
Sri Ramana Teachings
Religion & Spirituality Podcas
Philosophy and practice of self-investigation (ātma-vicāra) and self-surrender (ātma-samarpana) as taught by Bhagavan Ramana.
Location:
United States
Description:
Philosophy and practice of self-investigation (ātma-vicāra) and self-surrender (ātma-samarpana) as taught by Bhagavan Ramana.
Language:
English
Contact:
832-435-3761
Website:
https://ramanahou.podbean.com/
Episodes
Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 11
9/3/2025
In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 30th August 2025, Michael discusses Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 11.
This episode can also be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Michael's explanations on all the eleven Padigam verses can be watched free of advertisements on our Vimeo.
Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon:
By Sri Sadhu Om:
► The Path of Sri Ramana (English)
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
Duration:02:31:22
Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 10
8/21/2025
In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 26th July 2025, Michael discusses Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 10.
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 all the eleven Padigam verses can be watched free of advertisements o 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)
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
Duration:02:40:33
Bhagavan is guru and God living eternally in and as our heart
8/19/2025
In an online meeting with the San Diego Ramana Satsang (ramana-satsang-sd@googlegroups.com) on 3rd August 2025, Michael answers various questions about Bhagavan’s teachings. This episode 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)
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
Duration:01:54:08
Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu Anubandham verse 33
8/11/2025
In an online meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 2nd August 2025, Michael James discusses Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu Anubandham, verse 33.
This video can also watched as a video on Vimeo (free of advertisements) or on YouTube and 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) https://a.co/d/0UniBwu
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
Duration:01:30:31
Being self attentive is attending to what shines permanently
8/10/2025
In an online meeting with the Chicago Ramana devotees on 27th July 2025, Michael answers various questions about the teachings of Bhagavan Ramana.
This episode can also 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)
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
Duration:01:59:53
Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 9
8/5/2025
In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 26th July 2025, Michael discusses Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 9.
This episode can also be watched as a video on YouTube. A more compressed audio copy in Opus format can be downloaded from MediaFire. Michael's explanations on all the eleven Padigam verses 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)
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
Duration:02:59:40
Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu Anubandham verse 32
7/30/2025
In an online meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 19th July 2025, Michael James discusses Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu Anubandham, verse 32.
This episode can be watched as an advertisement-free video on our Vimeo video channel, and can also be watched 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)
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
Duration:01:36:30
Whatever appears, we must attend to ourself, to whom it appear
7/28/2025
In an online meeting with the San Diego Ramana Satsang (ramana-satsang-sd@googlegroups.com) on 13th July 2025, Michael answers various questions about Bhagavan’s teachings.
This episode can also 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)
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
Duration:01:52:23
Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 8
7/23/2025
In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 12th July 2025, Michael discusses Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 8.
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 all the eleven Padigam verses 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)
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
Duration:02:06:05
We as ego will subside to the extent to which we observe ourself
7/22/2025
In an online meeting with Bill and Sonia on 3rd July 2025, Michael answers questions about 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. Ad-free videos on the original writings of Bhagavan Ramana with explanations by Michael James can be accessed on our Vimeo video channel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Books on Bhagavan Ramana's teachings by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon:
By Sri Sadhu Om:
► The Path of Sri Ramana (English)
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
Duration:01:07:17
How can we hold on to self-attentiveness persistently?
7/18/2025
In an online meeting with the Chicago Ramana devotees on 29th June 2025, Michael answers various questions about the teachings of Bhagavan Ramana. This video 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)
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
Duration:01:52:48
Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 7
7/14/2025
In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 28th June 2025, Michael discusses Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 7. 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 all the eleven Padigam verses 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) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
Duration:02:02:52
The simple practice of self investigation (ātma-vicāra)
6/29/2025
In an online meeting with Vivek on 15th June 2025, Michael answers questions about 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. Ad-free videos on the original writings of Bhagavan Ramana with explanations by Michael James can be accessed on our Vimeo video channel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Books on Bhagavan Ramana's teachings by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon:
By Sri Sadhu Om: ► The Path of Sri Ramana (English) https://a.co/d/0UniBwu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) https://a.co/d/b8J51pW ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) https://amzn.eu/d/jaRDGc6 ~~~ ► Anma-Viddai (English) https://a.co/d/j3vv0oz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide. - Sri Ramana Center of Houston
Duration:01:01:04
Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 6
6/25/2025
In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 6th June 2025, Michael discusses Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 6.
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 all eleven Padigam verses can be watched free of advertisements on our Vimeo video channel.
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Books by Sri Sadhu Om and Michael James that are currently available on Amazon: By Sri Sadhu Om: ► The Path of Sri Ramana (English) https://a.co/d/0UniBwu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) https://a.co/d/b8J51pW ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) https://amzn.eu/d/jaRDGc6 ~~~ ► Anma-Viddai (English) https://a.co/d/j3vv0oz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide. - Sri Ramana Center of Houston
Duration:02:41:50
Consciousness, God, suffering and freedom of will
6/24/2025
In an online meeting with Philip Goff, Michael answers questions about Bhagavan Ramana's teachings. Disclaimer: This video is presented for educational purposes only, in the spirit of sharing the teachings of Bhagavan Ramana. Any mention of for-profit books or websites is incidental to the conversation and should not be construed as an endorsement by SRCH. As a U.S.-based nonprofit spiritual organization, SRCH does not endorse for-profit products or services, nor nonprofit offerings that are not aligned with its mission to spread 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. Ad-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)
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
Duration:01:32:20
Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu Anubandham verse 31
6/17/2025
In an online meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 7th June 2025, Michael James discusses Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu Anubandham, verse 31. The translation of this verse by Michael can be found here. This episode can be watched as an advertisement-free video on our Vimeo video channel or on YouTube, and 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) https://a.co/d/0UniBwu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) https://a.co/d/b8J51pW ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) https://amzn.eu/d/jaRDGc6 ~~~ ► Anma-Viddai (English) https://a.co/d/j3vv0oz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide.
Duration:02:07:10
Rising as ego is the root cause for this entire appearance
6/15/2025
Michael explains the essential import of Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu and all of Ramana's teachings in 8 key points -- 8 talks (videos). This is the seventh talk with the seventh point: Rising as ego is the root cause for this entire appearance. After explaining this point, Michael answers questions related to 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 all the verses of Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu can be accessed 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) https://a.co/d/0UniBwu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) https://a.co/d/b8J51pW ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) https://amzn.eu/d/jaRDGc6 ~~~ ► Anma-Viddai (English) https://a.co/d/j3vv0oz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide.
Duration:02:47:46
Keeping our attention on our being, our fundamental awareness 'I am'
6/12/2025
In an online meeting with Johanne, Michael answers questions about 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. Ad-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) https://a.co/d/0UniBwu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) https://a.co/d/b8J51pW ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) https://amzn.eu/d/jaRDGc6 ~~~ ► Anma-Viddai (English) https://a.co/d/j3vv0oz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide.
Duration:01:26:40
How can we hold on to self-attentiveness uninterruptedly?
6/10/2025
In an online meeting with the San Diego Ramana Satsang (ramana-satsang-sd@googlegroups.com) on 1st June 2025, 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) https://a.co/d/0UniBwu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) https://a.co/d/b8J51pW ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) https://amzn.eu/d/jaRDGc6 ~~~ ► Anma-Viddai (English) https://a.co/d/j3vv0oz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide.
Duration:01:53:16
Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 5
6/4/2025
In an online meeting with the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK on 31st May 2025, Michael discusses Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam verse 5. https://sriramanateachings.org/blog/2025/03/sri-arunacala-padigam-tamil-text.html#apad05 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 all the eleven Padigam verses 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) https://a.co/d/0UniBwu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Michael James: ► Happiness and Art of Being (English) https://a.co/d/b8J51pW ► Lyckan och Varandets Konst (Swedish) https://amzn.eu/d/jaRDGc6 ~~~ ► Anma-Viddai (English) https://a.co/d/j3vv0oz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Above books are also available in other regional Amazon marketplaces worldwide. - Sri Ramana Center of Houston
Duration:02:39:25