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Ulladu Nāṟpadu — Forty Verses on Reality
Ramaṇa's own philosophical statement in verse: the ego's nature, its source, and what remains when it is traced home.
1928 · Ramaṇa Maharṣi
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- Talks with Sri Ramaṇa Maharṣi — Ramaṇa Maharṣi The verses are dense; the Talks show him applying each one to somebody's actual problem.
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