The Essence of the Spiritual Instruction

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Society of Abidance in Truth, May 29, 2011 - Religion - 72 pages

 The Upadesa Sarah (Upadesa Saram) by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.

Translated with Commentary by Nome.

Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, abiding in the eternal Silence of the Self, composed The Essence of Spiritual Instruction for the supreme good of all in response to the supplications of the devoted Muruganar. The poet-devotee was writing in Tamil the story of the wayward rishis who dwelled in the Daruka forest and practiced rites for the attainment of powers that they desired. Their egos humbled by Siva and perceiving the error of their approach, they humbly sought spiritual instruction from Siva. Siva graciously bestowed the instruction, and it is these teachings that Muruganar requested Sri Bhagavan, Siva himself, to reveal in verse form. So, the Maharshi composed thirty verses in Tamil. Later, Sri Bhagavan translated them into Sanskrit. The Tamil version is entitled Upadesa Undiyar, and the Sanskrit version is entitled Upadesa Sarah and is also referred to as Upadesa Saram.

This work is the English translation of the Sanskrit Upadesa Sarah. With each verse there is a ten-point commentary emphasizing the profound significance of the verse for those practicing Self-inquiry in the quest of nondual Self-Knowledge.

An appendix that contains just the Sanskrit text with transliteration is included for ease of recitation and similar purposes.

 

Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
4
Section 3
9
Section 4
11
Section 5
13
Section 6
15
Section 7
20
Section 8
22
Section 14
38
Section 15
40
Section 16
41
Section 17
43
Section 18
46
Section 19
48
Section 20
51
Section 21
53

Section 9
25
Section 10
27
Section 11
29
Section 12
32
Section 13
35
Section 22
55
Section 23
56
Section 24
58
Section 25
60
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