Sharanagati – Surrender, Letting go

Following the warm reception of the first two volumes — Aham Sphurana and Vichara— which brought readers into the living presence of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi and the vibrant spirit of the Ashram.

Sharanagati turns with equal clarity to another foundational pillar of his teaching: Surrender. For Bhagavan, Surrender is not a sentiment but a direct, uncompromising way to dissolve the ego and rest in the natural peace of the Self.

         Drawing from rare dialogues and finely selected teachings and stories, this volume explores Surrender as both practice and fruition – how partial Surrender ripens into effortless, total letting-go; how trust in the Divine displaces anxiety and the sense of doership; and how Grace becomes unmistakably active when resistance ceases. Practical pointers illuminate what it means to ‘give up everything and keep quiet’, while addressing real questions of work, family, karma, and the seeming paradox of effort and non-doing. 

         In the spirit of Bhagavan’s living wisdom, Sharanagati is an essential companion  for seekers drawn to awakening through Surrender – an invitation to yield the mind into the Heart, abide as Silence, and discover that perfect peace is not attained but revealed, when nothing is held back and everything is given up in the spirit of AnanyaSharanagati – Absolute Surrender. 

Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, the Sage of Arunachala, born in 1878, is one of the most famous and most recent of India's wealth of sages, Saints and spiritual Masters. As a young man of sixteen he had a spontaneous awakening. He left his home in Madurai and made his way to Tiruvannamalai and the holy mountain, Arunachala. He lived for many years, alone and in silence, on and around the mountain, which he never left.

In the 1920s the present ashram was constructed. Here he lived and taught until his death in 1950. Many of this Maha Rishi's (Great Seer) students and devotees, who, through him gained Self-realisation, passed on to their own students Sri Ramana Maharshi's practice of Self-enquiry, using the question, 'Who am I?'