Who Are You?

Born Venkataramana in Tamil Nadu, India, he underwent a death experience at the age of 16 that completely annihilated his separate sense of ego identity, giving him full access to the current (avesam) of the real Self. Leaving home, he spent the rest of his years living and teaching on the sacred hill of Arunachala in Tiruvannamalai. 

Silent transmission of the Self-current was Sri Bhagavan's preferred method of teaching, but most students and devotees were not able to operate at such subtle levels and so he met them where they were and gave approval for a host of other approaches and spiritual techniques. However, surrender to God and self-investigation are the most recommended "methods" next to the Silence of the Guru's Presence.