In a Zoom meeting with the San Diego Ramana Satsang on 5th September 2021 Michael answers questions about the practice of self-investigation and self-surrender and other aspects of Bhagavan’s teachings, and then discusses paragraph 9 of Nāṉ Ār? (Who am I?).

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During this meeting Michael refers to and/or discusses the following passages from Bhagavan’s writings:

Nāṉ Ār? paragraphs 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20

Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu verses 5 and 25

Upadēśa Undiyār verses 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10

Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai verse 8:

ஊர்சுற் றுளம்விடா துனைக்கண் டடங்கிட

ūrsuṯ ṟuḷamviḍā duṉaikkaṇ ḍaḍaṅgiḍa

பதச்சேதம்: ஊர் சுற்று உளம் விடாது உனை கண்டு அடங்கிட, உன் அழகை காட்டு அருணாசலா.

Padacchēdam (word-separation): ūr suṯṟu uḷam viḍādu uṉai kaṇḍu aḍaṅgiḍa, uṉ aṙahai kāṭṭu aruṇācalā.

English translation: Arunachala, so that seeing you uninterruptedly the mind, which roams the world, will subside completely, show your beauty.

Explanatory paraphrase: Arunachala, so that seeing you uninterruptedly [my] mind, which roams the world, will subside [or cease] completely, show [me] your beauty [the infinite beauty of your real nature].

Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai verse 43

Śrī Aruṇācala Navamaṇimālai verse 3

Aruṇācalaramaṇaṉ

This episode can also be watched as a video: 2021-09-05 San Diego Ramana Satsang: Michael James discusses Nāṉ Ār? (Who am I?) paragraph 9.