Verious versions of Who Am I Text
Below text released by [[Spirituality/Ramana Maharshi/Devotees/Michael James]] contains a study on Various Texts of Who Am I and how it has evolved over time
https://www.sriramanateachings.org/NY-various-texts.pdf
Points touched upon
- Michael James’s Mountain Path series on the various texts of Nan Yar?, with at least five printed between 1923 and 1936 and more drafts in Sivaprakasam Pillai’s notebooks.
- Texts A to G in their likely order, from Text A with 13 questions corrected by Bhagavan before January 1920, to Text F, the essay Bhagavan edited himself, and Text G with 28 questions.
- Sivaprakasam Pillai’s Anugraha Ahaval, his poetic summary of the teaching he got from 1902, with the warrior at the fortress and the pearl diver.
- Pillai’s notebooks in the Ashram archives, the manuscript of Text A, and Text AS, sayings dated December 1922 that supplement it.
- Text B, the first version ever published, in Sri Ramana Charita Ahaval in 1923, with fourteen extra questions and a few repeated ideas.
- Text C, Pillai’s English drafts from 1923, with extra questions and stray sayings of Bhagavan not found in later printed texts.