Ramana Maharshi:
(Born Venkataraman Iyer, 30 December 1879, Tiruchuzhi, Virudhunagar, Madras Presidency, British India (Now Tamil Nadu, India) December 1879 – 14 April 1950).
Indian Hindu sage and jivanmukta (liberated being). Mostly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.
In 1895, an attraction to the sacred hill Arunachala and the 63 Nayanmars was aroused in him, and in 1896, at the age of 16, he had a “death-experience” where he became aware of a “current” or “force” (avesam) which he recognized as his true “I” or “self”, and which he later identified with “the personal God, or Iswara”, that is, Shiva. This resulted in a state that he later described as “the state of mind of Iswara or the jnani”. Six weeks later he left his uncle’s home in Madurai, and journeyed to the holy mountain Arunachala, in Tiruvannamalai, where he took on the role of a sannyasin (though not formally initiated), and remained for the rest of his life.
There is no greater mystery than this; oureslves being the Realitywe seek to gain Reality.
