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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (), Life & Teachings of Bombay's Fiery Sage of Liberating Wisdom
(Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, blissfully seated in his family home in Bombay. Photo by Greg Clifford.)
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (Mahârâj, )—Life & Teachings of Bombay's Fiery Sage of Liberating Wisdom
© Copyright /, by Timothy Conway, Ph.D. (last revision: Dec. 8, )
[Explore the links here and repeated near the bottom of this long webpage for my recollections of being with Sri Nisargadatta, and my long article on several facets of Maharaj's wisdom useful for helping professionals, as well as various collections of teachings and photos of the Maharaj.]
Every great once in a while, Absolute Awareness manifests within Its fascinating dream-play a powerful dream-figure to talk about the nature of the dream and to indicate the transcendent Absolute. Such a figure was Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, a sage of the highest order, a tremendously gifted teacher who spoke directly from Absolute “pure Awareness, unborn Reality,” and thus from real spiritual authority.
The Maharaj was quite clear that all personalities, including his own, and all memories of personal history, are ultimately an illusion, devoid of any real, lasting substance, for there is only the one supra-personal Div
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Nisargadatta Maharaj
Indian guru of nondualism (–)
Quotation
Establish yourself firmly in the awareness of 'I AM'. This is the beginning, and also the end of all endeavour.
Nisargadatta Maharaj[note 1] (born Maruti Shivrampant Kambli; 17 April &#;– 8 September ) was an Indian guru of nondualism, belonging to the Inchagiri Sampradaya, a lineage of teachers from the Navnath Sampradaya.
The publication in of I Am That, an English translation of his talks in Marathi by Maurice Frydman, brought him worldwide recognition and followers, especially from North America and Europe.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Nisargadatta was born on 17 April to Shivrampant Kambli and Parvati bai, in Bombay.[web 1][dubious &#; discuss] The day was also Hanuman Jayanti, the birthday of Hanuman, hence the boy was named 'Maruti', after him.[2][web 2][note 2] His parents were followers of the Varkari sampradaya,[web 3]Vaishnavite bhakti tradition which worships Vithoba. His father, Shivrampant, worked as a domestic servant in Mumbai and later became a petty farmer in Kandalgaon.
Maruti Shivrampant Kambli was brought up in Kandalgaon, a small village in the Sindhudurga district of Maharashtra, with h