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I highly recommend "I Am That" by Nisargadatta Maharaj for anyone who has been meditating for a while and is looking for some orientation in the face of changin
by enduser 16y ago
I highly recommend "I Am That" by Nisargadatta Maharaj for anyone who has been meditating for a while and is looking for some orientation in the face of changing reality. "I Am That" is a pure, direct discussion on understanding the nature of reality, with no dogma, no particular Hindu leaning other than some of the language used.
edit: PDF: http://www.maharajnisargadatta.com/I_Am_That.pdf http://www.maharajnisargadatta.com/I_Am_That.pdf
- rhizome 16y agoa pure, direct discussion on understanding the nature of reality, with no dogma i don't mean to open a can of worms, but these two statements conflict with each other.
- gte910h 16y agoDepends on technically if he just uses Hindu religious concepts to talk about things science knows. Then it's not dogma. Dogma is a specific set of beliefs about the world. If he's only talking about empirically verifiable things (such as we all must die, etc), then it doesn't necessarily go into dogma.
- enduser 16y agoif a discourse is based purely on direct experience (evidence) and not at all on authoritatively settled doctrine, i feel comfortable saying "with no dogma". Maharaj does not refer to any teachings or doctrine other than being instructed by his teacher to let go of all of the illusions attached to the concept "I am". His questioners in the book do sometimes bring up doctrine from their personal history, but Maharaj always responds directly from experience of reality.
- rhizome 16y agoI appreciate that, but my point is more that the assertion that reality has a nature at all is dogmatic. This may be an issue more with your description than the actual teachings, though, which is fine. I'm not saying anything is worthless here. :)