True Happiness: The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi

by Arthur Osborne (Editor), Alan Jacobs (Preface by), Carl Jung (Foreword by)

Overview

Learn from the Master 

Sri Ramana Maharshi is regarded as one of the most important Indian sages of all time. At the age of sixteen, he experienced a spiritual awakening and travelled to the holy mountain of Arunachala, where a community grew up around him. From there, he touched the lives of influential writers, artists, and seekers such as Carl Jung, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Somerset Maugham. Today, millions around the world continue to be inspired by his teachings.

Edited by his pupil Arthur Osborne, this classic work sets out Sri Ramana Maharshi's thoughts on such subjects as how to live in the here and now, wealth, freedom, knowledge, and the essence of our true nature. It has been long-established as a classic text for those studying non-duality, specifically Advaita.

Self-inquiry is the key to liberation, Sri Ramana contends, as he invites us to detach ourselves from our illusions and set out on the path that leads toward enlightenment. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781571747334
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	09/01/2015
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Arthur Osborne (1906-1970) was an English writer on spirituality and mysticism and an influential disciple and biographer of Ramana Maharshi. Thirty years after Osborne's death, his autobiography was discovered among his papers and published by Ramanasramam.

Table of Contents

Preface Alan Jacobs vii

Foreword Carl Gustav Jung x

Introduction Arthur Osborne xiv

1 The Basic Theory 1

2 From Theory to Practice 57

3 Life in the World 71

4 The Guru 89

5 Self-Enquiry 107

6 Other Methods 138

7 The Goal 174

Endnotes 199

Index 203

Editorial Reviews

"One of the last of India's spiritual supermen" —Paul Brunton

Reviews

"One of the last of India's spiritual supermen" —Paul Brunton

"Points to the possibility of finding true happiness." —Eckhart Tolle

"An exposition of the Maharshi's teaching which is at once intimate and objective." —Times Literary Supplement

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