25, 58, 76, 401

Sex impulse, control of 169

Sexual impulse 335

Sexual thoughts 539

and remedy 545

Shamanna, Mr. 307

Shanmugham, Mr. 350

Siddhas 334

Siddhis 17, 18, 20, 57

Sikhidhvaja 597, 647

Silence (mauna) 247, 398

Silence (mouna) 13, 17, 20, 23, 54, 55, 56, 60, 68, 102, 117, 122, 130, 133, 164, 165, 185, 189, 190, 232, 239, 245, 247, 248, 265, 272, 273, 285, 297, 304, 327, 332, 357, 358, 371, 380, 398, 433, 445, 449, 453, 456, 472, 502, 503, 509, 518, 519, 534, 544, 545, 550, 569, 591, 594, 603, 620, 644, 646

Sin 16, 17, 20, 30, 94, 164, 276, 323, 356, 453, 499, 536, 549, 633, 644, 652

Sins don’t affect a sage 17

Sitaramiah, Mr. 483

Sivananda Lahari selections 428

Sivaratri and Arunāchala 218

Skins of animals for Asana 17

Sleep 57, 58, 245

and fainting 247

and samādhi 372

Sleep and waking state 607, 609, 617

Sleepless sleep 13

Solitude 20, 42, 44, 54, 60, 71, 84, 105, 130, 156, 218, 296, 334, 341, 357, 361, 372, 385, 389, 404, 412, 459, 463, 475, 477, 517, 529, 530, 542, 562, 584, 592, 597, 646, 653

Somasundara Swami 589

Somerset Maugham, Mr. 550

Sphurana 62, 160, 307

Sravana, manana, nididhyāsana 647

Sri Bhagavan and the aristrocratic lady 264, 265

his experience of animal companions 266, 267

Sri Chakra 405

Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda 252

Sri Ramana Gitā 57

Sridhar, Mr. 319

Srishti Dristivāda 383

St. Estella 329

St. Paul 88

St. Theresa 392, 393

Stages of liberation 95

State beyond effort 141

free from thoughts 146

States between sleep and waking 623, 624

Stilling the mind 376

Stillness 321, 322, 480, 609

the sole requisite for realisation 338

of the Sage 599

Subbaramiah, Mr. G. V. 270, 601

Subhechcha 265

Subject and object 25

Subrahmanya Iyer, Dr. 351

Substratum 186

Suffering and misery 16, 17, 20, 25, 31, 46, 47, 53, 57, 63, 87, 107, 131, 135, 188, 189, 192, 195, 203, 222, 242, 245, 248, 260, 272, 276, 290, 302, 321, 336, 340, 341, 343, 350, 363, 368, 371, 372, 383, 419, 420, 428, 433, 465, 467, 473, 476, 479, 485, 487, 498, 503, 507, 512, 532, 540, 541, 546, 548, 567, 575, 581, 596, 609, 610, 614, 619, 633, 634, 646, 653

Suicide 340

Sunya 333

Surrender 16, 25, 31, 43, 51, 58, 78, 95, 101, 104, 129, 133, 135, 164, 201, 208, 239, 245, 251, 271, 282, 295, 317, 319, 321, 327, 334, 341, 350, 354, 363, 398, 422, 423, 426, 434, 441, 448, 450, 456, 462, 472, 495, 502, 503, 521, 529, 544, 549, 567, 569, 594, 600, 612, 650

and destiny 245

Suryanarayana Sastri, Mr. 451

Sushumnā Nādi 57

Sushupti 286

Sūtra-Bhāshya 576

Swiss lady 304

Syed, Dr. 262, 268, 273

T. K. S. Iyer 510, 511

Tamil language 415

Tanmātras 292, 567

Tantrik sādhana 282

Tapas 401

Tattvās 647

Tatva Rayar 648

Telepathy 18

“That Thou art” 636, 637, 638, 639, 647

Thāyumānavar 122

Theosophy 135, 354, 363, 396, 406

Thomas, Mr. 433

Thompson, Mr. 649

Thondaradipodi Alwar 449

Thought-free state 326, 621, 623, 624

control of 485

Thought, its source 13, 41

witness of 137

Thoughts 462

Three states 25

Three states: waking, dream and sleep 2 (15th May, 1935), 13, 25, 43, 64, 82, 132, 136, 245, 251, 266, 286, 290, 297, 307, 311, 314, 321, 323, 328, 332, 344, 353, 372, 389, 399, 453, 476, 477, 481, 487, 490, 495, 513, 601, 609, 617, 619

Time 17, 601

Time and space 311

Tiruchuzhi 652

Tirujnanasambandar, St. 529

Tirumalpad, Mr. 379

Trance 159, 317

Transitional state from sleep to waking, ideal for realisation 313, 314, 315

Turiya 332, 353

Tyāga 581

Tyagaraja Kirtana 448

Ullam 510

Uma Devi, Miss 449, 450

Umadevi, Miss. W. 278

Upādhi bheda of jiva and Brahman 433

Vaidyalingam, Mr. 466

Vaikunta 385

Vaikunta, its reality 25, 30

Vairāgya 565, 566

Vaishnavism and advaitism 273, 274

Varnāshrama Dharma 58

Vāsanās 80, 317, 326, 383, 384, 385, 439

obliteration of 25, 57, 142, 219, 220

and Japa 172, 173

their location 402

their origin, location, development and eradication 616

of sensual enjoyment 540

Vedas, aim of 30

Vichāra 41, 154, 390

and bhakti the same 251

Vijnāna 204, 389

Vision 450

Visions and lights 18, 25, 31, 103, 122, 143, 178, 199, 200, 204, 215, 239, 251, 254, 259, 295, 303, 304, 305, 315, 317, 328, 342, 349, 389, 398, 408, 441, 446, 450, 456, 469, 473, 477, 487, 502, 512, 529, 561, 591, 597, 603, 607, 609, 621, 624, 634

Visishtādvaita 164, 201, 207, 208, 209

Visit, an indication of Grace 265

Viswarupa darsana 364

“Viveka Chudamani,” Sri Bhagavan’s preface to 349

Viyoga 17

Vritti 68

Vritti jnāna 624, 631

Vyāvahārika 399

Vyavahārika Satya 33

War and world affairs 17, 22, 164, 451, 453, 480, 487, 507, 508

Who am I and Whence am I, distinction 641, 642, 643

‘Who am I’ 67, 68

the best Japa 72, 131, 132

rationale of 45, 46

Will-power 423

Women 63, 232, 246, 251, 276, 342, 385, 415, 449, 487, 517, 597

Work, with and without attachment 18, 20

and dhyāna 30, 31

World suffering 135

World, a reflection in the mind 441, 442

World, a thought 453, 455

World, its manifestation 556

World, its projection 323

Yoga 17, 20, 36, 211, 580

Yoga bhrashta 95

Yoga-drishti 591

Yogi Ramiah 467

People

In the hall

Mercedes De Acorta 583, 594

Mrs. Allison 453

Mr. Anantachari 601

Annamalai Swami 530, 534

Lady Bateman 603, 607, 609

Dr. Bernhard Bey 81

Mr. A. Bose 217, 221, 293, 340, 380, 381, 399

Mr. Brijnarayan 441

Paul Brunton 16, 17, 18, 43, 53, 112, 123, 125, 138, 143, 144, 145, 200, 203, 251, 262, 275, 360, 485, 494, 517, 523, 597

Major A. W. Chadwick 87, 143, 155, 177, 215, 476, 511, 513, 550, 556

Mr. V. K. Cholkar 312

Mr. Chopra 591, 596

Mr. Cohen 155, 159, 191, 200, 205, 277, 297, 406

Mrs. Craig 453

Mr. D. 628

Mr. B. C. Das 206, 209, 211, 213, 220, 426

Mr. Dhar 452

Mrs. Dhar 454, 455, 462

Pandit Bala Kak Dhar 564

Mr. Dodwell 363

Mrs. Dodwell 366

Mr. Ekanatha Rao 44, 46, 61, 62, 73, 214, 319

Mr. Ellappa Chettiar 21, 139

W. Y. Evans-Wentz 17, 18, 20, 22, 23

Mrs. Rosita Forbes 457

Mr. M. Frydman 5, 74, 115, 125, 158, 179, 182, 240

Mr. G. 290

Mr. V. Ganapati Sastri 568, 583

Mr. Ganpatram 486

Mrs. Gasque 480

Mrs. Gongrijp 396

Mr. Douglas Ainslie (Mr. Grant Duff) 16, 19, 75, 84, 433, 446, 448, 449

Mr. Duncan Greenlees 42, 254, 310, 313

Mr. V. Gupta 518

Dr. Emile Guthner 602

Mrs. H. R. 612

Mrs. Kelly Hack 636

Mr. Hague 594

Dr. Henry Hand 163, 164, 174, 176

Mrs. Hearst 453

Mrs. J. C. S. Hick-Riddingh 597, 608, 612

Mr. K. K. V. Iyer 293

Mr. K. R. V. Iyer 303, 337

Mr. K. S. N. Iyer 67, 72, 76, 338

Mr. T. K. S. Iyer 57, 236, 299, 510, 511

Miss J. 487

Mr. Ward Jackson 612

Mrs. Roorna Jennings 331, 338, 341

Mr. Jharka 195

Mrs. Jinarajadasa 363, 476, 477

Dr. Stanley Jones 476

Mr. Kelly 150

Mrs. Kelly 152

Mr. Kishorilal 104

Mr. Knowles 53

Mr. S. Krishna 349

Mr. Krishnamurti (an Andhra gentleman) 401

Kunju Swami 421

Kuppu Iyer 464

Mr. L. 503

Mr. M. Oliver Lacombe 189

Lakshman Brahmachari 130, 137

Dr. Popatlal Lohara 222, 223

Swami Lokesananda 383, 389, 391

Mr. J. M. Lorey 503

Mr. Lowman 520

Mr. M. F. 368

Mr. MacIver 509, 514, 517, 567

Madhava Swami 640

Maharani Saheba 245

Mr. Kishorelal Mashruwala 491

Mr. Somerset Maugham 550

Dr. G. H. Mees 136, 433, 487

Miss Merston 625

Mudaliar Swami 361

Dr. Radhakamal Mukerjee 68

Muruganar 379, 450, 481

B. V. Narasimha Swami 25, 129

Mr. Narayana Iyer 601

Narayana Reddi 403

Bhattasri Narayana Sastri 334

Mr. N. Natesa Iyer 30

Padananda 359

Dr. Pande 482

Mr. Pannalal 441

Mr. Naterlal Parekh 295

Mr. Parkhi 294, 317, 359

Mr. F. G. Pearce 253

Mrs. M. A. Piggott 13, 22, 24

Mr. Prakasa Rao 142, 144

Mr. T. Raghaviah 43

Mr. Raj Krishna 621

Babu Rajendra Prasad 502, 505

Sri Raju Sastrigal 70

Mr. Rama Sastri 325

Mr. Ramachandar 97

Mr. Ramachandra Iyer 46

Ramakrishna Swami 219

Mr. S. V. Ramamurthi 43

Sir C. V. Raman 380

Swami Ramdas 179, 456

Yogi Ramiah 34, 467, 469

Mr. Rangachari 118

Mr. Ranganatha Iyer 569, 573

Mr. S. Ranganathan, I.C.S. 43, 58

Mr. Sagarmull 290

Miss Leena Sarabhai 146

Mr. K. L. Sarma 14, 51, 569, 639, 642

Mr. Satyanarayana Rao 632

R. Seshagiri Rao 39

Mr. Shamanna 307, 363

Mr. G. Shanmugham 350

Mr. Sitaramiah 483

Somasundara Swami 589

Mr. Sridhar 319

Mr. N. Subba Rao 131, 164, 165, 175, 194

Mr. G. V. Subbaramiah 270, 362, 414, 601

Doctor Subramania Iyer 351

Mr. S. Suryanarayana Sastri 451

Dr. Mohamed Hafiz Syed 123, 125, 126, 262, 263, 266, 268, 271, 273, 274

Thakore Saheb 580

Mr. Thomas, Professor of Sanskrit, Oxford 16, 433

Mr. Thompson 649

Tirumalpad of Nilambur 379

Miss W. Umadevi 278, 450

Mr. Vaidyalingam 466

Mr. Vaidyanatha Iyer 248

Mr. Varma 203

Vasudeva Sastri 408

Mr. Venkata Rao 385, 422

Mr. Venkatakrishnayya 606

Venkatswami Rao 201

Mr. Viswanatha Iyer 403

Mr. W. J. 612

Mr. C. R. Wright 106

Swami Yogananda 106

Spoken of

Abraham 145, 164, 189, 436

Ahalya 203, 343

Appar 278, 450

Arjuna 40, 41, 46, 51, 58, 145, 189, 201, 208, 264, 270, 364, 437, 439, 473, 611, 643, 653

Ashtavakra 104, 350

Sri Aurobindo 159, 164, 183, 201, 504, 507

the Avadhuta 23, 104

Dr. Balsly 176

Swami Bharatananda 487

the Buddha 20, 176, 240, 273

Sri Chaitanya 30, 32, 313, 382, 471

Dr. Coué 472

Sri Dakshinamurti 17, 20, 54, 68, 133, 247, 332, 398, 433, 519, 569

Draupadi 101

Duryodhana 190, 531

Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni 54, 334, 362, 402, 507, 555, 616

Mahatma Gandhi 125, 282, 491, 505, 507, 521, 533, 646, 647

Indra 203, 299, 343, 362

Jada Bharata 198, 281, 317

Jada Swami 409

Janaka 41, 49, 158, 320, 328, 350, 362, 385

Jesus Christ 20, 86, 87, 88, 96, 145, 189, 215, 268, 396, 476

Jnaneswar 162

Kabir 50

Sri Krishna 20, 31, 40, 41, 46, 51, 55, 58, 83, 104, 125, 145, 189, 201, 264, 270, 290, 313, 317, 336, 364, 385, 398, 439, 449, 467, 473, 491, 528, 535, 611, 621, 643, 653

Lila (of the Yoga Vasishta) 129, 261

Pandit Malaviya 645

Manikkavachakar 15, 450

Markandeya 428

Milarepa 17

Moses 503

Nakkirar 334

Namdev 389, 448

Nandanar 215, 379, 494

Sri Narayana Guru 645

Sri Niranjanananda Swami, the Sarvadhikari 281, 492, 552

Palani Swami 84, 247, 357, 409

Parvati 182, 218, 334, 529

Patanjali 130, 191, 433, 483

St. Paul 88

Prahlada 326

Sir S. Radhakrishnan 16, 399, 433

Sri Rama Tirtha 568

Sri Rama 31, 55, 130, 179, 182, 218, 234, 317, 325, 336, 421, 439, 449, 528, 591, 627, 647

Sri Ramakrishna 32, 164, 189, 252, 286, 329, 363, 386, 389, 437, 591

Sir P. Ramanathan 645

Ramanuja 189, 433

Rangaswami Iyengar 324, 358, 616

Sri Sankara (Sankaracharya) 20, 33, 39, 133, 189, 201, 202, 288, 315, 349, 399, 428, 433, 513, 569, 643

Sikhidhvaja and Chudala 41, 403, 404, 597, 647

Sita 4, 130, 182, 218, 421

Sivaprakasam Pillai 305, 630

Suka 41, 204, 281, 291, 385, 449, 491

Thayumanavar 122, 317, 338, 398, 593, 594, 601, 646

St. Theresa 393, 407

Tirujnanasambandar 415, 598

Tukaram 534, 591

Valmiki 30, 416

Vasishta 16, 30, 32, 41, 76, 129, 146, 197, 203, 261, 276, 317, 343, 362, 403, 404, 424, 439, 442, 495, 513, 517, 519, 616, 647

Viswamitra 32

Swami Vivekananda 20, 164, 252, 398, 437, 518

Sir John Woodroffe 16

Places

At and around the Hill

Tiruvannamalai 49, 71, 83, 110, 251, 275, 348, 354, 357, 374, 464, 502, 529, 592, 653

Arunachala, the Hill 14, 18, 71, 143, 212, 216, 218, 219, 228, 273, 281, 300, 323, 357, 442, 447, 464, 473, 492, 529, 616, 621, 652

Sri Ramanasramam, the Asramam 25, 43, 71, 78, 80, 84, 226, 228, 281, 296, 310, 317, 374, 421, 449, 463, 472, 503, 507, 530, 552, 603, 632, 638

Skandasramam 71, 84, 281, 324, 361, 616

Virupaksha Cave 71, 84, 296, 361, 463, 492, 584, 592

Gurumurtam 71, 464

Palakothu 368

Vettavalam 464

the temple at Tiruvannamalai 598

South India

Madura (Madurai) 83, 419, 478, 615, 652

Tiruchuzhi 652

Madras 16, 18, 21, 22, 322, 363, 368, 427, 451

Mysore 138, 258, 276, 307, 373, 433, 501, 565

Bangalore 125, 265, 429, 507

Nellore 229, 270, 362, 364

Vellore 43, 118, 632, 653

Cuddalore 25, 420

Salem 139, 351

Dindigul 257, 633

Guntur 325, 342, 422

Kumbakonam 122, 201

Trichy 302

Tanjore 278

Nagercoil 46

Trivandrum 433

Nilambur 379

Pudukottah 43

Pondicherry 189, 587

Chidambaram 379, 473

Kalahasti 531

Palni 247

Coorg 521, 527

Masula 78

Ceylon 117, 435

North and West India

Bombay 125, 176, 183, 217, 290

Poona 312, 359

Baroda 295

Gwalior 253

Delhi 104, 203, 521

Allahabad 123, 206, 273, 426, 441

Lucknow 251, 276, 360

Benares 18, 195, 383, 473, 614

Ambala 97, 101, 109

the Punjab 109, 472

Peshawar 153

Kashmir 278, 564

Rishikesh, Hardwar 176, 618

Calcutta 427, 433

Bengal 68, 523

Mountains and holy places

the Himalayas 18, 143, 176, 260, 480

Kailas 18, 30, 143, 278, 334, 635

Nepal 480, 635

Tibet 20

the Daruka forest 385, 517

Beyond India

London 68, 177, 251, 311, 453

Paris 16, 189, 433, 472

Oxford 16, 17, 433

England 490

Switzerland 514

Riga 16

Athens 16

Germany 114

Japan 451

China 487

Africa 463

Europe 20, 176, 304, 470, 514, 628

America 20, 150, 164, 176, 480, 503

Works

Sri Bhagavan's own works

The Five Hymns to Arunachala 14, 219, 273

Upadeśa Manjari 112, 302

Sri Ramana Gita 57, 95, 196, 392, 402, 587, 616

Scripture and the Vedānta

Tejobindu Upanishad 204, 291

Sita Upanishad 4

Yoga Vāsishta 16, 41, 76, 129, 146, 197, 203, 261, 276, 343, 403, 404, 424, 442, 495, 513, 517, 519, 616, 647

Vichāra Sāgara 162, 332, 344

Panchadasi 276

Brahma Sūtras and the Sūtra Bhāshya 332, 399

Yoga Sūtras of Patanjali 130, 192, 483

Vedanta Chudamani 616

Purānas (Siva Purāna, Skānda Purāna, Suta Samhitā) 218, 291

Mahābhārata 190, 284, 467

Tiruvāchagam 30, 215, 220, 306

Thevāram 512

The Bible 77, 106, 164, 188, 189, 201, 311, 338, 424, 426, 436, 476, 591, 601, 609

The Koran 268

Other works

Self-Realisation, by B. V. Narasimha Swami 25, 403, 408

A Search in Secret India, by Paul Brunton 13, 43, 200, 203

The Secret Path, by Paul Brunton 53, 138, 152, 203

Sat Darsana Bhashya 446

Maha Yoga 446

Journals and newspapers

Trilinga (a Telugu periodical) 276

Prabuddha Bharata 50

The Vision 349, 487

The Hindu 69

Modern Psychological Review 398, 403, 424, 587