The core teachings of Bhagavan

In a Zoom meeting with the Ramana group, Helsinki, on 23rd April 2022 Michael James answer question about the three states of waking, dream and sleep, Bhagavan’s core teachings simplified, why his path is called the straight or direct path, the works of Bhagavan that Sadhu Om and Michael translated together, and other related topics, particularly the practice of self-investigation and self-surrender.

While answering these questions Michael discusses the meaning and implications of passages from Bhagavan’s writings, including Nāṉ Ār?, Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu, Upadēśa Undiyār, Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai, Guru Vācaka Kōvai, Śrī Aruṇācala Aṣṭakam verse 6 and verse 7,  Śrī Aruṇācala Pañcaratnam and Āṉma-Viddai.

This episode can also be watched as a video, 2022-04-23 Ramana group, Helsinki: Michael James discusses the core teachings of Bhagavan, and a more compressed audio copy in Opus format (which can be listened to in the VLC media player and some other apps) can be downloaded from here.