Sri Ramana Teachings

‘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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Ulladu Narpadu mangalam verse 1

In a Zoom meeting with Ernesto and Carlos of ‘Yo Soy Tu Mismo’ (a group of Spanish devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana) on 7th December 2021, Michael James discusses the first maṅgalam verse of Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu and Bhagavan’s Sanskrit translation of it:

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Nan Ar? paragraphs 12 and 13

In a Zoom meeting with the San Diego Ramana Satsang (ramana-satsang-sd@googlegroups.com) on 5th December 2021 Michael discusses the twelfth and thirteenth paragraphs 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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Upadesa Undiyar verse 30

In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 4th December 2021 Michael James discusses verse 30 of Upadēśa Undiyār:

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Nan Ar? (Who am I?) paragraph 19 Q&A

In a Zoom meeting of the ‘Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK’ on 27th November 2021 Michael first discussed in detail the nineteenth 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 19.

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