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\nT.N.VENKATARAMANPresident,Board of Trustees,SRI RAMANASRAMAM,Tiruvannamalai-606603.  \n1992  \nR惑：6-00  \nCSri Ramanasramam,Tiruvannamala:  \nSecond Edition:1992  \ncopies -5,000  \nPrinting By:  \nWeldun Press,No.2 Dr.Radhakrishna Nagar,Ist street.Madras-600021.  \nCONTENTS  \nIntroduction-By Lucy Cornelssen  \n1.The Practice of Self-Enquiry-the Ramana Way  \n2.The Day,The Night And the Silent Sun  \n3.Target and Arrow  \n4.Be The Bliss  \n5.Sri Bhagavan and Grace  \nPage  \n3  \n5  \n18  \n27  \n33  \n39  \nTWBM0  \n8-noubonnlsi  \n(u21neC sn  \n# INTRODUCTION\n\nSri Ramana Maharshi has been truly hailed by a famouspoet as'the greatest Impersonality'.Of course,anyone of Hisdevotees able to handle pen and ink or a typewriter can drawan outer picture of a simple,unassuming man who never askedanything from anybody,who accepted what came unasked toHim and let everything else go,who was adored as a belovedGuru without claiming any such honour,who won thousandsof devotees all over the world simply by His bewitching smile-He was and still remains a uniquely silent riddle!  \nHe never went abroad,like Swami Vivekananda to preachthe ancient wisdom of His race to the world;He did not fight forpolitical independence like Gandhiji;He did not dream of afuture Divine Life on earth like Sri Aurobindo.  \nThose three Great ones form for ever the Triple Star whospread their light for the uplift of the millions of their people.Sri Ramana remained a Lone Star who led modern man toman's true Nature,when the individual who feels the agony ofthis age,seems to have forgotten his identity.He was andremains the Lone Star ofArunachala,shining steadily,like thepolaris,guiding more by His silent Presence than by any wordor deed.  \nThe author of this booklet,Sri V.Ganesan,M.A.ManagingEditor,The Mountain Path,is a'born'devotee of the Master,ashe is related to Him by family-connection,both paternal andmaternal.What is more:he has dedicated his whole personallife to the service of the Master.After a short stint as staff-member ofa Bombay Daily,he returned to Sri Ramanasramamwhich still preserves the fragrance of the Sage's Presence.  \nV.Ganesan,always active in helping devotees,found hisvery own place after the demise of Arthur Osborne,who hadfounded in 1964 The Mountain Path,the Ashram quarterly.Hetook over and has grown along with the growing publishingwork of the Ashram.And he visits the many Ramana Kendras  \nin various parts of the country,gives talks and informallydiscusses knotty points needing clarification.  \nThe present'Be The Self'is a collection of samples fromsuch'talks'of his.In his quiet,unobtrusive way he avoidsshowing off his academic erudition and shuns dry theories,buiexplains clearly the Master’s practical guidance to pilgrims onthe spiritual path.With his feet on solid ground and his heartat the Feet of the Master,he helps devotees to understandcorrect!y the Teachings of the Sage.  \nLUCY CORNELSSEN  \nSri Ramanasramam,  \nSri Bhagavan's Jayanti Day18th December,1986  \na      llbs91e pnlaire,nl0row ynn ud nl s5es9 sli  \ngnlg  MA  \n16,aeMd lslovsb modhc lim ind0ol    -lnno   sionw elan ine frtenm    6h5    99  \nrd noi a91ovl  \nhed     ,iodO     Aio  \nn ulrslielip ma  A        iusnidadg nno1gstbn     c n a  \nOm Namo BhagavatheSri Ramanaya'THE  \n# PRACTICEOF SELF-ENQUIRY-THE RAMANA WAY\n\nByV.GANESAN  \n(Managing Editor:“The Mountain Path”)  \nTo m LDLDsD①西6i  步步Laqu 560T 8GoT6T 5i6760T D 5T6T C T5——  5T60T  \n圆5-9160T D16T6óT D 6T6ooT600T6u2T6oT Q6T6ODLDu(6o6u 6T6oT mLilgi8ou 5T6u LDiouS6U.  \n一“2sn oT   5TDu 5i”,32  \n“Although the scriptures proclaim‘You are That',it is a signof weakness to meditate:I am not this but That',instead ofenquiring what one is and remaining so:for one is alwaysThat”.  \n-Reality in Forty Verses,v.32”  \nI have divided my speech into three parts for the sake ofconvenience.(1)Overall Perspective;(2)The 'How'of Self-Enquiry and(3)The Uniqueness of the 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