RE: Need Information about Devotees of Sri Bhagavan - Sri SivaPrakasam Pillai

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Dear Peter,

 

Sure. Here is some Information

 

Sri M. Sivaprakasam Pillai "Who am I?" is the title given to a set of

questions and answers bearing on Self-enquiry. The questions were put to

Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi by one Sri M. Sivaprakasam Pillai about the year

1902. Sri Pillai, a graduate in Philosophy, was at the time employed in the

Revenue Department of the South Arcot Collectorate. During his visit to

Tiruvannamalai in 1902 on official work, he went to Virupaksha Cave on

Arunachala Hill and met the Master there. He sought from him spiritual guidance,

and solicited answers to questions relating to Self-enquiry. As Bhagavan was not

talking then, not because of any vow he had taken, but because he did not have

the inclination to talk, he answered the questions put to him by gestures, and

when these were not understood, by writing. As recollected and recorded by Sri

Sivaprakasam Pillai, there were fourteen questions with answers to them given by

Bhagavan. This record was first published by Sri Pillai in 1923,

along with a couple of poems composed by himself relating how Bhagavan's grace

operated in his case by dispelling his doubts and by saving him from a crisis in

life. 'Who am I?' has been published several times subsequently.