Letters from Sri Ramanasramam, by Suri Nagamma

The devotee who read it looked at Bhagavan and asked,
“Asthi, bhathi, and priyam, are written there. What do they
mean?” “Asthi means Truth, that which IS. Bhathi means lustre
and priyam means anandam. That is sat-chit-ananda swarupa.

Sat-chit-ananda is spoken of as asthi, bhathi and priyam. Both
sets of expression mean the same,” said Bhagavan.

The same devotee asked, “As Atma is devoid of name or
form, should it be meditated upon with ‘jnana atheetha bhakti’,
bhakti, which is superior to and above jnana?” Bhagavan
replied, “If you say that you should meditate, doesn’t that
imply dwaita (dualism)? It implies one who meditates, and
that on which he meditates; Atma however is nameless and
formless. How is it possible to meditate upon the nameless
and formless? ‘Jnana atheetha bhakti’ means one’s own Self,
nameless and formless, just a Witness. The ‘I’ is one’s own
self. That ‘I’ is everywhere, Only one ‘I’. Then what is there
to meditate upon? Who is it that meditates? It is the ‘I’ that
is everywhere which is called asthi, bhathi and priyam, or sat-
chit-anandam. The names are many, but the thing is only one,”
said Bhagavan.