Sri Ramana Teachings

The Ramaṇa mahāvākya: ‘I am I’

During the global celebration of Bhagavan Ramana’s 142nd Jayanti (birthday) organised by Arunachala Ashrama in New York on 2nd January 2022 Michael James discusses the significance and meaning of ‘I am I’, about which he had recently written an article entitled The Ramaṇa mahāvākya: ‘நான் நான்’ (nāṉ nāṉ) or ‘अहम् अहम्’ (aham aham), ‘I am I’.

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Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai introduction

In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 1st January 2022, by way of an introduction to Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai, Michael James answers several questions about it, explaining a little about its very deep significance.

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Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu maṅgalam verse 1

In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 1st January 2022 Michael James discusses maṅgalam verse 1 of Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu:

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Niṣkāmya karma, bhakti and self-investigation

In a Zoom meeting on 6th January 2021 Kijan and Michael discuss the practice of niṣkāmya karma, bhakti, self-surrender, self-investigation and other aspects of Bhagavan’s teachings, during which Michael discusses or refers to the following passages from his writings:

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‘I am’, the original name of God

In a Zoom meeting of the ‘Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK’ on 25th December 2021 Michael James discusses the significance of Biblical passages such as God’s statement ‘I am that I am’ (Exodus 3.14) and Jesus’s statement ‘Before Abraham was, I am’ (John 8.58) as explained by Bhagavan Ramana, who taught us that ‘I am’ is the original and natural name of God, because he is what shines within us as pure existence-awareness (sat-cit), which is our fundamental awareness of our own existence, ‘I am’.

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The nature and working of grace

In a Zoom meeting with ‘Yo Soy Tu Mismo’ (a group of Spanish devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana) on 19th December 2021, Michael James first answers the questions:

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Bhagavan’s teachings are the very essence of advaita vēdānta

In an online meeting on the 142nd Jayanti of Bhagavan Ramana, 21st December 2021, Michael discusses his core teachings with fellow devotees in Hyderabad, explaining that they are the very essence of advaita vēdānta, because they highlight and clarify the practical implication  of the ancient texts in an extremely simple yet deep and refined manner.

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Self-investigation (ātma-vicāra) as dṛg-dṛśya-vivēka in practice

In a Zoom meeting with Ramana Kendra, Delhi, on 12th December 2021 Michael James answers the following three sets of questions about Bhagavan’s teachings, particularly the practice self-investigation and self-surrender:

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Nan Ar? (Who am I?) paragraph 20 Q&A

In a Zoom meeting of the ‘Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK’ on 11th December 2021 Michael James first discussed in detail the twentieth paragraph of Nāṉ Ār? (Who am I?), and that first portion of this meeting has been posted here as a separate episode: Nan Ar? (Who am I?) paragraph 20.

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Nan Ar? (Who am I?) paragraph 20

In a Zoom meeting of the ‘Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK’ on 11th December 2021 Michael James discusses the twentieth paragraph of Nāṉ Ār? (Who am I?) sentence by sentence:

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