Category: Nisargadatta Teachings

What is the purpose of Meditation Q: What is the purpose of meditation? M: Seeing the false as the false, is meditation. This must go on all the time. Q: We are told to...

Distrust your mind and go beyond   Q: I am engaged in the study of philosophy, sociology and education. I think more mental development is needed before I can dream of self-realization. Am I...

Desirelessness is the Highest Bliss Questioner: I have met many realized people, but never a liberated man. Have you come across a liberated man, or does liberation mean, among other things, also abandoning the body?...

I Am is the Root   Questioner: Without God’s power nothing can be done. Even you would not be sitting here and talking to us without Him. Maharaj: All is His doing, no doubt. What...

Appearances and the Reality   Questioner: Repeatedly you have been saying that events are causeless, a thing just happens and no cause can be assigned to it. Surely everything has a cause, or several...

Is the Realized one aware of happenings   Q: The fully realized man, spontaneously abiding in the supreme state, appears to eat, drink and so on. Is he aware of it, or not? M:...

The Supreme The Mind The Body Questioner: From what you told us it appears that you are not quite conscious of your surroundings. To us you seem extremely alert and active. We cannot possibly...

The Person is not Reality   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...