P V S Suryanarayana Raju: 19 books

Every spiritual quest contains effort on part of seeker and later comes a stage when effort is actually a hindrance to the quest. It needs lot of preparation of body-mind complex to make them fit to receive the ultimate reality. In usual circumstances one needs a lot of ground work before doing self-inquiry....

self-inquiry is not an effort against the mind but rather a loving way of witnessing the mind which is the result of evolution and contains the whole experience of existence. Your mind is not personal, it represents the whole evolutionary process. So self-inquiry is an impersonal way of exploring...

The author is in contact for more than 20 years with Sri Nanna garu. What impressed him is the living presence of Nanna garu and his simple way of life. He led an ordinary house holders life and never claimed any superiority just because he is an enlightened soul. He is extraordinarily ordinary.In...

Self-Knowing.Without knowing yourself, do what you will, there cannot possibly be the state of meditation. I mean by "self-knowing," knowing every thought, every mood, every word, every feeling; knowing the activity of your mind - not knowing the supreme self, the big self; there is no such...

We are all conscious beings identified with the body-mind complex which is a product of time, of craving, of becoming. When we are dissociated with the body mind complex in deep sleep we are enjoying the tranquility, peace, bliss, joy of our being. So the peace of our being is not the result of any...