The Nectar of Immortality: Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Discourses on the Eternal

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj was an Indian spiritual teacher and philosopher of Advaita Nondualism , and a Guru, belonging to the Navnath Sampradaya Sri Nisargadatta, with his direct and minimalistic explanation of non dualism, is considered the most famous teacher of Advaita since Ramana Maharshi In 1973, the publication of his most famous and widely translated book, I AM THAT , an English translation of his talks in Marathi by Maurice Frydman, brought him worldwide recognition and followers.According to Sri Nisargadatta, the purpose of spirituality is to know who you are His discussions are not for academic scholars He is a rebellious spirit, abrupt in his style of discussion, provocative, and immensely profound, cutting to the core and wasting little effort on inessentials His terse but potent sayings are known for their ability to trigger radical shifts from philosophical mind games to the purity of consciousness, just by hearing or even reading them.He talked about the direct way of knowing the Final Reality, in which one becomes aware of one s original nature through mental discrimination, breaking the mind s false identification with the ego, knowing that You are already That The scene for these talks was a small upstairs room at his humble flat in Khetwadi, used for his own meditation and also for daily chantings A simple man, Nisargadatta was a house holder and a petty shop keeper selling bidis hand made leaf rolled cigarettes.