Sri Ramana Teachings

Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 5

In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 31st May 2025, Michael discusses Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 5. https://sriramanateachings.org/blog/2025/03/sri-arunacala-padigam-tamil-text.html#apad05

This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Michael's explanations on all the eleven Padigam verses can be watched free of advertisements on Vimeo.

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- Sri Ramana Center of Houston

Other than the base, ‘I am’, everything is a superimposition

In an online meeting with the Chicago Ramana devotees on 25th May 2025, Michael answers various questions about the teachings of Bhagavan Ramana.

This episode can watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Songs of Sri Sadhu Om with English translations can be accessed on our Vimeo.

Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon:

By Sri Sadhu Om:

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By Michael James:

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► Anma-Viddai (English)

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- Sri Ramana Center of Houston

Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 4

In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 10th May 2025, Michael discusses Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 4.

This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Michael's explanations on all the eleven Padigam verses can be watched on Vimeo (with no advertisements).

Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon:

By Sri Sadhu Om:

► The Path of Sri Ramana (English)

By Michael James:

► Happiness and Art of Being (English) 

► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) 

► Anma-Viddai (English)

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- Sri Ramana Center of Houston

Ego is pure being-awareness, ‘I am’, conflated with adjuncts

In an online meeting with the San Diego Ramana Satsang (ramana-satsang-sd@googlegroups.com) on 4th May 2025, Michael answers various questions about Bhagavan’s teachings.

This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Advertisement-free videos on the original writings of Bhagavan Ramana with explanations by Michael James can be accessed on our Vimeo video channel.

Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon:

By Sri Sadhu Om:

► The Path of Sri Ramana (English)

By Michael James:

► Happiness and Art of Being (English) 

► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) 

► Anma-Viddai (English)

Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide.

Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu Anubandham verse 30

In an online meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 3rd May 2025, Michael James discusses Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu Anubandham, verse 30. 

This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube, and a compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. This video can also be watched ad-free on our Vimeo video channel. 

Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon:

By Sri Sadhu Om:

► The Path of Sri Ramana (English)

By Michael James:

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► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) 

► Anma-Viddai (English)

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- Sri Ramana Center of Houston.

We should meditate on ourself, not on the thought ‘I am brahman’

In an online meeting with the Chicago Ramana devotees on 27th April 2025, Michael answers various questions about the teachings of Bhagavan Ramana.

This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Songs of Sri Sadhu Om with English translations can be accessed on Vimeo.

Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon:

By Sri Sadhu Om:

► The Path of Sri Ramana (English)

By Michael James:

► Happiness and Art of Being (English) 

► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) 

► Anma-Viddai (English)

Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide.

Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 3

In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 26th April 2025, Michael discusses Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 3.

This video episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Michael's explanations on all the eleven Padigam verses can be watched free of advertisements on Vimeo.

Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon:

By Sri Sadhu Om:

► The Path of Sri Ramana (English)

By Michael James:

► Happiness and Art of Being (English) 

► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) 

► Anma-Viddai (English)

Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide.

Liberation is achieved not by doing but by just being as we are

In an online meeting with Anshu Bahanda, Michael discusses Bhagavan Ramana’s Upadēśa Sāram, explaining that its central import is that liberation cannot be achieved by doing anything but only by just being as we are, which means being without rising as ego.

This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Detailed explanations by Michael James on each verse of Upadēśa Undiyār can be accessed free of advertisements on Vimeo. 

Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon:

By Sri Sadhu Om:

► The Path of Sri Ramana (English)

By Michael James:

► Happiness and Art of Being (English) 

► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) 

► Anma-Viddai (English)

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Everything other than ‘I am’ is just an illusory appearance

Michael explains the essential import of Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu and all of Ramana's teachings in 8 key points -- 8 talks (videos). This is the sixth talk with the sixth point: We can eradicate ego only by attending to ourself exclusively. After explaining this point, Michael answers questions related to Ramana's teachings. 

This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Michael's explanations on all the verses of Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu can be accessed free of advertisements on Vimeo.

Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon:

By Sri Sadhu Om:

► The Path of Sri Ramana (English)

By Michael James:

► Happiness and Art of Being (English) 

► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) 

► Anma-Viddai (English)

Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide.

Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 2

In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 12th April 2025, Michael discusses Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 2. 

This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Michael's explanations on all the eleven Padigam verses can be watched free of advertisements on Vimeo.

Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon:

By Sri Sadhu Om:

► The Path of Sri Ramana (English)

By Michael James:

► Happiness and Art of Being (English) 

► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) 

► Anma-Viddai (English)

Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide.