Sri Sadhu Om's account of Bhagavān Śrī Ramaṇa's teaching and its practice: why happiness lies in attending to ourself, what ātma-vicāra is and is not, and in Part Two, God, the world, bhakti and karma.
About this translation. The English translation of this text is adapted and edited from the translation of Sri Sadhu Om’s book published on Happiness of Being (sriramanateachings.org), under the Creative Commons licence stated on that website (CC BY-SA 4.0). We translated the passages of the later Tamil edition that it does not cover, and share the whole on the same terms. Tatpada is a non-commercial platform and gains no commercial benefit from this text.
Sri Sadhu Om · 948 paragraphs and an invocation
Part One
Invocation
Introduction
Eternal Happiness is the Goal
What is Happiness?
Self-enquiry is the Only Way to Happiness
Who Am I?
The Enquiry ‘Who Am I?’ and the Four Yogas
‘Who Am I?’ is not Soham Bhāvanā
Self-Enquiry
The Technique of Self-Enquiry
Part Two
The World and God
Love or Bhakti
Karma
Self-Effort
The Resumption of Actions Birth after Birth
Appendices
Sadhana and Work
Waking, Dream and Sleep
Questions and Answers
Explanatory Note on Verse 6 of ‘Arunachala Ashtakam’
Explanatory Note on Verses 9, 10, 11 and 12 of ‘Ulladu Narpadu’
The Homā Bird
Personal Cleanliness
Explanatory Note on Verse 8 of ‘Ulladu Narpadu’
Explanatory Note on Verse 3 of ‘Arunachala Ashtakam’