"You can help another by precept and example and, above all, by your being. You cannot give what you don’t have and you don’t have what you are not. You can only give what you are – and of that you can give limitlessly."
About 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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