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Arthur Osborne (writer)

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Arthur Osborne (1906 – May 8, 1970) was an English writer on spirituality and mysticism, and an influential disciple and biographer of Ramana Maharshi.

Biography

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Osborne studied history for two years at Christ Church, Oxford, but left the university dissatisfied with the academic culture.[1] In 1934 he married with Łucja Lipszyc (born in Poland on 15 February 1904), when he was in Warsaw teaching English.[2] In 1936, he set out on a spiritual quest, which eventually brought him to Ramana Maharshi in 1942.[3] From 1964, Osborne served as the founding editor of Mountain Path, a journal published by Ramanasramam, the ashram founded by the devotees of Ramana Maharshi. He died on 8 May 1970 in Bangalore, aged 63.[4]

Works

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Osborne published several books on Ramana Maharshi, including Ramana Maharshi and the path of self-knowledge, one of the principle publications on Ramana Maharshi. Other publications include a biography of Shirdi Sai Baba. Thirty years after Osborne's death, his autobiography was discovered among his papers and published by Ramanasramam as My Life and Quest.

Selected bibliography

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  • Osborne, Arthur (1951). Ramana Arunachala; seven essays on Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. Tiruvannamalai, India: Ramanasramam.
  • Osborne, Arthur (1954). Ramana Maharshi and the path of self-knowledge. Foreword by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. London: Rider. ISBN 9788172242114.
  • Arthur Osborne (1957). The incredible Sai Baba. London: Rider. ISBN 0091109310. OCLC 49522828.
  • Arthur Osborne The rhythm of history 1959 Arthur Osborne Indica Varanasi ISBN 978-93-81120-00-2
  • Ramana; Arthur Osborne (1959). The collected works of Sri Ramana Maharshi. London: Rider.
  • Osborne, Arthur (2001), My Life and Quest (PDF), ISBN 81-88225-20-7

References

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  1. ^ Osborne 2001.
  2. ^ Łucja Osborne (1904-1987), www.indika.pl, 20 November 2018, Access 03 January 2024
  3. ^ Osborne 2001, p. 69-70.
  4. ^ "Obituary, Author". The Indian Express. 10 May 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

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