Annamalai swami biography of rory
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Talks with Annamalai Swami
Advice from a Self-realized expert on Self-enquiry who was a direct disciple of Ramana Maharshi.
Introduction
ANNAMALAI SWAMI CAME to Bhagavan in 1928.
After a brief spell working as Bhagavan’s attendant, he received a new job from him, supervising all the building projects in the ashram. Between 1928 and 1938, working directly under Bhagavan, he supervised the construction of the cowshed, the Veda Patasala, the dining room, the storeroom, the old office block (now used as the book-packing room), the dispensary and the large revetment on the north side of the ashram.
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In 1938 an experience he had with Bhagavan changed the course of his life:
I went to Bhagavan’s bathroom to help him with his morning bath. Madhava Swami and I gave him the usual oil bath and massage.
When the bath was over, Madhava Swami asked a question: ‘Bhagavan, the people who take ganja lehiyam [an ayurvedic medicine whose principal ingredient is cannabis] experience so