Do what you feel like doing – Nisargadatta Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Q: I seem to have a clear idea of what needs be done, but I find myself getting tired and depressed and seeking human company and thus wasting time that should be given to solitude and meditation. M: Do what you feel like doing. […]
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Category: Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Teachings
Turn away from desire or fear – Nisargad
Turn away from desire or fear – Nisargadatta Maharaj: You are back in India! Where have you been, what have you seen? Questioner: I come from Switzerland. I stayed there with a remarkable man who claims to have realized. He has done many Yogas in his past and had many experiences that passed away. Now […]
The Supreme is the easiest to reach – Ni
The Supreme is the easiest to reach – Nisargadatta Questioner: What is the link between the Self (Vyakta) and the Supreme (Avyakta)? Maharaj: From the self’s point of view the world is the known, the Supreme — the Unknown. The Unknown gives birth to the known, yet remains Unknown. The known is infinite, but […]
The Supreme is Beyond All – Nisargadatta
The Supreme is Beyond All – Nisargadatta Questioner: You say, reality is one. Oneness, unity, is the attribute of the person. Is then reality a person, with the universe as its body? Maharaj: Whatever you may say will be both true and false. Words do not reach beyond the mind. Q: I am just trying to […]
Chanting, Meditation etc. of any use ? –
Chanting, Meditation etc. of any use ? – Nisargadatta Q: What is better — repetition of God’s name, or meditation? M: Repetition will stabilize your breath. With deep and quiet breathing vitality will improve, which will influence the brain and help the mind to grow pure and stable and fit for meditation. Without vitality little […]
What are Reality and its Expressions – N
What are Reality and its Expressions – Nisargadatta Questioner: What is the relation between reality and its expressions? Maharaj: No relation. In reality all is real and identical. As we put it, saguna and nirguna are one in Parabrahman. There is only the Supreme. In movement, it is saguna. Motionless, it is nirguna. But […]
Link between Happiness and Consciousness...
Link between Happiness and Consciousness – Nisargadatta Questioner: If happiness is not conscious and consciousness — not happy, what is the link between the two? Maharaj: Consciousness being a product of conditions and circums-tances, depends on them and changes along with them. What is independent, uncreated, timeless and changeless, and yet ever new and fresh, […]
Experience of happiness and adventure –
Experience of happiness and adventure – Nisargadatta Maharaj: The experience of being empty, uncluttered by memories and expectations; it is like the happiness of open spaces, of being young, of having all the time and energy for doing things, for discovery, for adventure. Questioner: What remains to discover? M: The universe without and the immensity […]
You are Not the Mind – Nisargadatta
You are Not the Mind – Nisargadatta Maharaj.: My world is free from opposites, of mutually destructive discrepancies; harmony pervades; its peace is rock-like; this peace and silence are my body. Questioner: What you say reminds me of the Dharmakaya of the Buddha. M: May be. We need not run off with terminology. Just […]
How can one be Happy among Suffering – N
How can one be Happy among Suffering – Nisargadatta Questioner: How can one remain happy among so much suffering? Maharaj: One cannot help it — the inner happiness is overwhelmingly real. Like the sun in the sky, its expressions may be clouded, but it is never absent. Q: When we are in trouble, we are […]
You are Beyond Space and Time – Nisargad
You are Beyond Space and Time – Nisargadatta Questioner: You keep on saying that I was never born and will never die. If so, how is it that I see the world as one which has been born and will surely die? Maharaj: You believe so because you have never questioned your belief that you are […]
Mind is restlessness itself – Nisargadat
Mind is Restlessness itself – Nisargadatta Questioner: The root of all desires and fears is the same — the longing for happiness. Maharaj: The happiness you can think of and long for, is mere physical or mental satisfaction. Such sensory or mental pleasure is not the real, the absolute happiness. Q: Even sensory and mental […]