tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post86767590522077906..comments2024-03-19T10:52:32.528+05:30Comments on Arunachala and Ramana Maharshi: A series of new videos on Ramana MaharshiDavid Godmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354181925332694222noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-85402100769522782622016-07-05T07:04:28.713+05:302016-07-05T07:04:28.713+05:30Why is the mind wondering into illusion and denyin...Why is the mind wondering into illusion and denying the gift of his Beautiful extension. Who is it that points and the speck in his brothers eye but holds a heavy plank in his own eye. Let thine eye be Single. Namaste by Holy BrotherLisa Fairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14574996028205125712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-14640888640253913342016-07-05T05:21:38.291+05:302016-07-05T05:21:38.291+05:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-32839324877653784882016-06-25T08:41:18.656+05:302016-06-25T08:41:18.656+05:30I am sorry to read the above comment about Sri Dav...I am sorry to read the above comment about Sri David Godman. Our experience has always been one of kindness, warmth, and willingness on his part to let us know about Bhagawan and his teachings. We thank Bhagawan for this.R Viswanathan https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066293987969833262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-70896767578632290672016-05-23T17:10:36.808+05:302016-05-23T17:10:36.808+05:30All india tour lot of places for visit, It has lot...All india tour lot of places for visit, It has lot of temples and historical places.<br /><a href="http://www.impressiveholidays.com" rel="nofollow">Taj mahal tour packages</a> are also a best monument.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10323501750537413625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-72448234152702489842016-05-23T07:24:49.303+05:302016-05-23T07:24:49.303+05:30Dear David ji, my pranams again! Thought I would g...Dear David ji, my pranams again! Thought I would give my email address also: ganapathy.viswanathan@hexion.com <br />Several things happened in my life the last few years and an incident that happened last week solidified my seeking and devotion. <br />I would love to meet you when I come to Thiruvanamalai. I am planning to come with my older brother Murugan (he is also a poet...reminds me of Muruganaar!) and my wife's uncle who is also a seeker.<br />Would like to time my visit when you are present. That's why I am reaching out to you. I hope you will have some time to meet with us. Just sitting next to you or going around the hill- anything...please email me. Hoping to hear from you. I couldn't find any other way to contact you. Thank you!<br /> Ganeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890997646617246887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-90484658108233921512016-05-23T04:18:38.322+05:302016-05-23T04:18:38.322+05:30Dear David ji, my pranams again! Thought I would g...Dear David ji, my pranams again! Thought I would give my email address also: ganapathy.viswanathan@hexion.com <br />Several things happened in my life the last few years and an incident that happened last week solidified my seeking and devotion. <br />I would love to meet you when I come to Thiruvanamalai. I am planning to come with my older brother Murugan (he is also a poet...reminds me of Muruganaar!) and my wife's uncle who is also a seeker.<br />Would like to time my visit when you are present. That's why I am reaching out to you. I hope you will have some time to meet with us. Just sitting next to you or going around the hill- anything...please email me. Hoping to hear from you. I couldn't find any other way to contact you. Thank you!<br /> Ganeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890997646617246887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-25231745721153125852016-05-23T03:56:35.583+05:302016-05-23T03:56:35.583+05:30Dear Mr. David, I have been listening to your vide...Dear Mr. David, I have been listening to your videos for a while now. Absolutely inspirational. Thank you for your devotion and seva. My seeking brought me to you. I take that as Grace. Your videos led me to Bagavan. I am hoping and praying to visit Arunagiri and go to all these places you had referred to during my trip to India in July. I would love to meet you also. Could you give me your contact email if, so I can write to you directly. Thanks in advance. <br />Ganapathy Viswanathan (a.k.a.Ganesh from Kentucky, USA. Ganeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890997646617246887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-81595643040549662562016-03-12T04:18:28.733+05:302016-03-12T04:18:28.733+05:30I have been watching most of the videos in this se...I have been watching most of the videos in this series from last 3 days.. i am very fortunate to find these videos on david's channel on youtube. i can't express my devotion towards bhagavan. tears would come very often watching these videos (especially muruganar's).. Thanks a lot david. my pranams to you. May we all be blessed by Ramana sadguru. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-14752117382747237162016-02-03T07:55:54.596+05:302016-02-03T07:55:54.596+05:30We ARE really "SAD THAT THIS BLOG" whic...We ARE really "SAD THAT THIS BLOG" which has been our lifeline for a long time to learn and think about our beloved Bhagawan has been dormant and not updated with any new posting of articles of inspiration.<br /><br />Please contribute to help us as you have done it before.Thiruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049006504300643398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-65767152674517705482016-01-09T01:30:31.046+05:302016-01-09T01:30:31.046+05:30'Anonymous'
Don't worry about the tra...'Anonymous'<br /><br />Don't worry about the translation. Someone else has volunteered and provided one. I will go through it when I get back to Tiruvannamalai in two days' timeDavid Godmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354181925332694222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-82474448617281853172016-01-09T00:08:26.174+05:302016-01-09T00:08:26.174+05:30Shashi shriyan,
welcome to club of people awating...Shashi shriyan,<br /> welcome to club of people awating the call. I am 48 , live in NJ, usa and had the calling and visited ashram for 3 weeks in nov,2015. The physical process of going there is easy seeems daunting from overseas, but easy. Ashram provides 3 days accommodation on its premises. They typically need 2 months notice in winter time. Please reach out to me if you need more details over and above what david has provided above..<br /><br />Had the honor of meeting david @ tiruvannamalai. <br />namaskarams<br />valapet.badri@gmail.com<br />also i owe david godman JI tamil to english translation for one of his videos. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-62273836876232022852015-12-02T02:35:22.210+05:302015-12-02T02:35:22.210+05:30Wonderful video, David. I was not aware of the sto...Wonderful video, David. I was not aware of the story behind the cow shed and the interaction between Lakshmi and Bhagavan is truly extraordinary, on many levels. It is just amazing how people can be so deluded these days and it is important for human beings to know that there is a greater mystery in life than what "appears" and that science, which has almost become a religion of sorts, has no answers to the real questions.karranskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062092574353065825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-86816165147193749732015-11-18T00:22:33.686+05:302015-11-18T00:22:33.686+05:30Hello David Sir,
I had sent you an mail to clarif...Hello David Sir,<br /><br />I had sent you an mail to clarify some doubts. Wanted to know ,if you have received it.Thanks a lot.<br /><br />Sathya ( sathyaramv@gmail.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-83519210421831144882015-11-17T18:09:40.797+05:302015-11-17T18:09:40.797+05:30Shashi Shriyan
This is the contact information pa...Shashi Shriyan<br /><br />This is the contact information page for Ramanasramam, taken from its site:<br /><br />http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/contact-us/David Godmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354181925332694222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-48628083650990647582015-11-17T16:25:02.511+05:302015-11-17T16:25:02.511+05:30Namaskarams Dear Mr David
Have been hearing you on...Namaskarams Dear Mr David<br />Have been hearing you on utube,all the knowledge l got about This Holy Place were through these snippets and books l devoured<br />My great desire is to visit this Holy Land,l have yet to receive the call,l am 63, female wanted to stay in Raman ashram but not able to contact the ashram<br />You are doing a great job is all that l can say for now.<br />Pranams<br />ShashiShashi shriyannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-40791780252907244682015-11-08T20:52:13.463+05:302015-11-08T20:52:13.463+05:30I wonder if Mr David has ever heard about Sri Brah...I wonder if Mr David has ever heard about Sri Brahmajna Ma.<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmajna_Ma<br />There is a book : The Life and Teaching of Sri Brahmajna Ma, Swami Prabudhananda, Sadhu Arunachala (Major A W Chadwick), ed. (Deoghar: D N Sen, Santi Asram, Bela Bagan, 1961)<br />See you !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-27232020987849065772015-10-25T11:04:57.425+05:302015-10-25T11:04:57.425+05:30Dear David,
Is there any record that Bhagavan wou...Dear David,<br /><br />Is there any record that Bhagavan would describe his state of being in samadhi?<br />What was he "doing" in those 17 years when he lived in caves? Or it was "just" a state of being and knowing and bliss (just like the BG describes)?<br /><br />Or anybody else, whit whom you interacted -Papaji, etc.- did they describe in any way their state of being in Samadhi?<br /><br />Thank you for your time.<br /><br />EvaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-24984029277768815812015-09-19T17:24:12.023+05:302015-09-19T17:24:12.023+05:30Thanks for your prompt reply.Thanks for your prompt reply.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529879766254131389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-85287169063510587002015-09-19T11:59:41.887+05:302015-09-19T11:59:41.887+05:30I would say that enquiry is the process by which s...I would say that enquiry is the process by which silence is attained. It is not possible for the vast majority of us to abide silently as being without first taking steps to prevent to mind from extroverting itself and attaching itself to things it is interested in. <br /><br />Summa iru is actually a command, an instruction in the imperative form. When Bhagavan orders us to be quiet, sometimes the mind obeys and stops working. If it doesn't, steps have to be taken to eliminate the habits and tendencies of the mind that refuses to be quiet either by itself or by following the verbal command from the Guru.David Godmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354181925332694222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-66124872524828416022015-09-18T21:12:44.254+05:302015-09-18T21:12:44.254+05:30I have just seen your three recent videos on YouT...I have just seen your three recent videos on YouTube, two on the power of the Guru and the third on Self- enquiry. I must say that the video on self-enquiry is the best exposition of the topiic that I have come across. It is direct, focussed, clear as well as both succinct and lucid. One aspect I would have liked you to deal with was his teaching about being silent or summa iru. Can one focus on the I thought and be silent at the same time? My understanding is that being silent means being without any thought. Is not focussing on The I thought also a thought, in so far it is an activity of the mind? Does silence automatically follow from focussing on the I thought?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529879766254131389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-68123897307402209902015-09-17T06:52:46.486+05:302015-09-17T06:52:46.486+05:30Michael Borkowski
The book is published by Pengui...Michael Borkowski<br /><br />The book is published by Penguin. They decide where and when it gets published. The book has never been out of print since it was first published in the mid-1980s. I buy 1,000 copies of it from Penguin in Delhi every year or so, most of which I give to the Ramanasramam Book Depot at cost price. I keep the remainder to sell to people on my site.David Godmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354181925332694222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-15981586803540855342015-09-16T23:38:06.115+05:302015-09-16T23:38:06.115+05:30David,
Have you ever thought of doing a reprint o...David,<br /><br />Have you ever thought of doing a reprint of your book, Be As You Are? Michal Borkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04537495686942638310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-75490663660848021252015-09-16T23:37:52.132+05:302015-09-16T23:37:52.132+05:30David,
Have you ever thought of doing a reprint o...David,<br /><br />Have you ever thought of doing a reprint of your book, Be As You Are? Michal Borkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04537495686942638310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-21154663867046617632015-09-14T07:24:57.393+05:302015-09-14T07:24:57.393+05:30Shrini
I am investigating the possibility of turn...Shrini<br /><br />I am investigating the possibility of turning the sound tracks of the films I have been posting on Youtube into audio books. It is not necessary to see what is on the screen to appreciate or understand what I am saying. Someone who works in the music business in the States has promised to help.<br /><br />David Godmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354181925332694222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961358105214008284.post-86055292347894140572015-09-13T23:44:44.891+05:302015-09-13T23:44:44.891+05:30Dear David,
The videos are very good. But, to thos...Dear David,<br />The videos are very good. But, to those who has been following your blogs, some of them may be already read about. A few suggestions - <br /><br />1. A video on how to practice self enquiry. Practical tips. These can be by way of interviews from, say, yourself or V Ganesan, or many such devotees whose account will be of help to many people like us.Most of the devotees of Bhagavan would have faced this question and it will be useful to the serious practitioners.<br /><br />2. Why not a series of audio books or even podcast. I find such audio books useful as I spend considerable time on the road. Many of us may be in the same position. I am thinking of the one in line with the popular podcast, "revolutions". In fact, come to think of it, with audio, it may be easier than video and more material to put up.<br /><br />3. Recently, I was going through an old issue of Mountain Path. I found an article very interesting and enlightning. The old issue of mountain path, I feel, is a treasure trove for Bhagavan's devotees. You were in a vantage position when mountain path was being published in 70s and 80s. So why not pick out the some of the interesting ones as a podcast or even a blog. We are missing your blogs, for sure.<br /><br /><br />Shrinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306276800899725751noreply@blogger.com