David Godman interviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpIvtq55pgE
Points touched upon
- A short history of Tiruvannamalai, with Guhai Namasivaya, his fellow devotee Virupaksha Deva (after whom Virupaksha Cave is named), his disciple Guru Namasivaya, and what drew them there.
- Isanya Desikar, Lakshmana Swamy on why he felt pulled to Tiruvannamalai, and how and why David himself ended up there.
- Reliable sources of Ramana Maharshi’s teachings, with Guru Vachaka Kovai as authentic because Bhagavan checked and corrected it himself.
- Who Am I? as an example of a text with some content Ramana Maharshi never said, and Talks with Ramana having mistakes and being less reliable than Guru Vachaka Kovai.
- Michael James’s thorough translations of the original writings, worth looking into.
- Lakshmana Sharma learning the teachings directly from Ramana Maharshi so he could render Ulladu Narpadu in Sanskrit.
- Ramana Maharshi never watering down his teachings, always giving the highest practical teaching directly.