Sri Ramana Teachings

In a Zoom meeting with the Ramana group, Helsinki, on 1st May 2023, there was a very special gathering with the guests Swami Sarvapriyananda and Michael James who discussed the essence of Advaita Vedanta and the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, and how to put these teachings into practice. The event was broadcasted live on Zoom/YouTube and reached hundreds of participants. The discussion brought up many interesting and deep insights about the true core of Advaita and how Sri Ramana has given an easy but also subtle practice of self-investigation. In the end this is the only practice to eliminate the ego, which seems to exist if not investigated. ----more---- This episode can also be watched as a video here, 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.

During the international celebration of Bhagavan Ramana’s 73rd Aradhana (anniversary of the day he left his body) organised by Arunachala Ashrama, New York, on 30th April 2023 Michael James discusses the law of karma as taught by Bhagavan. ----more---- This episode can also be watched as a video here, 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.

In a Zoom meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 29th April 2023 Michael answers various questions about Bhagavan’s teachings. ----more---- This episode can also be watched as a video here, 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.

In a Zoom meeting of ‘Yo Soy Tu Mismo’ (a group of Spanish devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana) on 16th April 2023, Michael James is first asked, ‘I would be grateful if you could talk to us about how to cultivate patience and recommendations so as not to slacken easily in order to persevere and persist on this slow path of self-inquiry where, because our minds are so impure, there is so little recognition of progress, at least for me. When one arrives at any path one needs a series of confirmations to keep one motivated, what would these be?’, so he answers this and several other related questions. ----more---- This episode can also be watched as a video on YouTube here, 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.

In a Zoom meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 8th April 2023 Michael answers various questions about Bhagavan’s teachings. ----more---- This episode can also be watched as a video here, 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.

In a Zoom meeting with the San Diego Ramana Satsang (ramana-satsang-sd@googlegroups.com) on 2nd April 2023 Michael answers various questions about Bhagavan’s teachings, particularly about the practice of self-investigation in daily life. This episode can also be watched as a video, 2023-04-02 San Diego Ramana Satsang: How to practice self investigation during our daily life, 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 here.  

In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 1th April 2023 Michael James discusses verse 13 of Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu: ----more---- ஞானமாந் தானேமெய் நானாவா ஞானமஞ் ஞானமாம் பொய்யாமஞ் ஞானமுமே — ஞானமாந் தன்னையன்றி யின்றணிக டாம்பலவும் பொய்மெய்யாம் பொன்னையன்றி யுண்டோ புகல். ñāṉamān tāṉēmey nāṉāvā ñāṉamañ ñāṉamām poyyāmañ ñāṉamumē — ñāṉamān taṉṉaiyaṉḏṟi yiṉḏṟaṇiga ḍāmpalavum poymeyyām poṉṉaiyaṉḏṟi yuṇḍō puhal. பதச்சேதம்: ஞானம் ஆம் தானே மெய். நானா ஆம் ஞானம் அஞ்ஞானம் ஆம். பொய் ஆம் அஞ்ஞானமுமே ஞானம் ஆம் தன்னை அன்றி இன்று. அணிகள் தாம் பலவும் பொய்; மெய் ஆம் பொன்னை அன்றி உண்டோ? புகல். Padacchēdam (word-separation): ñāṉam ām tāṉē mey. nāṉā ām ñāṉam aññāṉam ām. poy ām aññāṉamumē ñāṉam ām taṉṉai aṉḏṟi iṉḏṟu. aṇigaḷ tām palavum poy; mey ām poṉṉai aṉḏṟi uṇḍō? puhal. English translation: Oneself, who is awareness, alone is real. Awareness that is manifold is ignorance. Even ignorance, which is unreal, does not exist except as oneself, who is awareness. All the many ornaments are unreal; do they exist except as gold, which is real? Say. Explanatory paraphrase: Oneself, who is jñāna [knowledge or awareness], alone is real. Awareness that is manifold [namely the mind, whose root, ego, is the awareness that sees the one as many] is ajñāna [ignorance]. Even [that] ignorance, which is unreal, does not exist except as [besides, apart from or as other than] oneself, who is [real] awareness. All the many ornaments are unreal; do they exist except as gold, which is real? Say. [In other words, though ego or mind, which is the false awareness that sees itself as numerous phenomena, is ignorance and unreal, the real substance that appears as it is only oneself, who is true knowledge or pure awareness, so what actually exists is not ego or mind but only oneself.]   This episode can also be watched as a video, 2023-04-01 Sri Ramana Center, Houston: Michael James discusses Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu verse 13, 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.  

In a Zoom meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 25th March 2023 Michael answers various questions about Bhagavan’s teachings. ----more---- This episode can also be watched as a video, 23-03-25 Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK: How to purify the mind?, 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.

In a Zoom meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 18th March 2023 Michael answers various questions about Bhagavan’s teachings. ----more---- This episode can also be watched as a video, 23-03-18 Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK: Our aim is to attend to nothing other than our own being, 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.

From the book 'The Path of Sri Ramana'. ISBN-13: ‎ 979-8373962537 Published by Sri Ramana Center of Houston, 2023. Available from Amazon marketplaces worldwide. The US site can be accessed here. ----more----This episode in an audiovisual format, where the text can also be followed, can be accessed here . More episodes of 'The Path of Sri Ramana' in audiovisual format, can be accessed in this advertisement-free Vimeo channel showcase . This edition, which is a revised and more complete translation of the Tamil original, translated by a team of volunteers supervised and co-ordinated by Kumar Saran (Sri Ramana Center of Houston) in collaboration with Michael James, combines what were previously referred to as Part One and Part Two of Path of Sri Ramana. The former is now the main part of this book, and the latter is referred to as the ‘Supplement’. Credits: Audio: Jani and Robert Butler. Intro and Extro music: Pond5 Editing: Kumar Saran 'The Path of Sri Ramana' Copyright © 2023 Sri Ramana Center of Houston All rights reserved. The text of this audio may not be reproduced, except for brief and duly acknowledged quotations, or as expressly permitted by law, without prior permission in writing from the president of Sri Ramana Center of Houston.