Mike,
You appear have connected with the top Advaita lineage extant. I am
always eager to hear about your India experiences, when you are ready to
share.
Thanks,
--ED
"Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (birth name: Maruti Shivrampant Kambli) (April
17, 1897 September 8, 1981) was an Indian spiritual teacher and
philosopher of Advaita </wiki/Advaita> (Nondualism </wiki/Nondualism>
), and a Guru, belonging to the Inchgiri branch of the Navnath
Sampradaya.
One of the 20th century's exponents of the school of Advaita Vedanta
</wiki/Advaita_Vedanta> philosophy (nondualism), 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 </w/index.php?title=I_Am_That&action=edit&redlink=1> , an
English translation of his talks in Marathi by Maurice Frydman, brought
him worldwide recognition and followers."
"Discover all that you are not -- body, feelings thoughts, time, space,
this or that -- nothing, concrete or abstract, which you perceive can be
you. The very act of perceiving shows that you are not what you
perceive." --Sri Nisagadatta Maharaj
--- In [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ,
Mike wrote:
>
> ED,
>
> Best not talk about my most memorable Indian experience suffice to say
it involved a Public Toilet Too Far and a forgotten roll of toilet
paper. Eqanimity indeed...
>
> Actually, it's kinda embarrasing to say because it's such a cliche,
but India does seem to be a place conducive to 'spiritual' epihanies,
and I was not spared. Briefly, I was exposed to the teachings of
Nisargadatta Maharaj (a disciple of Ramana Maharshi) and Dzogchen (I'm
planning on staying at the monastry sometime in the next year or so).
Maybe more on that later.
>
> Mike
> Mikeji,
> What was your 'India experience'?
> I know you were in India recently, and visited Arunachala, I think. A
friend of mine who is a devotee of Ramana Maharshi reported having
psychic experiences when in Arunachala.
> --ED
> > ED,
> >
> > Slowly but surely you're ever creeping forward to my India
'experience' ; )
> >
> > Mikeji
