In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 6th November 2021 Michael James discusses verse 29 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 2nd October 2021 Michael James discusses verse 28 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 7th August 2021 Michael James discusses verse 26 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 3rd July 2021 Michael James discusses verse 25 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 5th June 2021 Michael James discusses verse 24 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 1st May 2021 Michael James discusses verse 23 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 3rd April 2021 Michael James discusses verse 22 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 6th March 2021 Michael James discusses verse 21 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 6th February 2021 Michael James discusses verse 20 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 2nd January 2021 Michael James discusses verse 19 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 5th December 2020 Michael James discusses verse 18 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
In a Zoom meeting with Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 7th November 2020 Michael James discusses verse 17 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
At a meeting of Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 3rd October 2020 (via Zoom), Michael James discusses verse 16 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
At a meeting of Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 5th September 2020 (via Zoom), Michael James discusses verses 11 to 15 of Upadēśa Undiyār, the Tamil texts and translations of which can be seen by clicking on the following links:
At a meeting of Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 4th July 2020 (via Zoom), Michael James discusses verses 3 to 8 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
At a meeting of Sri Ramana Center, Houston, on 6th June 2020 (via Zoom), Michael James discusses the introductory verses (pāyiram and upōdghātam) and verses 1 to 3 of Upadēśa Undiyār:
On the second day of a retreat organised by ‘Yo Soy Tu Mismo’ (a group of Spanish devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana) on 27th September 2019, in reply to the final part of a long email Michael James discusses the creation and reabsorption of phenomena, explains why we cannot eradicate ego so long as we continue to observe phenomena, why ego is described as the ‘witness’, and why we should observe only the observer or witness only the witness, and then answers questions on these and other aspects of Bhagavan’s teachings.
During the second session of a two-day retreat organised by the ‘Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK’ on 5th May 2018, following on from his morning discussion of the first half of the sixth paragraph of நானார்? (Nāṉ Ār?), Who am I?, Michael James answers questions on this subject and other aspects of Bhagavan’s teachings, particularly the practice of self-investigation (ātma-vicāra).
In a Zoom meeting with the San Diego Ramana Satsang (ramana-satsang-sd@googlegroups.com) on 4th February 2024, Michael answers various questions about Bhagavan’s teachings.
At a meeting of the 'Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK' on 8th February 2014, Michael James discusses and answers questions on the practice of self-investigation (ātma-vicāra) and how to apply the clue given by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi: 'to whom? to me; who am I?' At the beginning of this discussion Michael refers to an article that he had posted earlier that week on his blog, Spontaneously and wordlessly applying the clue: 'to whom? to me; who am I?