Devotees Archives - David Godman https://www.davidgodman.org/category/sri-ramana-maharshi/devotees/ Ramana Maharshi's life, teachings and devotees Thu, 22 Jun 2023 22:06:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.davidgodman.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-Ramana-32x32.jpg Devotees Archives - David Godman https://www.davidgodman.org/category/sri-ramana-maharshi/devotees/ 32 32 Papaji Interviews excerpt https://www.davidgodman.org/papaji-interviews-excerpt/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 21:36:18 +0000 https://www.davidgodman.org/?p=5381 After leaving the army, I had no desire to get a job. I felt instead that I needed a spiritual Master who could help me to consummate my love affair with Krishna. I had been sporadically successful in getting Him to appear before me, but I wanted Him all the time. Since I was unable […]

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]]> Talks on Sri Ramana’s devotees https://www.davidgodman.org/talks-on-sri-ramanas-devotees/ Sun, 28 Aug 2016 05:41:05 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=3712 This is a collection of videos in which I speak about devotees of Ramana Maharshi - how they came into his presence, how they were transformed by it, and how, in some cases, even liberated by it.

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]]> A Youtube talk on Lakshmana Swamy’s life https://www.davidgodman.org/a-youtube-talk-on-lakshmana-swamys-life/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 14:02:05 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=3867 This is a talk I gave on Lakshmana Swamy in 2014. It was filmed outside the room he stayed in after he realised the Self in Ramana Maharshi's presence in 1949.

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]]> Annamalai Swami on Youtube https://www.davidgodman.org/annamalai-swami-on-youtube/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:51:44 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=3865 Two Annamalai Swami films are featured here. The first was an interview he gave to Jim Lemkin in 1993. The second is a talk I gave on him in 2014.

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]]> A Youtube talk on Muruganar https://www.davidgodman.org/a-youtube-talk-on-muruganar/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 07:28:17 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=3835 In 2014 I gave a series of filmed talks on Bhagavan, his teachings and his devotees. This one, recorded in Annamalai Swami's ashram, was about Muruganar

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]]> Youtube talks on Papaji’s life https://www.davidgodman.org/youtube-talks-on-papajis-life/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 07:37:09 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=3838 Here are two films in which I talk about the principal events in Papaji's life, and one in which I speak about Papaji's relationship with the Buddha.

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]]> Sri Guru Ramana Prasadam https://www.davidgodman.org/sri-guru-ramana-prasadam-excerpt/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:31:57 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=3841 Sri Guru Ramana Prasadam is a collection of devotional verses composed by Muruganar. In this work he speaks movingly about his own liberation and the grace of his Guru, Sri Ramana Maharshi, which brought it about. The verses have been translated by Robert Butler.

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]]> Tirukannokkam https://www.davidgodman.org/tirukkannokkam/ Tue, 16 Jul 2019 11:47:09 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=4665 This is one of the poems from Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murai. Following the style of his literary predecessor, Manikkavachagar, Muruganar incorporates spiritual advice into a game for young girls.

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]]> The Blessed Days with Muruganar https://www.davidgodman.org/the-blessed-days-with-muruganar/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:53:35 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=3849 This is an account by Padma Venkataraman of the time she spent serving Muruganar in the 1950s. It also contains a film of her speaking in Tamil about her association with Bhagavan.

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]]> The Shining of My Lord https://www.davidgodman.org/the-shining-of-my-lord/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:23:31 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=3845 'The Shining of my Lord' is a new collection of verses that have been selected from Sri Ramana Jnana Bodham and other Tamil works by Muruganar. The translation has been done by T. V. Venkatasubramanian and David Godman.

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