The discussions held and teachings given would have been the same ten thousand years ago and will be the same ten thousand years hence. There is an atmosphere of timelessness about his tiny room the subjects discussed are timeless - valid for all times the way they are expounded and examined is also timeless the centuries, millennia and yugas fall off and one deals with matters immensely ancient and eternally new. In the humble abode of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, but for the electric lights and the noises of the street traffic, one would not know in which period of human history one dwells. the awareness in which everything happens." To all of them, he gave hope that "beyond the real experience is not the mind, but the self, the light in which everything appears. Hundreds of diverse seekers traveled the globe and sought him out in his unpretentious home in Bombay (now Mumbai) to hear him. He had not been educated formally but came to be respected and loved for his insights into the crux of human pain and for the extraordinary lucidity of his direct disclosure. He taught that the mind must recognize and penetrate its own state of being-not "being this or that, here or there, then or now," but just timeless being.Ī simple man, Maharaj was a householder and petty storekeeper in Bombay where he lived and died in 1981 at the age of 84. It was his mission to guide the individual to an understanding of his true nature and the timelessness of being. The sage's sole concern was with the human suffering and the ending of suffering. I Am That preserves his dialogs with the followers who came from around the world seeking guidance in destroying false identities. His message was simple, direct, and sublime. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj was a teacher who did not propound any ideology or religion, but gently unwrapped the mystery of the self.
I Am That (first published in 1973) continues to draw new audiences and to enlighten seekers anxious for self-realization. This collection of the timeless teachings of one of the greatest sages of India, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, is a testament to the uniqueness of the seer's life and work and is regarded by many as a modern spiritual classic.
You do not need to have the book or do any reading beforehand for this event. This event will repeat every Sunday until the book is finished. Sections will be read and there will be pauses for discussion. We will read and discuss I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj.
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