Sri Ramana Maharshi and Mastan

Mastan was an outstanding early devotee of Ramana Maharshi who first encountered Sri Ramana in 1914. He went into deep samadhi states even as a child, states that continued when he began to spend time with Bhagavan. In this video David Godman tells the story of Mastan's life and his association with Sri Ramana. He also narrates the improbable sequence of events that led him to discover previously unknown material from Mastan's life.

An account of these events has appeared on David Godman's site: https://www.davidgodman.org/discoveri...

A published account of Mastan's life can also be found in The Power of the Presence, Part Three: https://www.davidgodman.org/book/the-...

This talk was the first in a series of I will be giving to devotees at the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK. I plan to give one a month. A second talk on Muruganar has already been given. It will be posted on this channel soon.