Jewel Garland of Enquiry (Vichara Mani Mala of Ramana Maharshi)

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Of the four human ends, namely dharma (virtuous and harmonious life), artha (material prosperity), kama (desires) and moksha (Liberation), Liberation is the most important. Three are several Vedantic books in the Sanskrit and Prakrit languages which describe this Liberation which is of the cessation of misery and the attainment of bliss. Among these there is a rare book known as Vichara Saga ram written in Hindi by Sadhu Nischaldas (1793-1863), a learned and enlightened (lit, established in Brahman) Sage. It has been translated into Tamil, but this Tamil version was rather lengthy. The Maharshi, at the request of the late M. R. Arunachala Mudaliar of Tiruvannamalai, the foremost among the pious devotees of Shiva, made a selection of some of the gem-like thoughts in it. Believing that it would be of use to those excellent and calm aspirants whose minds are not distracted by arguments for and against the different religions, Mudaliar printed them in 1909 under the title Vichara Sagara Sara Sangraham. As it is now difficult to obtain this small book, the present book has been brought out under a new name, Vichara Mani Malai (Jewel Garland of Enquiry)