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THE GREAT TRANSITION

PART SEVEN and Last

LIFE MEMBERS - SRI RAMANASRAMAM

H. C. Khanna, Kanpur.

D. Subbanna, Bangalore.

K. S. N. Rao, New Delhi.

M. Sadasiva Setty, Chikmagalur.

A. R. Narayana Rao, Madras.

V. Venkatakrishniah, Nellore.

C. Padmanabha Rao, Tirupathi.

G. Sesha Reddi, Nellore.

Y. Ramakrishna Prasad, Madras.

Narendra C. Amin, Mangalore.

A. R. Natarajan, Bangalore.

Vegi Venkateswara Rao, Visakhapatnam.

G. V. Subbaramayya, Nidubrolu.

Penmacha Jegannatha Raju, Jinnur.

A. K. Ramachandra Iyer, Madras.

Bh. Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Raju, Jinnur.

Rayavarapu Sankarayya, Nellore.

A. Dasaradha Rami Reddi, Nellore.

M. Suryanarayana Iyer. Nellore.

R. V. Raghavan, Calcutta.

S. Krishnamurthy, Neyveli.

T. R. G. Krishnan, Bangalore.

Tupili Ramana Reddy, Nellore.

Mr. & Mrs. Suresh Chandra Khanna, Kanpur,

THE JOURNAL, ITS BIRTH

A short note might be added on the genesis of ‘The Mountain Path’,

since this also is Ashram news.

It had been felt long back, even in the lifetime of Bhagavan, that

there should be an Ashram journal. It was even suggested to him, but

he did not respond; his face showed no interest, so the matter was

allowed to drop. Bhagavan very seldom said no, but so tremendous was

the power of his presence that if he did not show interest and

encouragement none would presume to undertake a project.

After he left the body the idea was again considered but again came to

nothing. It was mentioned to the present editor who replied, as he

then felt, that he had neither the ability nor the interest to

undertake such a task.

As late as September 1963 it occurred independently to both the editor

and the managing editor that there should be an Ashram news bulletin

published annually at the time of Sri Bhagavan’s Jayanti birth

anniversary and distributed free to devotees, as so many who were not

able to come here liked to be kept in touch with developments.

A preliminary draught of this was written and shown to a member of the

Ashram managing committee, and he immediately suggested that it should

be not an annual but a quarterly and should contain articles also.

That, of course, raised questions of writing, organization and

finance.

In a clear intuition from Bhagavan it occurred to these concerned that

this was the solution, that the time had now come and an Ashram

journal was now appropriate, and before the end of September the

project of ‘The Mountain Path’ was agreed upon. There are times when

nothing goes right, the wheels are not greased, a project cannot move

forward; this was just the opposite.

>From the very beginning every one co-operated, and gladly, not

grudgingly. Blessings and messages of goodwill flowed in, the

immediate financial problems were surmounted, the printer took the

work up in a spirit of service to Bhagavan, with a short but

impressive puja a newly constructed office was opened for the journal

at the Ashram, people contributed articles, encouragement came from

all sides, hundreds of people took out advance subscriptions, purely

on trust, so that in December, a bare three months from its first

conception, it is already a full grown reality. If we feel confidence

now that it is due to come before the public, it is not confidence in

our own work or powers but in the Grace of Bhagavan which

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THE MOUNTAIN PATH

LIFE SUBSCRIBERS

V. Subramanian, Durgapur.

B. S. Ranganathan, Nellore.

Dr. T. N. Krishnaswami, Madras.

Miss Elizabeth Merston, Sri Ramananagar,

K. K. Nambiar, Bombay.

Dwarakanatha Reddy, Chittoor.

A. S. K. R. Trust, Madras.

Satyanarayan Tandon, Kanpur.

M. A. Chidambaram, Madras.

M. M. Varma, Jaipur.

S. S. V. S. Muthiah Chettiar, Tiruvannamalai.

A. R. Narayana Rao, Madras.

D. S. Sastri, Madras. Bhupen Champaklal, Bombay.

Mukund M. Thakore, Ahmedabad.

G. J. Yorke, Gloucester, England.

N. Balarama Reddi, Vutukuru.

Mrs. Banoo J. H. Ruttonjee, Hong Kong.

Ashok Pal Singh, Bombay.

Dinshaw S. Paowalla, Hong Kong.

Rani Padmawati Devi, Bhopal.

Miss Gertrude Fugert, Munich, Germany.

Miss Mahalakshmi, Madras.

Trudel Elasaesser, Waldhof, Germany.

K. Gopalrao, Bombay.

Prof. Dr. Friedrich W. Funke, Seelscheid, Germany.

V. Seshadri, Calcutta.

Louise Trachsler, Coppet, Switzerland.

Lieut. D. Subbanna, Bangalore.

Henri Hartung, Paris.

SRI RAMANASRAMAM CHARITIES

SRI RAMANASRAMAM TIRUVANNAMALAI

AN ANNOUNCEMENT

“SRI RAMANASRAMAM CHARITIES, TIRUVANNAMALAI” is a newly registered

body under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 with the

following objects:

1. To construct an Auditorium and Library and a Reading Room.

2. To hold discourses periodically, sometimes daily, on Indian

Philosophy and Culture including those relating to Bhagavan Sri

Ramana Maharshi.

3. To be a centre for the diffusion of Spiritual Knowledge.

4. To house books and periodicals on Eastern and Western Philosophy

and depicting different cultural aspects of life in India and other

countries.

5. To run a school where the students are taught Sanskrit, English,

Tamil, Vedas and Upanishads, and Mathematics etc. and lodging.

6. To run a dispensary where medical attention is given free of charge.

In carrying out the above objects of general public utility, the

Association shall not undertake the carrying on of any activity for

profit.

The benefits of the Association will be open to all without any

disqualifications by reason only of religion, community, caste,

creed, race or sex.

On this body being registered on 28-10-1963, the Central Board of

Revenue, Government of India, New Delhi, in their Notification, F.

No. 68/17/63-I.T. dated l9th November 1963, have decided that

donations made to SRI RAMANASRAMAM CHARITIES, TIRUVANNAMALAI, MADRAS

STATE, would be entitled to the benefit of the exemption under Sec.

88 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 in the hands of donors, subject to the

limits specified therein and the donations will also be exempted from

Gift Tax.

The Management of Sri Ramanasramam appeal to the public in general and

to the devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi to contribute

liberally to the “SRI RAMANASRAMAM CHARITIES, TIRUVANNAMALAI” so as

to enable them to carry on the objects specified above, particularly

item (1), the construction of which is on hand.

It may please be noted that all remittances to Sri Ramanasramam

Charities by Cheques, Drafts or Money Orders should be made payable

to SRI RAMANASRAMAM CHARITIES only.

T. N. VENKATARAMAN,

President.

The End

THE MOUNTAIN PATH

(Quarterly)

Editor: Arthur Osborne

L1 JANUARY 1964

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