Neither do I know, nor do I do not know - Kenopanishad

 I do not think that I know this well;nor do I think that I do not know this.He among us who knows that –“Neither do I know, nor do I do not know”-    perceives That well.Kenopanishadनाहं मन्ये सुवेदेति नो न वेदेति वेद च ।यो नस्तद्वेद तद्वेद नो न वेदेति वेद च...

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Yoga means union, joining. What have you re-united, re-joined?

 Yoga means union, joining. What have you re-united, re-joined? Even to talk of re-uniting the person with the self is not right, because there is no person, only a mental picture given a false reality by conviction. Nothing was divided and there is nothing to unite. ~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj....

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Self-inquiry is a good beginning, however, it does not produce Self-realisation

 Question: I have, as advised by you, retired to a solitary place where I am engaged in investigating the Self. Even so, I have diverse visions and experiences. Thinking that the constant Self-awareness is dimmed by the uncalled-for interference of mental activities, I forcibly repressed my thoughts...

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Can you take a photograph of the Government of Bombay?

 ● Are the buildings, land, and the trees - Bombay?● Bombay is a concept superimposed on the totality of things viewed collectively.● If some of them or all of them are reproduced somewhere, will that be Bombay? No.● Can such a concept called Bombay have karma or rebirth? No.● Your present identity...

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The Question of Re-birth

 Maharaj rejects the idea of re-birth or re-incarnation out of hand, and the basis for such rejection is so simple that it humbles us: the entity which is supposed to be re-born does not exist, except as a mere concept! How can a concept be re-born?Maharaj in all innocence asks the protagonist...

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Where do you figure in these atoms?

 •    Your body contains about 7x1027 atoms.•    All of them are billions of years old – as old as this universe.•    You don’t own any of them.•    They were once part of other people, animals, birds, trees – all the good and bad things.•   ...

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Mi Ajanma Ahe - I am Unborn - Marathi Book

 Mi Ajanma Ahe  Original English Book Name : I Am UnbornEnglish Compiled by : Shri Vijayendra DeshpandeEnglish Edited by : Dr.Pradip ApteMarathi Book Name : Mi Ajanma AheMarathi Translation by : Shri Sachin Kshirsagar & Dr.Adwait GodsePages : 284 Please contact here if you need the...

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Sri Nisargadatta Sadhana - Marathi Book

Sri Nisargadatta Sadhana (श्रीनिसर्गदत्तसाधना श्रीनिसर्गदत्त महाराज)English Edited and Compiled by : Dr.Pradip ApteMarathi Book Name :  Sri Nisargadatta Sadhana श्रीनिसर्गदत्तसाधनाMarathi Translation by : Shri Sachin Kshirsagar & Dr.Milind PatwardhanPages : 87Quotes for Meditation  Theory ...

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Sadhana

 • Doing 'Sadhana' means assuming the existence of a phantom. • Who is to do 'Sadhana' and for what purpose? • Is it not enough to see the false as false? • The entity that you think you are - is false. • You are the reality.Sri Nisargadatta MaharajCh.30 Pointers from ...

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Spirituality in wonderland

 Spirituality in wonderland:Just to understand that 'Alice' is a fictional character in 'wonderland' is not enough. There's more to it.Even if she understood it thoroughly, she must have a 'Guru' in 'wonderland'.The Guru should give her a wonderland-mantra to repeat.Does she have the authority...

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Reflection of the sun in a drop of dew is not the sun

 • Consciousness is a reflection of the Absolute against the surface of matter, bringing about a sense of duality.• Awareness becomes consciousness only when it has an object to reflect against.• Reflection of the sun in a drop of dew is not the sun!- Sri Nisargadatta MaharajWhere is "liberation"...

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To whomsoever it is not known - Kenopanishad

यस्यामतं तस्य मतं मतं यस्य न वेद सः ।अविज्ञातं विजानतां विज्ञातमविजानताम् ॥To whomsoever it is not known, to him it is known.To whomsoever it is known, he does not know.It is not understood by those who understand it;It is understood by those who do not understand it.Kenopanis...

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You think you were born

 • You think you were born, but what was born was duration in which you as an object have become perceptible.• What you think you are, is duration, time; what you subjectively are, is timele...

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Isn’t it cruel to kill a rice grain?

 • A single rice grain has the potential life of acres of paddy. It is a living being.• Isn’t it cruel when you kill them for food?• The idea of cruelty towards animal life alone, has its origins in ancient belief systems when knowledge of life was limited. • Vegetarianism flourished on the rise...

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Noumenon is the substance, the phenomenon is mere reflection

- As long as we are in the phenomenal world, we can perceive only that.- We cannot be that-which-we-are until we wake up from the dream of phenomenality.- Understand the dream as such, and stop conceptualizing and objectivizing.- This is the basic essential - Noumenon is the substance, the phenomenon...

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