Mindrolling - Ep. 211 - David Godman
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Researcher and scholar David Godman visits the show to talk about the teachings of the saint Ramana Maharshi and how we can effectively put them into practice.
David Godman is the world’s foremost researcher and scholar of Ramana Maharshi’s life and teachings. He has written or edited 16 books and numerous articles about Sri Ramana, his direct disciples, and related topics. Godman’s first book, Be As You Are, published in 1985, has become the standard anthology of Ramana’s writings. David has spent most of his life in Tiruvannamalai where Ramana Maharshi’s ashram is located.
Find David online at davidgodman.org.
Show Notes
Who Am I? (Opening) - David Godman and Raghu discuss the great saint Ramana Maharshi and his heart-based Advaita Vedanta teachings. Raghu shares Ramana Maharshi’s importance to the Neem Karoli Baba satsang.
Hear Ram Dass’s experience practicing Ramana Maharshi’s Vichari ottma meditation practice on this episode of the Here and Now podcast.
Something Behind the Ego (6:30) - We hear about David’s first encounter with the teachings of Ramana Maharshi which quieted his mind and led him across the world in pursuit of deeper knowledge and truth.
“Somehow there was a power in the words, coming as they did from Ramana himself, that touched me in a place that silenced my mind. Although I wasn’t framing anything he said against any particular questions or doubts that I had, it somehow stopped my questioning mind. It showed me in a way what it was like to be truly quiet, to have no thoughts, to be peaceful.” - David Godman
Mischief of the Individual “I” (19:10) - David shares some of the core teachings of Ramana Maharshi and points out some of the effective ways we can put them into practice.
“Ramana Maharshi said the trick to getting rid of the ‘I’ is to stop it reaching out to connect and identify with anything other than itself. So this process of self-inquiry for which he is quite famous is simply being aware of what it is inside yourself that thinks your thoughts when you say, ‘I believe this or I am angry.’ There is an ‘I’ inside yourself that has taken possession of this thought or process and said, ‘I am doing this.’ He said to take attention off the object that your mind is experiencing and instead simply be aware of what it is inside yourself that thinks the thoughts.” - David Godman
For more on the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, check out this episode of the Mindrolling podcast with Mooji.
In the Presence of Saints (36:45) - After spending much of his life in India, David has had the privilege of spending time with saints and great spiritual practitioners. He tells the story of Mathru Sri Sarada, a devotee of one of the last living disciples of Ramana Maharshi.
Find out more about Mathru Sri Sarada at mathrusrisarada.org.
Lakshmi the Cow (51:10) - David tells the tale of Lakshmi the cow, a true devotee of Ramana Maharshi.
“Lakshmi developed into a truly outstanding devotee. Everybody knew that she was not to be treated as an animal, she was treated as a devotee her whole life.” - David Godman
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David Godman is a gift to humanity !
Namaste David ! You have no idea what a great noble life you have lead just by bringing Ramana's life to our homes thru your videos. . Thank you and may the divine light of Tiruvannamalai always reside in you!
@ajinkyarane9006
4 жыл бұрын
i feel the same he and micheael james both are coming in the form of ramana to us to tell us turm inward
@divyasrivastava7512
3 жыл бұрын
Ditto what you said Smile Me Blessed to be here 🙇♀️
Whenever I listen to bhagwan teachings or read them I become still. No thoughts arise. It is so powerful..
@nahanng7791
3 жыл бұрын
So whenever you are not listening, you aren't still ? Then that's stillness is a mind production
@meta2011
3 жыл бұрын
@@nahanng7791 if one can practice enquiry moment to moment, he or she become still every time. That's what I observed.
David Godman is an enlightened Jnani himself and Maharshi Ramana is within him. I must have heard the story of Keerai-Patti almost 50 times, whom David fondly translated as Green-granny. Laxmi-the cow and many other such narrations which I felt are directly coming from Ramana's blessing through David to many of us who are again lucky to have come under the aegis of Ramana's grace.
Don't want to compare or judge ... but for me David is the one who conveys the message absolutely 100% crystal clear! I haven't seen any other human speaking so accessibly. Many thanks! :)
@srichakrahubli
3 жыл бұрын
Michael James is a notch better!
@divyasrivastava7512
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely correct.. David is the voice of the Silent teachings of Bhagwan Raman
Thanks so much. David Godman is a valuable treasure for anyone interested in Ramana and his devotees.
@bryanleovy1881
6 жыл бұрын
DeathlessVR yes yes
What a truly great dharma servant.
Thank you 🙏 Truth always puts itself in our sights so that one can realize the Truth of Reality! If one identifies with the body a body must be in our sights to help us see the way to the Self which cannot be defined 🌹❤️
The full meal; main course Ramana's teachings, appetisers consisting of the encounters with the hand full of realized saints and Laxshmi (another realized saint) for desert. Such wonderful interviews by DG.
@flecha213
4 жыл бұрын
Jeff St John Lakshmana Swami
Дэвид Годман!!! Могу слушать бесконечно!!!
This is a real gift..Thank you
David.....Excellent very inspiring...Shiv
Thank you David and Raghu
The greatest thank you Mister Godman
great interview- thank you!
Excellent convo! The story of Laksmana swamy and his devotee is pretty insane
David's surprise at the word "commiserate"😂 . You probably should have said "I feel you ,bruv.Dig lol".
Michael James is another Ramana expert you will enjoy. Michael has a slightly different take than David Godman. Where David Godman believes the individual is a jnani, Michael James says that no person can become a jnani because there are no people!
@grantsouthard1973
6 жыл бұрын
Hi Moesy. Sorry to contradict you, but David doesn't think the individual is a Jnani. He frequently says the individuality disappears when realization occurs. He has a perfect understanding of Bhagavans teachings, as does Michael James.
@harjotmahal8985
5 жыл бұрын
They said the same thing in two different ways. There is no contradiction here. David Godman said it from the individual standpoint, as a concession to those who believe they are Individuals. Whereas Michael james gives no such concession and speaks from the standpoint of the absolute reality. Both addressing the level of understanding of the questioner.
@srichakrahubli
4 жыл бұрын
Since the reality is beyond words... It seems a contradiction! Both are the 2 eyes with which we can see Bhagwan clearly.
@nahanng7791
3 жыл бұрын
How about us stop talking this person says this and that and focus on ourselves instead. What's the point of discussing other's opinions and never practice or experience yourselves and extinguish the questions. What's the point of saying James said there's no people and this and that , how does that help you or anyone but simply increasing a metaphysical intellectual curiosity.
@srichakrahubli
3 жыл бұрын
@@nahanng7791 if you truly believed this, you wouldn't comment.
Who are the great teachers now 2021?
the mountain man of maine 💘 you
Hi can you please give a link of the opening music ? Very peaceful.
I am having the same crushing ping pong experience in my head, and it still has not let me alone, for over a decade now. The self inquiry is helping, but it even mocks that, and every word copycatting. Any recommendation on how to still this internal war . I have never seen anything so violent, and want me dead.
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I am having that pong pong Batman thrashing in my skull, for decades now. Any recommendations, even with self inquiry, why this keeps happening?
At about 7 minutes David talked about a book by Ramana Maharsha which was THE book that stopped him looking at that time. Anyone know which book?
@bearllande
2 жыл бұрын
The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi in His Own Words by Arthur Osborne
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Stay out of the sun David
@RamKumar-yi6wn
5 жыл бұрын
Lol he lives in India,that too Southern India(closer to the equator) !
Yes, yes, you have been to India too. Next time be quiet.
I don't understand any of this.i I think I will stick to Christianity!