Authenticity of recorded teachings

Authenticity of Recorded teachings

https://www.davidgodman.org/the-authenticity-of-bhagavans-recorded-teachings/

Points touched upon

• David Godman answering a friend in California on which books most faithfully record Bhagavan’s words, starting with the many versions and translations of Who am I?.
• Sivaprakasam Pillai’s 1902 questions answered in the sand or on a slate, the 1923 question-and-answer version, and Bhagavan’s own 1926 essay as the authentic text.
• Collected Works, the lines Bhagavan added to Muruganar’s Ramana Puranam, and Vichara Sangraham as a grey area because of Gambhiram Seshayya’s paraphrases and Sadhu Natanananda’s editing.
• Guru Vachaka Kovai, with Muruganar’s verses checked by Bhagavan the same day and the one word ‘alone’ he added to the 1939 introduction.
• Maharshi’s Gospel, Spiritual Instruction, Kapali Sastri and Sat Darshana Bhashya, and Sri Ramana Gita along with Bhagavan’s high-wire circus remark to Sadhu Natanananda.
• Lakshmana Sarma’s private lessons on Ulladu Narpadu, his Revelation, and Bhagavan nudging Chinnaswami to publish his commentary.
• Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, never checked by Bhagavan, with Munagala Venkataramiah writing from memory and other reasons to read it with care.