STUDY
BE AS YOU ARE
Sri Ramana Maharshi
The clearest introduction to Ramana Maharshi’s teachings.
Centered around self-inquiry and the simple question:
“Who am I?”
A direct and accessible starting point.
WHO AM I?
Sri Ramana Maharshi
The foundational self-inquiry text.
Short, simple, and extremely direct.
The core instruction behind Ramana’s path.
PATH OF SRI RAMANA
Sadhu Om
A deeper exploration of surrender, devotion, and self-inquiry.
Especially valuable for understanding the inward movement toward the Self.
TALKS WITH SRI RAMANA
MAHARSHI
Sri Ramana Maharshi
Recorded conversations with seekers from many traditions.
Questions on suffering, ego, awareness, silence, and liberation.
Best read slowly.
THE RIBHU GITA
Traditional Advaita scripture
A radical nondual scripture revered within Ramana’s tradition.
Repeatedly points beyond individuality and the separate self.
Best approached slowly and contemplatively.
THE PRINCIPAL UPANISHADS
Edited by S. Radhakrishnan
The philosophical heart of the Vedas.
Focused on the nature of the Self, awareness, liberation, and ultimate reality.
Many of the central insights later expressed through Advaita Vedanta and the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi trace back to these texts.
Deep, foundational, and contemplative.
SHIVA PURANA — VOLUME 1
A traditional Hindu scripture centered on Lord Shiva
A vast spiritual text exploring creation, devotion, consciousness, destruction of ego, and liberation.
Contains stories, symbolism, cosmology, and teachings connected to the Shaivite tradition.
Especially meaningful for understanding the deeper symbolism behind Shiva, the sages, surrender, and the dissolution of the separate self.
I AM THAT
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Centered around remaining with the simple sense:
“I Am.”
Sharp, experiential, and uncompromisingly direct.
THE BHAGAVAD GITA
Translation by Eknath Easwaran
One of the foundational spiritual texts of India.
Explores action, devotion, surrender, and the nature of the Self.
THE HEART OF AWARENESS
(Ashtavakra Gita)
Translation by Thomas Byrom
A direct and uncompromising expression of nonduality.
Points beyond effort, identity, and becoming.
THE RADIANCE SUTRAS
Lorin Roche
Meditative reflections inspired by the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra.
Focused on recognizing awareness through ordinary experience and daily life.
JNANI — Sri Ramana Maharshi
A documentary by Advaita Productions
A contemplative introduction to the life and teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Centered around silence, self-inquiry, and the question:
“Who am I?”
Rather than presenting philosophy as something to merely understand intellectually, the film gently points attention back toward the awareness behind thought itself.
Best approached slowly, and revisited over time.
ABIDE AS THE SELF — Ramana Maharshi
A film narrated by Ram Dass
A contemplative film centered around the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi and the direct path of Self-inquiry.
Through rare footage, photographs, interviews, and narration, the film explores the practical application of the question:
“Who am I?”
Especially valuable for those wanting to understand how Ramana’s teachings can be lived and applied within ordinary daily life.
Centered around silence, awareness, peace, and abiding as the Self rather than the mind.
Best approached quietly and without rush.
THE SAGE OF ARUNACHALA — Sri Ramana Maharshi
A documentary by Arunachala Ashrama
A deeply contemplative documentary exploring the life, silence, and teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Through rare archival photographs, narration, and historical detail, the film follows Ramana’s journey from his awakening in Madurai to his years at Arunachala and the founding of Sri Ramanasramam.
Centered around self-inquiry, surrender, silence, and the direct recognition of the Self.
Especially valuable for those wanting a deeper understanding of Ramana’s life, presence, and the atmosphere surrounding his teachings.
Best approached slowly and contemplatively.
Best approached slowly, and revisited over time.
THE MIRACLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS — Ram Dass
A lecture by Ram Dass
A reflective lecture exploring consciousness, awareness, awakening, and what it means to live from a deeper state of being within everyday life.
Centered around the gradual shift from identification with the mind toward a more spacious and compassionate awareness.
Through storytelling, humor, and direct insight, Ram Dass speaks about presence, suffering, ego, service, and the unfolding of spiritual life in practical human experience.
Especially valuable for those drawn toward integrating inner understanding into ordinary life.
Best listened to slowly and openly.
A DIALOGUE WITH RAM DASS AND ECKHART TOLLE
A recorded conversation with Ram Dass and Eckhart Tolle
An open and contemplative dialogue exploring awakening, presence, consciousness, suffering, ego, and the transformation of human awareness.
Through conversation, humor, and silence, both teachers speak about living beyond identification with thought while remaining present within ordinary life.
Especially valuable for those interested in the meeting point between Eastern spirituality, direct awareness, compassion, and everyday experience.
Best approached slowly and reflectively.