- Paperback: 118 pages
- Publisher: Acorn Pr; illustrated edition edition (December 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0893860417
- ISBN-13: 978-0893860417
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.2 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #274,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj,
By Zen (sherman oaks, ca United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Consciousness and the Absolute: The Final Talks of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (Paperback)
In this powerful book we are privledged to read very profound discources on knowing the Heart of the Absolute.Nisargadatta Maharaj guides his earnest seekers to thoroughly study his/her "I AM-ness", to go deeply into the matter of realizing yourself beyond body/mind identifications. In these Q & A's Nisargadatta Maharaj very directly points seekers back to just understanding consciousness, prior to mind. To continue to break past all mental concepts until you can apperceive your true nature as the very Unborn-all else is illusion. I've found the works of Nisargadatta Maharaj to be one of the most powerful advaita-vedanta (nonduality) teachings around because his teachings are very direct and terse, like the Zen Masters we hear about that are quite fierce and go beyond just a lot of feel good spiritual language, Nisargadatta Maharaj never fell for that, he was always concerned with getting seekers to dig deep within the self, to go past just being a seeker who could quote a lot of flowery teachings or that was just hung up on just "blissing out". Nisargadatta Maharaj was uncompromising about getting you to really know your true nature by going past words and concepts until you could discover your self as the Supreme Reality. Very recommended.
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Another Nisargadatta Gem.,
By Zen (sherman oaks, ca United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Consciousness and the Absolute: The Final Talks of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (Paperback)
A great book into understanding your True Nature as the Unborn.Nisargadatta Maharaj takes us step by step, through the discources and questions and answers given in this book, to dismanteling the false self that we think we are. He teaches us to thoroughly understand and dwell in consciousness (I am-ness or beingness)until we can apperceive that we are not the body. He very masterfully teaches us what conclusion we come to when we dis-identify from the body/mind and just come back to our I-am-ness. The pure, unconditioned I am-ness that awakens us to Universal Consciousness and reveals to us how we are the very Absolute Reality. These are very profound teachings for those seekers that are interested in knowing the Self. There are is no flowery language here, or fancy complicated spiritual practices recommended. Just a very intense and uncompromising teacher that keeps pointing seekers back to their true nature in a very direct, non-mystical way. Nisargadatta Maharaj teachings are among the most direct teachings in print. Some readers may find the style to be uninspiring, cold, or scientific and lacking in a spirit of love perhaps. The reason for his style is a very deliberate one, he worked in the style of confronting and dismanteling all the concepts we carry around. He didn't just want to talk of bliss and joy and give seekers an image of what enlightenment should be, he wanted you to continue to dig and dig until you come to the Truth. Not just walk around with more concepts of how you should be able to go into bliss or love states after meditations because we are still a body/mind ego in a transitory state. Instead Nisargadatta Maharaj wants you to understand the Ultimate Truth and then wake up to that reality without any gimmicks and concepts. Once that can be apperceived the sense of joy follows from true Self-Knowledge.
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The slower I read it, the more valuable the book gets..,
By "krusty-hey_kids" (la jolla, ca) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Consciousness and the Absolute: The Final Talks of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (Paperback)
I started off zipping through this book. While I was covering many pages fast, and feeding my ego as to how wonderfully fast I can read, I wasn't getting it. I soon got tired of this book and put it away. A week or two later, I put it in the bathroom, and while I did my business in there, started to read it in small doses (one page, two at most). That is when I began to realize how wonderful this book is. So, since then, I've moved it back to my bed stand, and now just enjoy the conversations, line by line often times. Rereading some parts 3 or 4 times, to remind myself. It's no magic bullet to read this, or any book, or to DO anything for that matter. So, I read it, as a nice adjunct to my playing life.
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