Most of the articles in this book appeared over a period of years in the Mountain Path, a journal published by Sri Ramanasramam. I should like to express my gratitude to:

(a) The President of Sri Ramanasramam for giving me permission to publish the articles in book form;

(b) Sri Ramana Kendram, Hyderabad for publishing the book;

(c) Sri N. Blarama Reddy, one of the greatest devotees of Sri Bhagavan, for his Foreword; and

(d) Sri V. Ganesan, Sri Srihari Rao, Sri Prafulla Chandra, Sri R. Raghavendar, Sri A. B. Rangamurthy and Sri T. Sriraman for their valuable suggestions and various acts of help.