David Godman's new book

[Guest guest]

Hi folks,

 

Please excuse the spam but I'm doing this at the

request of David Godman, author of numerous

wonderful books about Ramana Maharshi.

 

He asked me to post messages on a few lists to

let people know that his new book, " Power of the

Presence Part Two, " is now available.

 

The book examines the lives of six devotees of

Sri Ramana Maharshi in order to answer the

question, " What was it like to live with and be

guided by one of the greatest sages that India

ever produced? "

 

There are some terrific stories in the book -- for

example, how Ramana Maharshi tried repeatedly to

get his famous devotee Sri Muruganar to pay

attention to his wife, without success.

 

Large parts of the book consist of autobiographical

testimony by the devotees. For example, there's

this from Sri Muruganar:

 

" I was a learned fool. My flawed mind knew nothing

till I came to dwell with Him whose glance filled my

heart with the light of awareness. Dwelling in that

gracious state of peace, whose nature is holy

silence, so hard to gain and know, I entered into union

with the deathless state of the knowledge of reality. "

 

The book can be ordered now in India and the U.S.

For complete ordering instructions, go here:

 

http://www.realization.org/page/doc1/doc103.htm

 

You can read a long excerpt from the book here:

 

http://www.realization.org/page/doc1/doc102a.htm

 

There's an interview with David Godman about the

book here:

 

http://www.realization.org/page/doc0/doc0097a.htm

 

There's a funny photo of David Godman here:

 

http://www.realization.org/page/top/letters.htm

 

Best regards,

 

Rob