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sometimes ask me if I had a specific writing. He would often ask
for my notes, see them and even make copies in different lan-
guages. I consider myself blessed, as there were occasions when
Bhagavan Ramana himself would write some of the verses of the
Muni (which I did not have in my collections) in my note-book in
his own hand-writing. (The facsimile of a few of these are pub-
lished at the end of the editorial for the delight of the readers.)
Most of my collections of the Muni's writings have come
from the late Sri D.S. Viswamitra of Sirsi in North Karnataka,
who had collected these from Sri Mahadeva Sastry, son of the
Muni. I had made several trips to Sirsi, enjoyed the most gratify-
ing hospitality of this family for months, when I used to sit and
copy the works. I was also happy that I could provide some of
the originals and other works of the Muni which Sri Viswamitra
did not possess. I have also collected many other writings of the
Muni from some of his disciples like T.K. Sundaresa Iyer,
Viswanatha Swamy, Raju Sastry, Vasudeva Sastry, Appu Sastry
and Pasupathy Sastry. As mentioned earlier, some of the writings
I received from the gracious hands of my beloved guru Sri Ramana
Maharshi himself.
One could write volumes on the Muni's style and diction.
My aim here is not to attempt anything on this point. The Muni,
being an astavadhani, could write simultaneously on many topics
during a given period of time. Depending upon his inspiration,
before completing one work, he would start another. He would
sometimes revise and rewrite the same topic several times.
In my effort towards editing these writings of the Muni, I
have taken a simple approach. I have classified these into differ-
ent volumes such as adoration, aphorisms, commentaries, etc. The
arrangement of these writings in a particular order, appearing in a
specific volume, follows either the nature of the work or its aca-
demic importance. The arrangement does not reflect chronology
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for my notes, see them and even make copies in different lan-
guages. I consider myself blessed, as there were occasions when
Bhagavan Ramana himself would write some of the verses of the
Muni (which I did not have in my collections) in my note-book in
his own hand-writing. (The facsimile of a few of these are pub-
lished at the end of the editorial for the delight of the readers.)
Most of my collections of the Muni's writings have come
from the late Sri D.S. Viswamitra of Sirsi in North Karnataka,
who had collected these from Sri Mahadeva Sastry, son of the
Muni. I had made several trips to Sirsi, enjoyed the most gratify-
ing hospitality of this family for months, when I used to sit and
copy the works. I was also happy that I could provide some of
the originals and other works of the Muni which Sri Viswamitra
did not possess. I have also collected many other writings of the
Muni from some of his disciples like T.K. Sundaresa Iyer,
Viswanatha Swamy, Raju Sastry, Vasudeva Sastry, Appu Sastry
and Pasupathy Sastry. As mentioned earlier, some of the writings
I received from the gracious hands of my beloved guru Sri Ramana
Maharshi himself.
One could write volumes on the Muni's style and diction.
My aim here is not to attempt anything on this point. The Muni,
being an astavadhani, could write simultaneously on many topics
during a given period of time. Depending upon his inspiration,
before completing one work, he would start another. He would
sometimes revise and rewrite the same topic several times.
In my effort towards editing these writings of the Muni, I
have taken a simple approach. I have classified these into differ-
ent volumes such as adoration, aphorisms, commentaries, etc. The
arrangement of these writings in a particular order, appearing in a
specific volume, follows either the nature of the work or its aca-
demic importance. The arrangement does not reflect chronology
V