Godman: Power of the Presence, Vol. III

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Dear All,

David Godman's 3rd volume of "The Power of the Presence" is now out.

John Maynard from Kalpatarubooks asked me to set this Announcement in

Ramana-groups.

 

In Sri Ramana

Gabriele

 

 

Announcement:

 

The third volume in the series, "The Power of the Presence" has recently arrived

here directly from India, and may be purchased from us via e-mail;

kalpa or shortly via the web site: www.kalpatarubooks.com under the

Ramana Maharshi link. It retails for $18.00 plus shipping, the same price as

the first two volumes in the series.

 

This volume concludes this fascinating accounts of life and of living with

Ramana Maharshi told by devotees, started in the first two books. These

devotees lived with Ramana for many years in most cases. Each chapter or

personal story has a different flavor, but each has at it's core an undying

devotion and love for Ramana and tales of their "service" to him. Several of

the authors/tellers of these stories were regarded by many as being Self

Realized. Most of the source material has never been told or published before,

though a few of the tales will be known already via other books. In previous

volumes the tales of Kunju Swami, Lakshmana Swami, Muruganar, Viswanatha Swami

and others were told; in this new book the tales of Laksman Sarma, the Kitchen

Workers, Echammal and Mudaliar Patti, Ramanatha Brahmachari, Lakshmi, Mastan and

others are told, and the only Westerner to have a chapter: Wolter Keers.

 

As usual the excellent editing and writing of David Godman makes these stories

shine. I personally would like to thank him for taking the enormous amount of

time to make these stories possible. Several of David Godman's initial

interviews became books unto themselves, so fascinating was the material:

Papaji' story became "Nothing Ever Happened", Lakshmana Swami story became "No

Mind I am the Self", Annamalai Swami's tale became "Living By The Words of

Bhagavan". The chapter on Lakshmana Swami in Vol.2 is taken from the above

out-of-print book, but the chapter is modified into the first person and has a

few additional notes.

 

David Godman has made copious foot notes in each chapter plus an index,

bibliography and other useful notes. Each "Author" has an introductory text as

well, at the beginning of each chapter.

 

John Maynard (kalpa) and www.kalpatarubooks.com

 

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