His father explains, using the famous Advaita precept: tat tvam asi. Svetaketu answers in the negative, asking his father what that actually is. The first question that Svetaketu’s father Uddalaka Aruni asks his son is whether he has returned with the knowledge of that by which “we perceive what cannot be perceived, we know what cannot be known.” In the sixth chapter of the “Chandogya Upanishad,” the 24-year old Shvetaketu Aruneya returns home, 12 years after his father has sent him to school, the first one in his family to have that privilege. Book SummaryĪ spiritual classic, that illuminates the path to find yourself through the Dr Wolinskys personal experience, interactions and understandings. “I Am That” is the most famous among them. All of the books published under his name are compilations by some of his students of his talks which he regularly held in his home. He died himself on September 8, 1981, from throat cancer, at the age of 84.ĭuring his life, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj didn’t write any book. He lost his wife a decade later and his daughter in 1948. Nisargadatta Maharaj, born Maruti Shivrampant Kambli, was an Indian guru, who gained worldwide recognition after the English translation of his talks was compiled and published by Maurice Frydman.īorn on April 17, 1897, Maharaj was introduced to his guru Siddharameshwar Maharaj in 1933, after which he started practicing self-inquiry. Should we say more? About Nisargadatta Maharaj Today, spiritual authors such as Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra consider it “a modern spiritual classic.” It brought Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj – before this book a humble Indian guru who believed only in the oral transmission of his teachings – worldwide recognition and numerous followers from Europe and the United States.
There aren’t many books on mindfulness and spirituality that have been as widely acclaimed as “I Am That” by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. In “ I Am That” Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj delves deep into questions of this kind.Īnd really makes you wonder.
What if, instead of merely an “I” you are “We” and, even more, “Everything”? What if you are not who you think you are?Īnd what if you are something much more and much different? 7 min read ⌚ Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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