|
The core content of this website, which focuses on the philosophy, science and art of true self-knowledge, particularly as taught by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, is arranged into four main sections: Links to all the pages on this site are given in the Site Map, of which the following is a high-level summary: Last updated on Upadēśa Kaliveṇbā (the extended version of Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu) Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam Happiness and the Art of Being Article Archive (Blog) Transliteration, transcription and pronunciation of Tamil and Sanskrit |
Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael JamesIntroductionThis section is intended to contain, as far as possible, PDF or HTML copies of all of the published books written either by Sri Sadhu Om or by myself. At present it contains only some of these books, but I hope to be able gradually to add more of them. For each book listed on this page, I give a bullet point containing a link both to the PDF copy of it and to a page introducing it, on which I also give information about where printed copies of it can be purchased. English translations by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James
Tamil books by Sri Sadhu OmLater I hope to include here HTML copies of all the available Tamil books written by Sri Sadhu Om, but at present no such copies have been made. English translations of Sri Sadhu Om’s Tamil books
Later I hope to include here PDF copies of all the available English translations of Sri Sadhu Om’s Tamil books, but at present these are the only PDF copies that I have of such books. Books by Michael James
Transliteration, transcription and pronunciationIn most of the older books in this website, the transliteration of Tamil and Sanskrit words is not entirely consistent. For example, in the early editions of Happiness and the Art of Being I used a simple system of transliteration without diacritics, because at that time I did not have any suitable font with all the diacritics required for precise transliteration. In many other books such as Guru Vācaka Kōvai and The Path of Sri Ramana a similar system of transliteration without diacritics was used, and though diacritics have been used in Śrī Aruṇācala Stuti Pañcakam and Śrī Ramaṇōpadēśa Nūṉmālai, the transliteration in these books contains many inconsistencies and inaccuracies. However, I now have suitable fonts, so in all future books and future editions of the existing books I will use an accurate and consistent system of transliteration, which I have described and explained in: Transliteration, Transcription and Pronunciation of Tamil and Sanskrit As I explain there, the transliteration scheme that I describe in it is based upon several closely related schemes, including the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST), the scheme used in the Tamil Lexicon and the more recent international standard known as ‘ISO 15919 Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters’. How to buy books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael JamesMost of the books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James are available from Sri Ramanasramam, and can be obtained by contacting Sri Ramanasramam Book Stall by post, telephone or email. The contact details of Sri Ramanasramam are: Sri Ramanasramam Telephone: +91 (0) 4175 237 292 All the Tamil and English books by Sri Sadhu Om that are currently available in print can be obtained from Sri Arunachalaramana Book Trust, which is responsible for the care and preservation of all his manuscripts and books, and which aims eventually to make all his Tamil writings (and also accurate translations of them in English and other languages) available both in print and online. The contact details of Sri Arunachalaramana Book Trust are: Sri Arunachalaramana Book Trust Email: mail@sriarunachalaramananilayam.org Other than their translation of Guru Vachaka Kovai, most of the English books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James, such as their word-for-word translations of Sri Arunachala Stuti Panchakam, Sri Ramanopadesa Noonmalai and Upadēśa Undiyār, and also Part One and Part Two of The Path of Sri Ramana, have been published by and can be obtained from Sri Ramana Kshetra, whose contact details are: Sri Ramana Kshetra Email: kanvashramatrust84@gmail.com The following books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James can also be ordered from the ‘books by other authors’ section of the Buy Books page of David Godman’s website:
Additional information about how to buy each particular book listed on this page is given on the individual page for that book on this website. |
The philosophy and practice of
the spiritual teachings of
Bhagavan Sri Ramana