Desire or Fear? Just turn away – Nisargadatta Q: Is it not natural to be active? M: Everybody wants to be active, but where do his actions originate? There is no central point: each action begets another, meaninglessly and painfully, in endless succession. The alternation of work and pause is not there. First find […]
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What is Karma ? – Vivekananda
What is Karma ? Actually, the meaning of the word Karma as the universal law of Cause and Effect, is often used in a simple way by most of us in daily life. When we say, “As he sows so does he reap”, or “What goes around comes around”, it broadly defines the Law of […]
The Person is not Reality – Nisargadatta
The Person is not Reality – Nisargadatta Questioner: Kindly tell us how you realized (the Self). Maharaj: I met my Guru when I was 34 and realised by 37. Q: What happened? What was the change? M: Pleasure and pain lost their sway over me. I was free from desire and fear. I found myself […]
Awareness and Consciousness – Nisargadat
Awareness and Consciousness – Nisargadatta Questioner: What do you do when asleep? Maharaj: I am aware of being asleep. Q: Is not sleep a state of unconsciousness? M: Yes, I am aware of being unconscious. Q: And when awake, or dreaming? M: I am aware of being awake or dreaming. Q: I do not catch you. […]
Work Without Attachment – Vivekananada
Work without attachment The Secret of Work This is the central idea in the Gita: work incessantly, but be not attached to it. Samskâra can be translated very nearly to “inherent tendency”. Using the simile of a lake for the mind, every ripple, every wave that rises in the mind, when it subsides, does not die […]
Witnessing – Nisargadatta
Witnessing – Nisargadatta Questioner: On what my faith in you depends? Maharaj: On your insight into other people’s hearts. If you cannot look into my heart, look into your own. Q: I can do neither. M: Purify yourself by a well-ordered and useful life. Watch over your thoughts, feelings, words and actions. This will […]
Desires and Fulfillment – Nisargadatta
Desires and Fulfillment – Nisargadatta Questioner: I am full of desires and want them fulfilled. How am I to get what I want? Maharaj: Do you deserve what you desire? In some way or other you have to work for the fulfilment of your desires. Put in energy and wait for the results. Q: […]
Responses of Memory – Nisargadatta
Responses of Memory – Nisargadatta Questioner: Some say the universe was created. Others say that it always existed and is for ever undergoing transformation. Some say it is subject to eternal laws. Others deny even causality. Some say the world is real. Others — that it has no being whatsoever. Maharaj: Which world are you […]
Are you not permanent – Nisargadatta
Are you not permanent – Nisargadatta Questioner: When I look into myself, I find my strongest desire is to create a monument, to build something which will outlast me. Even when I think of a home, wife and child, it is because it is a lasting, solid, testimony to myself. Maharaj: Right, build yourself […]
How can I gain peace – Nisargadatta
How can I gain peace – Nisargadatta Questioner: If my real self is peace and love, why is it so restless? Maharaj: It is not your real being that is restless, but its reflection in the mind appears restless because the mind is restless. It is just like the reflection of the moon in […]
Find your Real Self – Nisargadatta
Find your Real Self – Nisargadatta Questioner: As a child fairly often I experienced states of complete happiness, verging on ecstasy: later, they ceased, but since I came to India they reappeared, particularly after I met you. Yet these states, however wonderful, are not lasting. They come and go and there is no knowing […]
The Mind and Reality – Nisargadatta
The Mind and Reality – Nisargadatta Questioner: There are very interesting books written by apparently very competent people, in which the illusoriness of the world is denied (though not its transitoriness). According to them, there exists a hierarchy of beings, from the lowest to the highest; on each level the complexity of the organism enables […]
