Nisargadatta Maharaj
Indian spiritual teacher and guru in the Advaita Vedanta tradition, renowned for his terse, direct teachings compiled in the book "I Am That." He taught nondual self-inquiry and attracted Western and Indian seekers during the mid-20th century.
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- Born in
- Mumbai
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Wisdom is knowing I am nothing,Love is knowing I am everything,and between the two my life moves."
"You will receive everything you need when you stop asking for what you do not need"
"I shall tell you how my Guru’s Guru died. After announcing that his end was nearing, he stopped eating, without changing the routine of his daily life. On the eleventh day, at prayer time he was singi…"
"as long as you cling to the idea that only what has name and shape exists, the Supreme will appear to you non-existing. When you understand that names and shapes are hollow shells without any content …"
"Bodies are born and bodies die, but what is it to me? Bodies come and bodies go in consciousness and consciousness itself has its roots in me. I am life and mine are mind and body."
"All suffering is born of desire. True love is never frustrated. How can the sense of unity be frustrated? Love is a state of being. Sex is energy. Love is wise, sex is blind. Once the true nature of l…"
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1897
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