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Philosophy and practice of self-investigation (ātma-vicāra) and self-surrender (ātma-samarpana) as taught by Bhagavan Ramana.
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Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
In a Zoom meeting of the ‘Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK’ on 10th September 2022 Michael James first discussed the meaning and deep implications of verse 12 of Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai, and that first portion of this meeting has been posted here as a separate episode: Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai verse 12.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
In a Zoom meeting of the ‘Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK’ on 10th September 2022 Michael James discusses verse 12 of Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai:
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
In this episode Michael James answers the question: “In verse 2 of Patikam [Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam], Bhagavan talks about total surrender (thy will be done). However, the more one surrenders, the more difficult it appears to be to take that final leap. Is total surrender possible at all with the ego still intact in some form?”
Read the rest of this entry »Saturday Sep 10, 2022
Saturday Sep 10, 2022
In a Zoom meeting with Ernesto, Carlos and José of ‘Yo Soy Tu Mismo’ (a group of Spanish devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana) on 7th September 2022, Michael James discusses the question: ‘Is it possible to reconcile some form of planning with surrender and a life without expectations?’
Read the rest of this entry »Friday Sep 09, 2022
Friday Sep 09, 2022
In a Zoom meeting with the San Diego Ramana Satsang (ramana-satsang-sd@googlegroups.com) on 7th September 2022 Michael answers various questions about Bhagavan’s teachings, particularly the practice of self-investigation and self-surrender, and concludes by quoting what Bhagavan sometimes said about the English term ‘realisation’, namely: ‘What is real is always real, so there is no need to realise it. The problem is that we have realised what is unreal, so all that is necessary is for us to unrealise the unreal, then the real alone will remain’.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 3rd September 2022 Michael James discusses verse 6 of Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu:
Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
In this episode Michael James answers the question: “Did Bhagavan give any advice on sharpening one’s vigilance, so that one can reduce the gap between attention drifting outwards and one becoming aware of it? I understand that this is dependent on the strength of one’s viṣaya-vāsanās. Although this gap has reduced considerably over a period of time, instant awareness still eludes me”.
Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Aug 28, 2022
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
In a Zoom meeting of the ‘Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK’ on 27th August 2022 Michael James first discussed the meanings and deep implications of verse 11 of Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai, and that first portion of this meeting has been posted here as a separate episode: Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai verse 11.
Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Aug 28, 2022
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
In a Zoom meeting of the ‘Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK’ on 27th August 2022 Michael James discusses verse 11 of Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai:
Read the rest of this entry »Saturday Aug 27, 2022
Saturday Aug 27, 2022
In a Zoom meeting with ‘Yo Soy Tu Mismo’ (a group of Spanish devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana) on 21st August 2022, Michael James answers questions about the practice of self-investigation and self-surrender and other aspects of Bhagavan’s teachings such as the cinema analogy and whether or not a physical guru is necessary.
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