Bhagavan’s teachings and Eastern Orthodox Christianity

In a Zoom meeting on 1st October 2021 Sean and Michael discuss Bhagavan’s teachings and Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and during this discussion Michael refers to and/or discusses the following passages from Bhagavan’s writings:

Nāṉ Ār? paragraphs 9, 13, 15 and 19

Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verses 8 and 11

Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai verse 76:

மலைமருந் திடநீ மலைத்திட வோவருண்
     மலைமருந் தாயொளி ரருணாசலா

malaimarun diḍanī malaittiḍa vōvaruṇ
     malaimarun dāyoḷi raruṇācalā

பதச்சேதம்: மலை மருந்து இட நீ மலைத்திடவோ? அருள் மலை மருந்தாய் ஒளிர் அருணாசலா.

Padacchēdam (word-separation): malai marundu iḍa nī malaittiḍavō? aruḷ malai marundāy oḷir aruṇācalā.

English translation: Arunachala, who shine as the grace-hill-medicine, do you hesitate to give the medicine for confusion?

Explanatory paraphrase: Arunachala, who shine as the grace-hill-medicine [the medicine of grace in the form of a hill], do you hesitate to give [me] the medicine for confusion [delusion or distress]?

Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu verses 6, 25 and 26

Upadēśa Undiyār verse 1

Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 812

From about 1:37:15 Michael briefly outlines the story of Thondaradipodi Alwar, which Bhagavan once narrated, as recorded in Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi section 449.

This episode can also be watched as a video: 2021-10-01 Sean and Michael discuss Bhagavan’s teachings and Eastern Orthodox Christianity.