Cherished Memories
Table of Contents
Publisher's Note | iii | |
Preface | v | |
Genesis of the Book | ix | |
1. | The Greatness of Arunachala | 1 |
2. | Arunachala and the Sage of Arunachala | 12 |
3. | Arunachaleswara Temple | 20 |
4. | Bhagavan Sri | 29 |
5. | Who is Ramana? | 33 |
6. | "Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murai[1] | 40 |
7. | Composition of Ramana Puranam[2] | 43 |
8. | Ramakrishna Iyer | 47 |
9. | Do not touch those Seeds! | 50 |
10. | My longing to stay at Sri Ramanasramam | 53 |
11. | My Permanent Stay in Tiruvannamalai | 58 |
12. | Initiation through Look | 64 |
13. | Cashew nuts | 66 |
14. | The Telegram | 70 |
15. | Get up! Get up! | 73 |
16. | The Triad | 74 |
17. | It is all the Same | 76 |
18. | The Sage of Kanchi | 78 |
19. | Pilgrimage to Badrinath | 80 |
20. | Heart may rule the Mind | 84 |
21. | Self is Everywhere | 87 |
22. | Bhagavan's Wit | 88 |
23. | The Stone God | 90 |
24. | Nayana and Namam | 92 |
25. | Mind your own Business | 94 |
26. | Anandammal | 95 |
27. | For Whom are the Rules? | 101 |
28. | Worship the God with Incense | 103 |
29. | Just a Peepul Tree | 105 |
30. | Enough of this Chanting of the Fan | 107 |
31. | Why waste the Flowers! | 110 |
32. | Sarvam Vasudevamayam Jagat | 111 |
33. | Look! here is a Bald Head ! | 113 |
34. | The Peacock and the Kolam (Design) | 116 |
35. | Realisation through Music ? | 120 |
36. | Sri Muruganar[3] | 121 |
37. | The Master who devours Everything | 130 |
38. | Awaiyar's poetic Skill | 132 |
39. | Avial and Adiammal | 134 |
40. | Ramanantham | 136 |
41. | Saraswati Puja | 138 |
42. | The Unskilled Artisan | 140 |
43. | Bhagavan and the Poet | 142 |
44. | Muruga-Mayavan | 148 |
45. | Farewell to Rituals | 152 |
46. | Bhagavan's Grace | 154 |
47. | Liberation to Puja | 156 |
48. | An ideal Home Life | 158 |
49. | The Lizard Devotion | 160 |
50. | Seize the Opportunity | 161 |
51. | Massage that Pillar | 165 |
52. | Rishabha Vahanam | 168 |
53. | Why leave Madurai at all? | 171 |
54. | Varanasi Subbulakshmi Ammal | 172 |
55. | Singular Taste | 174 |
56. | Life is Governed by Prarabdha | 176 |
57. | The white Peacock | 179 |
58. | The Self unaware of the Body | 183 |
59. | Bhagavan in Kitchen | 185 |
60. | Vivekananda, I Presume! | 188 |
61. | The Golden Parrot | 191 |
62. | What can You do About this ? | 192 |
63. | The marauding Monkeys | 193 |
64. | God alone exists | 197 |
65. | The Brinjal Stalks | 198 |
66. | Absolute Perfection | 201 |
67. | Nammalvar | 203 |
68. | Swami Pranavananda | 207-217 |