She had been studying the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, Gangaji and ex-convict, John Sherman and incorporating these teachings working with prisoners from consultations within San Quentin.
The rare-born Danish mystic Sunyata, who was given this name in 1936 by Ramana Maharshi, lived with Patterson starting in 1982 and introduced him to Advaita Vedanta.
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Sunyata met many prominent spiritual teachers in addition to Ramana Maharshi, including Anandamayee Ma, Yashoda Ma (Mirtola), Swami Ramdas and Neem Karoli Baba.
Bhagavan Bridge refers to a bridge found in the Girivalam path at Tiruvannamalai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu where Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi used to take rest, when He used to go for Giri-pradakshina around the Arunachala Hill.
In the early 1930s, Brunton embarked on a voyage to India, which brought him into contact with such luminaries as Meher Baba, Sri Shankaracharya of Kancheepuram and Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Over another 25 years, after leaving Kalki, he wrote a number of books and articles touching on the life and deeds of religious luminaries Kanchi Mahaswamigal, Sathya Sai Baba, Swami Vivekananda, Ramana Maharshi, Yogi Ramsuratkumar, and others.
From early childhood, Balsekar was drawn to Advaita, a nondual teaching, particularly the teachings of Ramana Maharshi and Wei Wu Wei.
Hittleman was a student of the great Indian spiritual master, Ramana Maharshi, along with Dr. Paul Brunton, in the late 1940s and regarded Maharshi as his guru.
Amongst its early western visitors were British writer Paul Brunton in 1931, who is credited with introducing Ramana Maharshi to the West through his books "A Search in Secret India" (1934) and "The Secret Path".
Arthur Osborne stayed at the Ashram for twenty years, and edited the Ashram's journal, The Mountain Path, besides writing several book on Ramana Maharshi and his teachings.