Month: February 2021

• February 16, 2021

  A Forgetfulness Deeper Than Forgetfulness

  In the only book written during his lifetime, Self-Knowledge and Self-Realization, Nisargadatta puts it to us directly: One who leads his life without ever wondering about who or what he is accepts the traditional genealogical history as his own and follows the customary religious and other [now very secular–AT] activities according to tradition. He leads…
• February 15, 2021

  The End Of Questioning

  A satsang on February 23, 1981 begins powerfully: [Sri Nisargadatta] Maharaj: If you have really understood the core of the matter no questions can arise. Questions arise only to an entity. The question is usually–“What can I do?” Where the “I” itself is not, who will want to know anything? (Prior to Consciousness: Talks with…
• February 12, 2021

  ‘Whatever You Witness Will Not Remain With You’

  Nisargadatta, an Indian teaching master, tells students during satsang: “Whatever you witness will not remain with you” (Prior to Consciousness: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, p. 56). This is at once simple and profound. Like a sharp knife. Any sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste you witness will not remain with you. Therefore, it is…
• February 10, 2021

  Neo-Advaita Vs. Rinzai Zen: The Paradox Of Effort

  In a 2010 Buddha at the Gas Pump interview with Timothy Conway, Rick Archer and Timothy discuss, starting at 1:31:30, the errors in Neo-Advaita. To summarize almost verbatim: –There is no need to meditate. –There are no degrees of perfection on the path. –All “you” need “to do” is to realize that “you” are That…
• February 9, 2021

  God And Emptiness

  We have only two basic questions when it comes to merging with what is ultimately real. The first is: “Who am I?” The second is: “What is?” or “What is ultimately real?” One kind of spiritual seeker prefers “Who?” to “What?”; the other “What?” to “Who?” Both questions, being necessary, terminate in the same placeless…