Author: Robert Powell
Translator(s)/ Editors(s): Robert Powell
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 167
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120819500
Description
In this volume, Nisargadatta clearly demonstrates that logic and spirituality do not necessarily stand in opposition to one another. These dialogues virtually are unsurpassed in the spiritual literature.
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981), a revered master of the Tantric Nath lineage, is an inspiring example of an ordinary family man who attained complete realization of the Infinite. His words carry a rare potency that can jolt the listener or reader into a profound sense of awareness, which at the same time signifies true freedom-the freedom from all fear and mental suffering.
In a chapter after which this book has been titled, Nisargadatta relentlessly pursues a logical argument with his visitor to its very end, showing that until there is transcendence of all thought, logic remains fully valid and should be pursued rigorously.
Contents
Preface
Maharaj Sets Out the Basics of the Teaching
At the Highest Level Nothing Is;
At the Worldly Level Everything Is
A True Sage Is He Who has Transcended the Personality
If You want the Happiness of Self, Get Rid of the Body-Mind Sense
Don’t be Identified with a Corpse, and Be happy!
The Experience of Nothingness
When Consciousness Manifests, Duality Appears
Who Knows that I Am?
Consciousness Itself is the Source Of Illusion
End Suffering by Stabilizing in the state before words
Glossary
Bibliography