Sri Ramana Teachings
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Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 85: Ātman is the material cause, not the efficient cause
Upadēśa Taṉippākkaḷ verses 8, 9 and 10: ‘I am this body’ and other delusions
What does Bhagavan Ramana mean by saying we should surrender all our burden to God?
Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 84: All that appears existed as vāsanās in the heart
We must try to be self attentive as much as possible in all circumstances
Vivarta siddhānta: Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu verse 1 & Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 83
Upadēśa Taṉippākkaḷ verse 7: We should repent causing harm even accidentally
Bhagavan’s Advent reflects and symbolises what happened during his death experience
The one ego is the ‘I’ who experiences this appearance of multiplicity
Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 921
How to surrender when faced with the need to make major decisions?
Why does self-investigation (ātma vicāra) seem difficult
If sleep is a temporary death, why do we wake up as the same person
To know what we actually are, we must discard body and world
Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 871
Upadēśa Taṉippākkaḷ verse 6
We are free either to be swayed or not swayed by any vāsanā
Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu verse 13 and Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 542
By being self attentive we as ego will dissolve back into our being
Being in the state of supreme bliss is being in service of God
Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 541
If we constantly remember our being, ‘I am’, that alone is sufficient
Upadēśa Taṉippākkaḷ verses 4 and 5
We don’t need to realise the real but to unrealise the unreal
Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 362
Bhakti is the mother of jñāna
Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 209
Upadēśa Taṉippākkaḷ verses 2 and 3 (Significance of Deepavali)
Awareness, ego, vāsanās and phenomena
Philosophical challenges from artificial intelligence
Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 160
Be without letting go of yourself
Grace, effort and destiny
Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 130
Upadēśa Taṉippākkaḷ verse 1
What is ‘self-abidance’ (ātma niṣṭhā)?
Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 129
Bhagavan Ramana is KālaKālan: Death to death
What are ‘transitive awareness’ and ‘intransitive awareness’?
Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 46 and verses for his mother
Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu Anubandham verse 40
Is God personal, impersonal or beyond all such distinctions?
Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 38
Ep 452Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 23
In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 14th March 2026, Michael explains Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 23, and then answers questions on Bhagavan Ramana's teachings. This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Michael's explanations on the original works of Bhagavan can be watched free of advertisements on our Vimeo video channel. Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon: By Sri Sadhu Om: ► The Path of Sri Ramana (English) ► El camino de Sri Ramana (Spanish) By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) ► Anma-Viddai (English) Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide. - Sri Ramana Center of Houston
Ep 451If ego comes into being, everything comes into being
In an online meeting with the San Diego Ramana Satsang ([email protected]) on 8th March 2026, Michael answers various questions about Bhagavan’s teachings. This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Advertisement-free videos on the original writings of Bhagavan Ramana with explanations by Michael James can be accessed on our Vimeo video channel. Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon: By Sri Sadhu Om: ► The Path of Sri Ramana (English) ► El camino de Sri Ramana (Spanish) By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) ► Anma-Viddai (English) Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide. - Sri Ramana Center of Houston
Ep 450Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu Anubandham verse 39
In an online meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 7th March 2026, Michael James discusses Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu Anubandham, verse 39. This episode can be watched as a video on our Vimeo video channel (ad-free) or on YouTube. A compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon: By Sri Sadhu Om: ► The Path of Sri Ramana (English) ► El camino de Sri Ramana (Spanish) By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) ► Anma-Viddai (English) Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide. - Sri Ramana Center of Houston
Ep 449Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 22
In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 28th February 2026, Michael explains Guru Vācaka Kōvai verse 2, and then answers questions on Bhagavan Ramana's teachings. This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Michael's explanations on the original works of Bhagavan can be watched free of advertisements on our Vimeo video channel. Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon: By Sri Sadhu Om: ► The Path of Sri Ramana (English) ► El camino de Sri Ramana (Spanish) By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) ► Anma-Viddai (English) Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide. - Sri Ramana Center of Houston
Ep 448Thinking ‘I’ or ‘I am’ as an aid to being self-attentive
In an online meeting with the Chicago Ramana devotees on 22nd February 2026, Michael answers various questions about the teachings of Bhagavan Ramana. This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Songs of Sri Sadhu Om with English translations can be accessed on our Vimeo video channel. Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon: By Sri Sadhu Om: ► The Path of Sri Ramana (English) ► El camino de Sri Ramana (Spanish) By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) ► Anma-Viddai (English) Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide. - Sri Ramana Center of Houston
Ep 447Self-attentiveness is not just not thinking
In an online meeting with the San Diego Ramana Satsang ([email protected]) on 1st February 2026, Michael answers various questions about Bhagavan’s teachings. This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Advertisement-free videos on the original writings of Bhagavan Ramana with explanations by Michael James can be accessed on our Vimeo video channel. Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon: By Sri Sadhu Om: ► The Path of Sri Ramana (English) ► El camino de Sri Ramana (Spanish) By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) ► Anma-Viddai (English) Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide. - Sri Ramana Center of Houston
Ep 446Guru Vācaka Kōvai verses 969 and 970
In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 31st January 2026, Michael explains Guru Vācaka Kōvai verses 969 and 970, and then answers questions on Bhagavan Ramana's teachings. This episode can be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Michael's explanations on the original works of Bhagavan can be watched free of advertisements at Vimeo video channel. Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon: By Sri Sadhu Om: ► The Path of Sri Ramana (English) ► El camino de Sri Ramana (Spanish) By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) ► Anma-Viddai (English) Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide. - Sri Ramana Center of Houston