Episodes

Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu verse 1
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 2nd April 2022 Michael James discusses verse 1 of Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu:
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Monday Mar 28, 2022
Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai verse 1
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
In a Zoom meeting of the ‘Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK’ on 26th March 2022 Michael James discusses various meanings and deep implications of verse 1 of ஸ்ரீ அருணாசல அக்ஷரமணமாலை (Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai):
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Monday Mar 28, 2022
Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai verse 1 Q&A
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
In a Zoom meeting of the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 26th March 2022 Michael James first discussed various meanings and deep implications of verse 1 of Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai, and that first portion of this meeting has been posted here as a separate episode.
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Monday Mar 14, 2022
Upadēśa Sāraḥ verses 8 to 10
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
In a Zoom meeting with Ramana Kendra, Delhi, on 13th March 2022 Michael James discusses the meaning and implications of verses 8, 9 and 10 of Upadēśa Sāraḥ:
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Monday Mar 14, 2022
Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai pāyiram and kāppu Q&A
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
In a Zoom meeting of the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 12th March 2022 Michael James first discussed in detail the Introductory Verse (pāyiram) and the Invocation (kāppu) of Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai, and that first portion of this meeting has been posted here as a separate episode: Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai pāyiram and kāppu.
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Monday Mar 14, 2022
Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai pāyiram and kāppu
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
In a Zoom meeting of the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 12th March 2022 Michael James begins to discuss ஸ்ரீ அருணாசல அக்ஷரமணமாலை (Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai), ‘The Marriage Garland of Syllables for Sri Arunachala’, ‘The Fragrant Garland of Syllables for Sri Arunachala’ and ‘The Garland for Imperishable Union with Sri Arunachala’, starting with the Introductory Verse (pāyiram) composed by Muruganar and the Invocation (kāppu) composed by Bhagavan:
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Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Objections to dṛṣṭi-sṛṣṭi vāda
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
In a Zoom meeting with Ernesto and Carlos of ‘Yo Soy Tu Mismo’ (a group of Spanish devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana) on 9th March 2022, Michael James answers questions about possible objections to dṛṣṭi-sṛṣṭi vāda, the contention (vāda) that perception (dṛṣṭi) is creation (sṛṣṭi), or in other words, that no phenomena exist independent of our perception of them.
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Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu verse 2
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
In a Zoom meeting with Ernesto and Carlos of ‘Yo Soy Tu Mismo’ (a group of Spanish devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana) on 9th March 2022, Michael James discusses verse 2 of Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu and the kaliveṇbā version of it:
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Saturday Mar 12, 2022
Nāṉ Ār? paragraph 14
Saturday Mar 12, 2022
Saturday Mar 12, 2022
In a Zoom meeting with the San Diego Ramana Satsang (ramana-satsang-sd@googlegroups.com) on 6th March 2022 Michael discusses the fourteenth paragraph of Nāṉ Ār? (Who am I?) and answers questions about this and other aspects of Bhagavan’s teachings, particularly the practice of self-investigation and self-surrender:
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Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
The need to go deep in following a single path
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
In a Zoom meeting with ‘Yo Soy Tu Mismo’ (a group of Spanish devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana) on 27th February 2022, Michael James first answers the questions:
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