David Godman https://www.davidgodman.org/ Ramana Maharshi's life, teachings and devotees Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:09:28 +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 David Godman https://www.davidgodman.org/ 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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]]> ‘Who Am I?’ Sri Ramana Maharshi’s teachings on how to realise the Self https://www.davidgodman.org/who-am-i-sri-ramana-maharshis-teachings-on-how-to-realise-the-self/ Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:44:11 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=5045 This presentation on self-enquiry features transcripts of talks I have given on this topic, along with teaching dialogues from Ramana Maharshi and Papaji in which they both explain the method and practice of enquiry.

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]]> Ozhivil Odukkam https://www.davidgodman.org/4885-2/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:56:39 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=4885 Ozhivil Odukkam excerpt PDF

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]]> Ribhu Gita Excerpt https://www.davidgodman.org/ribhu-gita-excerpt/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 09:47:03 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=4801 Chapter Twenty-Three of Ribhu Gita  The Exposition of the Truth of Advaita   1 To strengthen the knowledge of the undivided Supreme Brahman, I shall tell you further, noble soul! The conclusion that it is only Brahman, The mass of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss, That is ever changeless, And all this duality never exists. The non-dual conclusion Is […]

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]]> Arunachala Puranam https://www.davidgodman.org/arunachala-puranam-2/ Sat, 20 Jul 2019 01:57:01 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=4737 Chapter two of the Arunachala Puranam is here:  

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]]> Homage to the Presence of Sri Ramana https://www.davidgodman.org/homage-to-the-presence-of-sri-ramana/ Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:43:51 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=4731 Verses 967-76 of Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murai, a poem entitled ‘Irai Pani Nitral,’ which Prof. Swaminathan translates as ‘Steadfastness in Service’. Whichever way I went I heard your praise, O happy one, And to your feet surrendered my body, wealth and life. I cried: ‘Ocean of virtue, mountain-high, Show me the way to happiness!’ Ramana […]

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]]> Tiruvadavur Adigal Puranam https://www.davidgodman.org/tiruvadavur-adigal-puranam/ Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:30:18 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=4727 These verses are taken from the final chapter (‘The Gaining of the Divine Feet’) of the Tiruvadavur Adigal Puranam. 510 Like a single great lion vanquishing a herd of massive elephants, Vadavur [Manickavasagar] defeated those religions which attempt to sway those who listen by presenting falsehood is if it were truth. We shall now tell […]

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]]> Face to Face with Sri Ramana https://www.davidgodman.org/face-to-face-with-sri-ramana/ Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:04:41 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=4724 Roda McIver, a Parsi from Bombay  I first heard about Bhagavan in 1940 from Mrs Taleyarkhan, a well-known devotee. She gave me some books and photos and told me that the Maharshi was a very great man. I could not understand the books but I was strongly moved by the photos. I felt an urge […]

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]]> Nothing Ever Happened, Volume Two https://www.davidgodman.org/nothing-ever-happened-volume-two/ Fri, 10 May 2019 05:48:33 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=4433 After his retirement in 1966, Papaji travelled extensively all over India, rarely staying in one place for more than a few weeks. However, once he had arranged and attended the marriages of his children in January, 1967, he felt an urge to spend more and more time in Rishikesh and Hardwar, the pilgrimage towns in […]

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]]> Nothing Ever Happened, Volume One https://www.davidgodman.org/nothing-ever-happened-volume-one/ Fri, 10 May 2019 04:44:10 +0000 https://davidgodman.org/newsite/wordpress/?p=4435 The following weekend I was scheduled to have a half-day holiday on Saturday afternoon. Sunday, of course, was a holiday every week. I took the train on Saturday and made my way once more to the hall where the Maharshi sat. As on my first visit, I felt that my business was private, so I […]

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