Ramana Maharshi and Lakshmi

Ramana Maharshi and Lakshmi

Lakshmi was one of Ramana Maharshi's most devoted and enlightened devotees. What makes this story so special and interesting is that Lakshmi was no regular devotee. She was a cow.

This story comes from the work of David Godman, who wrote on the life and teachings of Ramana Maharshi. It starts in the middle 1920s when a man called Arunachalam Pillai had a dream instructing him to take a certain calf to Bhagavan. (Bhagavan is the title name of a holy teacher or glorious person.) Arunachalam Pillai did as the dream instructed. It was a long and difficult trip, Bhagavan, however, had a rule, not to accept any animal [Click to read more...]

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