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Teachings from Sri Ramana Maharshi’s, Supplement To The Forty Verses on Reality

This satsang was part of Ramana Jayanti celebration, Dec 18, 2005

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Silent Self: Oct 5, 2009

Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction about the silence of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, Self-Knowledge, and the destruction of delusive concepts by inquiry into the nature of the conceiver. Dialogues on freedom from opinions, freedom from thoughts, love and selfless action, egolessness, Self-inquiry, the root of tendencies, the insignificance of thoughts, the unimportance of the ego, the destruction of misidentifications and the I-notion, and other topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from the Tejobindu Upanishad

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Peace: Jul 18, 2010

Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction about the perfect peace of the Self and the spiritual practice that results in its Realization. Dialogues on the nature of thought and freedom from thought, tracing Reality, Self-Knowledge, nonduality, freedom from misidentification with the body, Self-inquiry, the reason for manifestation, and other topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of selected verses of Chandogya Upanishad.

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Happiness: Jul 31, 2010

Spiritual instruction about the Bliss of the Self, and the joy of the spiritual practice of happily inquiring into one’s own nature. Dialogues on steady  inquiry, happiness, the meaning of the scriptures, the Realization of  the Self and the unreality of the world, descriptions of the ineffable  Truth, Self-inquiry, and other topics. Concludes with a recitation in  Sanskrit and English of selected verses of Katha Upanishad

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Nonobjective Self: Apr 26, 2009

Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction regarding how the  Self is never a known or unknown object, Self-inquiry, freedom from  misidentifications, and Self-Knowledge. Dialogues on Self-inquiry, no  external cause of happiness or suffering, the urge for Self-Realization, meditation, humility and egolessness, transcendence of thought, the  true nature of the mind, the nonexistence of the ego, and other topics.  Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English from Tejobindu  Upanishad.

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Sri Ramana’s Self-Realization: Jul 16, 2006

In celebration of the day associated with the Self-Realization of Sri Bhagavan (July 17, 1896), this satsang commences with silence  followed by a longer talk that comments upon the first few sections of  the “Self-Realization” pamphlet published by SAT in 1996, which  contains spiritual teachings of the Maharshi. Dialogues on  Self-Knowledge and Self-inquiry, the nondual Reality, and similar  topics. The puja and chanting sections of this holy event were not  recorded. The satsang portion was recorded, and this concludes with a  recitation in Tamil and English of Sri Bhagavan’s Ekatma Pancakam, the  Five Verses on the One Self.

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One Undivided Self: Sept 5, 2010

Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on freedom from  misidentification with the body, freedom from the ego, and the undivided nature of the one Self. Dialogues on the path to Self-Realization,  freedom from desire, the happiness and peace of the changeless Self,  Consciousness transcendent of mental states induced by bodily ailments,  freedom from the mind, Self-inquiry, conclusive Knowledge, and other  topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses  from Ashtavakra Samhita..

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Mandukya Karika 2:32: Mar 30, 2008

This entire satsang, from the initial silence through the spiritual  instruction to the dialogues focuses on the unreality of the ego, the  imagination that the Self is an individual entity. The dialogues  conclude with reference to the 32nd verse of the second part of the  Karika by Gaudapada, which proclaims the supreme Truth, and the same  verse is again included in the recitation, in Sanskrit and English, that concludes the satsang.

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Nirguna Brahma, Sep 30, 2007

Initial silence is followed by spiritual instruction on the nondual  Brahman and Self-Knowledge. Dialogues on the nature of the Self,  transcendence of enlightenment and non-enlightenment, the nature of the  mind, Self-inquiry, freedom from the cluttered thoughts of the mind, the undifferentiated Consciousness, and other topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from the final chapter of the Avadhuta Gita.

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Purnam, Jan 7, 2007

Initial silence is followed by a brief talk about the undifferentiated  nature of Being and Purnam (Perfect Fullness) of the Self. Dialogues on  happiness, detachment, and other topics. Concludes with a recitation in  Sanskrit and English of verses from chapter 12 of the Bhagavad Gita."

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Ribhu Gita, Chapter 1, Verses 36-41, Sep 11, 2009

Reading, commentary, and dialogue from the English translation of the Sanskrit Ribhu Gita.
 

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Real Identity, July 2, 2006

Initial silence is followed by a talk on Self-inquiry and the  Realization of one’s identity as the Self. Dialogues on liberation from  ignorance, continuity of spiritual experience, free from the performer  of action, outward and inward mind, ever-existent Consciousness and Knowledge, faith, and discrimination, and other topics. Concludes  with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from the Katha Upanishad.

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Undifferentiated, April 6, 2008

Following the initial period of silence, spiritual instruction is  imparted regarding the undifferentiated nature of the Self and how  differentiation is illusory and at the root of ignorance. Dialogues on  Self-inquiry, freedom from conditions of the body and modes of the mind, Self-Knowledge, the cinema screen analogy and the transcendent,  immutable nature of the Self, and other topics. Concludes with a  recitation in Sanskrit and English of verses from Gaudapada’s Karika on  the Mandukya Upanishad.

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Self-Existent, Self-Luminous, May 2, 2010

Initial silence is followed by pithy spiritual instruction on the Self,  Self-Realization, freedom from misidentification, and Self-inquiry.  Dialogues on the One Self being the only existence, transcendence, true  Knowledge, no second self, cessation of misidentification with the mind, prana, and body, freedom from thought and anxiety, and other spiritual  topics. Concludes with a recitation in Sanskrit and English of selected  verses of Chandogya Upanishad.

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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, Reading and Commentary, Sept 25, 2009