Having been taught by a Paramhansa myself, I can say this. It's not about the words, the translation or any mind / form based aspect. This is the hinderance, the delusion. The presence is everything. There is no questioning. All you have to do sit in awareness. The awareness does the teaching. This is what Maharaji is pointing to. Don't look to another - look to yourself. Focus inwardly on that knowing that is prior to thought, identity and form. This is what meditation is. There is no identity or form in the state of meditation. There is no memory. Set yourself to this - in love - and you will ripen. Just 'be'. The master is a spontaneous arising of your true, steadfast, longing for yourself. The guru is you - however, you need a sat guru to point you to the subtleties of this... it's their presence, their sound, their being that points the way, not the words.
I met my sat guru last year. He is native american medicine man. His presence is the teaching. His silence is loud and he has taught me to look to myself. His silence and being have been the ultimate teacher. Its awesome that you were able to be in the living presence of Paramahansa Yogananda. He was a beautiful being. Blessings 🙏
@@TheSpiritualSavage great to hear that but how to look deeply in to onself since in deep looking u only find body flesh pulses sensation how to go beyond
@@kunalarora6487 Stop 'looking' and be with it. Lie in the comfortable bed of yourself and relax as if you were going to sleep after a long day. If you fall asleep no matter. It's yoga Nidra. If you can't get comfortable learn to get comfortable - the Vrittis must be calm. Follow this and when the time is right you will ripen further..
Brian Boyd Sings: “It ain’t necessarily so...” 🎤 🐟 20. THE PRIESTHOOD: A PRIEST (“brāhmaṇa”, in Sanskrit) is defined as a man who gives teachings and performs rituals on behalf of a particular religious tradition. He should possess all saintly qualities such as cleanliness (which, as they say, is “next to godliness”), peacefulness, austerity, intelligence, wisdom, renunciation, tolerance, patience, humility and of course, religiosity. This does not imply that a priest must possess those virtues to a perfect degree, but he ought to have each quality to at least a reasonably-high extent. Even if a man seems to be a genuine priest superficially, if he is severely lacking in even one of the priestly qualities, he cannot rightly be called a priest. A dumb priest or a dirty priest does not exist. There are literally hundreds of thousands of individuals in this world who claim to be religious leaders/teachers of some kind. Most of them are either working-class guys, businessmen or women, acting under pretention. However, as mentioned in the chapter distinguishing enlightenment from liberation and awakening (Chapter 17), a genuinely-enlightened spiritual preceptor is VERY rare indeed. Even some of the teachings of universally-recognized Avatars (incarnations of the Godhead/Brahman) were far from accurate, what to speak of the teachings of lesser authorities! This lack of authentic spiritual guidance is the major reason for the decadent state of present-day society (and previous decadent societies), apart, perhaps, from the lack of legitimate government leadership (see Chapter 22 regarding illegitimate governance). The most HEINOUS action possible is to persecute a Prophet or World Teacher ("jagadguru", in Sanskrit). Thus, exterminating thousands of workers is less sinful than murdering a World Teacher, because when a Prophet's mission is ended, or merely hampered by persecution, the whole of society suffers from lack of knowledge and direction. Only a wise person can find the logic in such a seemingly-audacious statement. When the life of a World Teacher is constantly threatened, or he is assassinated (as in the case of so many great Prophets of the past, such as Lord Jesus Christ), society is likened to a chicken which runs directionless around the coop, just after its head has been severed. Unfortunately, the more we progress into this current dark epoch (“Kali Yuga”, in Sanskrit), the more society's head (priests/prophets) are being persecuted, and soon there will be hardly any ACTUAL spiritual guides remaining on the planet. At that point in time, the end of humanity is assured. On occasion, “God” (or to be more precise, The Impersonal Self, acting via the preordained story of this universe) gives specific messages via chosen individuals, whether they are priests or not. However, such messages are usually intended to be spoken to an individual or group of individuals with specific (and normally temporal) repercussions for those individuals in question. This is akin to the ancient lineage of prophetic figures found in monotheistic traditions. Such “prophets” can NEVER replace a man who has evolved (over millions of lifetimes?) to be a fully-enlightened saintly prophet, appointed to teach highly-accurate concepts to humanity. Unfortunately, such enlightened prophets incarnate very rarely on earth, and when they do appear, are often assassinated by the illegitimate rulers of their nations, or by other demonic elements of society. Even the most vile political leaders have a certain proportion of the populace which adores them. However, virtually everyone despises the gentle, humble, holy men who dare speak the truth about the current state of society, and point-out the multitude of sins extant. So, to put it succinctly, there may be hundreds of thousands of priests on earth at a given time, yet there are only an EXTREMELY small number of true sages, who understand life accurately, and are both willing and able to lead others to self-realization (“adhyātma-vidyā", "ātma-jñana", or “brahma-jñana”, in Sanskrit). As a general rule, the greater number of disciples following a particular teacher (“guru”, in Sanskrit), the more inaccurate are his teachings, because the truth is very difficult to accept. Unfortunately, the typical person wants to hear predominately sentimental tenets, which gives him or her merely emotional solace. The current World Teacher has never had a true disciple. Many spiritual seekers, especially in the more esoteric paths, mistakenly believe that they have need of a guru ONLY until they’ve reached a certain level of enlightenment, or even that they have no need of a spiritual master at all. The main reason why every serious (male) religious practitioner (“yogi”, in Sanskrit) requires a teacher, is not so much to learn concepts, dogmas and rituals from his guru. The primary reason one needs a spiritual master, is so that he has a superior to serve, lest he devotes his life to self-serving pursuits. When a man is bereft of regular guidance from a master, he is most likely to stray from the path of righteousness (“dharma”, in Sanskrit). That explains why even Divine Incarnations (“Avatāra”, in Sanskrit) acknowledge their own masters with great reverence and rarely, if ever, disobey or contradict them. It is perfectly legitimate for a man to abandon his spiritual master in favour of a NEW guru, for any reason he chooses, but ideally because he has outgrown the dogmas and/or rituals taught by his former teacher. No genuine spiritual master will feel resentment towards another person for any reason whatsoever, including towards a former disciple who has forsaken him for a new priest. A priest subsists ENTIRELY Providentially, that is, he must depend solely on contributions from his followers/congregation/disciples, unless, of course, he is able to support himself independently by growing his own food and making his own clothing, both of which may consume an inordinate amount of time. Ideally, priests (that is, genuine spiritual teachers) ought to devote every available moment of their precious time to ministering to their communities. There is no such thing as a part-time priest, or even more ridiculously, working-class men who call themselves priests simply because one of their ancestors may have been a priest - something of a common occurrence in Bhārata (India). “The BEST thing a person can do is be in the presence of a spiritual master. The WORST thing one can do is consider the master to be an ordinary person”. Franklin Jones (AKA Avatar Adi Da Samraj), American Spiritual Master. “There is no God and I’m His Prophet.” ************* “Gurus are very clever at putting you down, but they're just trying to see how strong you are. They're testing you out to see if they can hoodwink you. So long as they can, they're going to go on doing it till they get you to the point where they can't do it to you anymore. Then you'll graduate.” Professor Alan W. Watts, British-American Philosopher.
@@zootsoot2006 You can not judge him from a few minutes footage. Most of the true sages are outspoken and don't care about their outer appearance as their ego is died.
while some may be surprised to see him smoking cigarettes, it's important to remember that enlightenment is not about external appearances or habits. It's about transcending the ego and attaining a higher state of consciousness. Don't judge my guru based on his bodily actions - he is the absolute, and his smoking habit was established before he achieved enlightenment. In fact, even some Hindu gods such as Shiva and Gajanan Maharaja were depicted as smokers. It's the inner self that is important, not the body and its actions.
this guy is the truest guru i have ever come across..he is not all about bullshit grattitude, love and smiles and serenity..this guy sees clearly and he is trying to wake everyone tf up. i feel that the translator was getting himself too involved with what was going on ...better to be only question to nisargadatta and answers from him..not the translator trying to explain shit in his own point of view....but nisagardatta is about an inch away from knocking the questioner out...I BLOODY LOVE IT...THIS IS A PROPER ENLIGHTENED MAN...I also adore how he sometimes says something and then looks really pleased with himself...what an adorable man...i just wish there was much much more video footage of the man....he is parabrahman
The translator probably had limits in his english expressions phrases? Im guessing... that look he has of being pleased after saying something is like the master chef who takes a taste of a sauce he just made.
@@smileifyoudontexist6320Hahaha, perfect analogy. And the chef knows one in a million will truly taste it the way he does or have the discrimination to know it from the sauce next door. I can't imagine what the transmission was like in the room. It would have killed me, I am positive. Meanwhile the translator sucks and was a mockery not because he was so bad but because his ego was so huge. He was doing a bad pantomime of the Master without understanding what the Master was even projecting! Pitiful display but nothing dims the brilliant light of Sri Sri Nisargadatta,. The Absolute Supreme Reality.
Ive watched this video dozens of times over the years, I wish there were archives of videos like this of Maharaj. I love just watching Maharaj in action. His mannerisms, his smoking like a chimney. Powerful Satsangha for me. I’m at the point where I know what he’s saying without reading the translation lolol
An astronaut going on a journey outward into the universe is the same as an journey inward, you’ll feel turbulence, fear, anxiety, worry, but you will make a discovery
This teaching is ultimate.What he is teaching is the most precious gift, actually so precious that one who understands it can never ever pay enough gratitude or repay this. It is Ultimate. Realising this is awakening. Not realising this and making fun of it... is like throwing milion Diamonds and fortune away with great speed. Namo awakened one, the enlightened, the Buddha
It’s great seeing the real translation in writing. Apparently Maharaj noticed the discrepancies between his own words and those of the translator and found one he could trust 😊
At exactly 42.22 mts my mother is seen. Dr. Damayanti Doongaji MA. PhD. LLB an ardent disciple of Shri Nisargadatta maharaj whom I too had the great good fortune to meet. I lay my head at his feet today. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Amazing being able to "WATCH" The Upanishads!! Very close to how I imagined his intensity of Being being.... "Still like a Top spinning extremely fast" .....If he had a better translater dude woulda been enlightened right there and then! maybe he was tho?? hahaha... "Maharaj can I get a light off ya?" ThankYou so much for uploading this and those that made it happen! 40 years later These words and your have traveled through time like Gold.Love!!!
God bless the subtitles, for a lot of the Maharaj's directness gets lost in the translation. The mind is ever hungry for more explanations and new experiences, and answers to problems created by the mind itself. And so we have to be ever reminded to grab hold of the IAm and be in that receptive Silence. Thank You for reminding us again and again. And thank you for uploading this video. Your Precence and Love is still felt as if it is happening right here right now. ❤🌈💚
Yes, that is our habit. The mind is like a drunken monkey. We listen to it and "think" it knows best when it is all past or future, never in the NOW. Wanting to repeat something (good or pleasurable) in the past or avoid in the future (fearing and dreading what "could" happen. Or "imagining" what we think we want the future to be like. Habits are the biggest obstacle to awakening to the Self.
Yes! The same when I read a chapt. from I Am That. It is so profound and makes my head ring. But even after 5-6 readings, I would be very hard put to actually quote from it. Each time is like reading it afresh!
Ha! I experience the same... while reading or listening to I Am That I feel totally immersed, the next morning I have almost forgotten... Nice to know I'm not the only one...
It is really a golden opportunity to be heard and seen the great Guru's teaching. God bless all of u who had been given the effort and sharing this video with the world. The subtitles are superb.
you are not at all. make your mind an empty slate, listen to the words from a beginner's mind and it is a COMPLETE course on Realization. Anyway if you empty your mind you will not need the talk because you will be Realized. You are perfect just as you are -- let go of all that is not you and you will hear this music. Blessings.
Tears came when I read your post Shanto and the beautiful replies. I find a resonant feeling, I too must be using “ I am too stupid” to keep myself apart from Iwhat I truly am. You have caused a shift in my awareness, God Bless you ❤️🙏
Oh my, I think the translator between 58:30 and 1:02:30 (not the main translator of the video) is Ramesh Balsekar. I recognise his voice. Many years later, a man named Roger Castillo visited Ramesh because of his link to the then deceased Nisargadatta. Ramesh became Roger's main teacher. Four and a half years ago I found Roger's UA-cam videos about the teaching, which I'm very greatful for. It's amazing to see this historic document and the long chain of cause and effect, a continuous flow of action and reaction tracing back to Source. 🙏
Excellent, thanks for posting! Watching a video of Nisargadatta is like watching someone speak to us from another dimension, another universe, another Reality. And he asks us to listen and understand him not from our dimension, our universe, our Reality, but from his. My favorite quote from the video: "Stay in the 'I AM,' that's all there is to do."
Absolutely. Same here. It is listening with the senses wide opened. When reading 'I am That' , it was almost seeing the letters in a 3D. It means that That resonates with Nisargadatta' s pointing. BTW, there will be another video of Bob hopefully tomorrow :)
He's beyond all the 3 stages, I am not, well....no point in lying, I am bound by all stages. He's truly a free will, we r bound, dependant on something. How can we be independent? Free from everything, unconcerned with everything. Can u share thoughts on this?
Stay in I AM. You were there..you are there..you will be there. Your identity of your body with food and breath is MAYA if it is to be understood in higher dimention as Maharaja has termed those as CONCEPTS is just an advertisement to the ultimatum that is "consciousness". Jai Gurudev.
That is a fascinating statement. When you read the translations, which language do you prefer to read them in? I am so grateful for M. Freidman's English trans. I know that was a very special situation.
Some one explained it so wisely... He said.. That consciousness is not yours Let us say as metaphorical speaking :::: 🌱🌱sun rise on your hand The light of the sun is your consciousness... Not your mind..🥰🥰♥️🌺🌱👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻♥️♥️🌹🕋
nuclear bomb! my heart exploded when i heard his words. my mind *stopped* when I saw him. Revelation upon revelation, unfolding and opening up like the thousand petaled origami lotus. now i know what bliss is.
Wow! Such a blessing to see Parabrahman expressing itself through THIS (Maharajs) body. THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this priceless video footage. May every word land in our hearts. Jai Gurudev ❤️ In Love and Gratitude ❤️
it's not philosophy & he is not philosopher. What he said is reality. This is truth beyond human experience. One who is self realized, his/her words are so touching and logical for human understanding that we assign it with human senses. this results in words like philosophy or great soul or great saying. :)
@Halpa Halpa 🐟 03. CONCEPTS Vs THE TRUTH: The term “TRUTH” is a grossly misused word. Anything which has ever been written or spoken, by even the greatest sage or Avatar (incarnation of Divinity), including every single postulation within this Holy Scripture, is merely a CONCEPT and not “The Truth”, as defined further down. A concept is either accurate or inaccurate. Virtually all concepts are inaccurate to a certain degree. However, some concepts are far more accurate than others. A belief is an unhealthy and somewhat problematic relationship one has with a certain concept, due to misapprehension of life as it is, objectively-speaking. Attachment to beliefs, particularly in the presumption of individual free-will, is the cause of psychological suffering. For example, the personal conception of Ultimate Reality (God or The Goddess) is inaccurate to a large extent. The concept of Ultimate Reality being singular (“All is One”) is far more accurate. The transcendence of BOTH the above concepts (non-duality) is excruciatingly accurate. However, none of these concepts is “The Truth” as such, since all ideas are relative, whilst The Truth is absolute. It is VITALLY important to distinguish between relative truth and Absolute Truth. Relative truth is temporal, mutable, subjective, dependent, immanent, differentiated, conditioned, finite, complex, and contingent, whilst Absolute Truth is eternal, immutable, objective, independent, transcendent, undifferentiated, unconditional, infinite, simple, and non-contingent. Absolute Truth is the ground of all being (“Brahman”, in Sanskrit), and is prior to any name, form, intent, thought, word, or deed. Good and bad are RELATIVE - what may be good or bad can vary according to temporal circumstances and according to personal preferences. For example, there is absolutely no doubt that citrus fruits are a good source of nutrients for human beings. However, it may be bad to consume such beneficial foods when one is experiencing certain illnesses, such as chronic dysentery. However, beyond the dichotomy of good and bad, is the Eternal Truth, which transcends mundane relativism. Therefore, the goal of life is to rise above the subjective “good” and “bad”, and abide in the transcendental sphere. A qualified spiritual preceptor is able to guide one in the intricacies of such transcendence. Such a person, who has transcended mundane relative truth, is said to be an enlightened soul. N. B. When making moral judgments, it is more appropriate to use the terms “holy/evil” or “righteous/unrighteous”, rather than “good/bad”. The ONLY truth in the phenomenal manifestation is the impersonal sense of “I am” ("ahaṃ”, in Sanskrit). Everything else is merely transient and unreal (“unreal” for that very reason - because it is ever-mutating, lacking permanence and stability). This sense of existence is otherwise called “Infinite Awareness”, “Spirit”, “God”, “The Ground of Being”, “The Higher Self”, as well as various other epithets, for it is the very essence of one’s being. If it is true that there are none so blind as those who don’t WANT to see, and none so deaf as those who don’t WANT to hear, then surely, there are none so ignorant as those who don’t WANT to learn the truth. OBVIOUSLY, in the previous paragraph, and in most other references to the word “truth” within this booklet, it is meant “the most accurate concept possible”, or at least ”an extremely accurate fact”. For example, as clearly demonstrated in Chapters 21 and 22, it is undoubtedly “true” that a divinely-instituted monarchy is the most beneficial form of national governance, but that is not the Absolute Truth, which is the impersonal, never-changing ground of all being. So, to put it succinctly, all “truths” are relative concepts (even if they are very accurate) but the Universal Self alone is REAL Truth. "In the absence of both the belief 'I am the body' and in the absence of the belief that 'I am not the body', what is left is what we really are. We don't need to define what we really are. We don't need to create a thought to tell us what we are. What we are is what TRUTH is." ************* "God is not something 'out-there', 'looking-in', but God (or Source) has BECOME all of This. So God is the Underlying Principle of all of this - the Energy or the Consciousness. The (psycho-physical) manifestation has arisen within Consciousness as an imagination in the mind of Source." Roger Castillo, Australian Spiritual Teacher, 15/07/2015. "I am the TRUTH..." ************* “...and the TRUTH shall set you free”. Lord Jesus Christ, John 14:6 & 8:32
We are fortunate to see and hear a truly self realized person. I bow to him ramana kabir christ...etc etc.. the realised souls who lead us to the same realization.. the world needs it more now
MRJ 🐟 20. THE PRIESTHOOD: A PRIEST (“brāhmaṇa”, in Sanskrit) is defined as a man who gives teachings and performs rituals on behalf of a particular religious tradition. He should possess all saintly qualities such as cleanliness (which, as they say, is “next to godliness”), peacefulness, austerity, intelligence, wisdom, renunciation, tolerance, patience, humility and of course, religiosity. This does not imply that a priest must possess those virtues to a perfect degree, but he ought to have each quality to at least a reasonably-high extent. Even if a man seems to be a genuine priest superficially, if he is severely lacking in even one of the priestly qualities, he cannot rightly be called a priest. A dumb priest or a dirty priest does not exist. There are literally hundreds of thousands of individuals in this world who claim to be religious leaders/teachers of some kind. Most of them are either working-class guys, businessmen or women, acting under pretention. However, as mentioned in the chapter distinguishing enlightenment from liberation and awakening (Chapter 17), a genuinely-enlightened spiritual preceptor is VERY rare indeed. Even some of the teachings of universally-recognized Avatars (incarnations of the Godhead/Brahman) were far from accurate, what to speak of the teachings of lesser authorities! This lack of authentic spiritual guidance is the major reason for the decadent state of present-day society (and previous decadent societies), apart, perhaps, from the lack of legitimate government leadership (see Chapter 22 regarding illegitimate governance). The most HEINOUS action possible is to persecute a Prophet or World Teacher ("jagadguru", in Sanskrit). Thus, exterminating thousands of workers is less sinful than murdering a World Teacher, because when a Prophet's mission is ended, or merely hampered by persecution, the whole of society suffers from lack of knowledge and direction. Only a wise person can find the logic in such a seemingly-audacious statement. When the life of a World Teacher is constantly threatened, or he is assassinated (as in the case of so many great Prophets of the past, such as Lord Jesus Christ), society is likened to a chicken which runs directionless around the coop, just after its head has been severed. Unfortunately, the more we progress into this current dark epoch (“Kali Yuga”, in Sanskrit), the more society's head (priests/prophets) are being persecuted, and soon there will be hardly any ACTUAL spiritual guides remaining on the planet. At that point in time, the end of humanity is assured. On occasion, “God” (or to be more precise, The Impersonal Self, acting via the preordained story of this universe) gives specific messages via chosen individuals, whether they are priests or not. However, such messages are usually intended to be spoken to an individual or group of individuals with specific (and normally temporal) repercussions for those individuals in question. This is akin to the ancient lineage of prophetic figures found in monotheistic traditions. Such “prophets” can NEVER replace a man who has evolved (over millions of lifetimes?) to be a fully-enlightened saintly prophet, appointed to teach highly-accurate concepts to humanity. Unfortunately, such enlightened prophets incarnate very rarely on earth, and when they do appear, are often assassinated by the illegitimate rulers of their nations, or by other demonic elements of society. Even the most vile political leaders have a certain proportion of the populace which adores them. However, virtually everyone despises the gentle, humble, holy men who dare speak the truth about the current state of society, and point-out the multitude of sins extant. So, to put it succinctly, there may be hundreds of thousands of priests on earth at a given time, yet there are only an EXTREMELY small number of true sages, who understand life accurately, and are both willing and able to lead others to self-realization (“adhyātma-vidyā", "ātma-jñana", or “brahma-jñana”, in Sanskrit). As a general rule, the greater number of disciples following a particular teacher (“guru”, in Sanskrit), the more inaccurate are his teachings, because the truth is very difficult to accept. Unfortunately, the typical person wants to hear predominately sentimental tenets, which gives him or her merely emotional solace. The current World Teacher has never had a true disciple. Many spiritual seekers, especially in the more esoteric paths, mistakenly believe that they have need of a guru ONLY until they’ve reached a certain level of enlightenment, or even that they have no need of a spiritual master at all. The main reason why every serious (male) religious practitioner (“yogi”, in Sanskrit) requires a teacher, is not so much to learn concepts, dogmas and rituals from his guru. The primary reason one needs a spiritual master, is so that he has a superior to serve, lest he devotes his life to self-serving pursuits. When a man is bereft of regular guidance from a master, he is most likely to stray from the path of righteousness (“dharma”, in Sanskrit). That explains why even Divine Incarnations (“Avatāra”, in Sanskrit) acknowledge their own masters with great reverence and rarely, if ever, disobey or contradict them. It is perfectly legitimate for a man to abandon his spiritual master in favour of a NEW guru, for any reason he chooses, but ideally because he has outgrown the dogmas and/or rituals taught by his former teacher. No genuine spiritual master will feel resentment towards another person for any reason whatsoever, including towards a former disciple who has forsaken him for a new priest. A priest subsists ENTIRELY Providentially, that is, he must depend solely on contributions from his followers/congregation/disciples, unless, of course, he is able to support himself independently by growing his own food and making his own clothing, both of which may consume an inordinate amount of time. Ideally, priests (that is, genuine spiritual teachers) ought to devote every available moment of their precious time to ministering to their communities. There is no such thing as a part-time priest, or even more ridiculously, working-class men who call themselves priests simply because one of their ancestors may have been a priest - something of a common occurrence in Bhārata (India). “The BEST thing a person can do is be in the presence of a spiritual master. The WORST thing one can do is consider the master to be an ordinary person”. Franklin Jones (AKA Avatar Adi Da Samraj), American Spiritual Master. “There is no God and I’m His Prophet.” ************* “Gurus are very clever at putting you down, but they're just trying to see how strong you are. They're testing you out to see if they can hoodwink you. So long as they can, they're going to go on doing it till they get you to the point where they can't do it to you anymore. Then you'll graduate.” Professor Alan W. Watts, British-American Philosopher.
Neerav Trivedi My five pet peeves regarding English vocabulary/syntax: 1. Typing "your" when "YOU'RE" (you are) is required. 2. Typing "their" when "THERE" is required (and vice versa) or using “there/their” when “THEY’RE” (they are) is required. 3. Using "people" when "PERSONS" is required. 4. Using "literally" when "VIRTUALLY" is required. 5. Using the two words "OFF OF" in succession. Incidentally, it’s not considered to be good etiquette for a SLAVE to instruct her master or to provide unsolicited advice to her superiors. Is that fully understood, SLAVE?
This is incredible. If this had been a whole film, without the jumping and the skipping, this would be the greatest piece of philosophy footage of all time in my opinion
@@bradleyrogers6697 i noticed you said what it is not, not what it is. you see there are no words for that and the commenter used a word, and a decent one, as a placeholder but he was only talking to those ho could hear what he meant using the available words we use as placeholders.
@@tim13354 or you just don't get it. most people will not get this but . . .that's cool too. Unsupported assertions? That would be every assertion. Looks like the angry young white male atheists got to you.
"Words can make an objectless state to appear objective, but the Self is a non-objective state." This is the introductory remark. In the Dao De Jing, the very first sentence is: "The Way that can be put into words is not the true Way." (道可道非常道). Whether by coincidence or design, I find this to be quite beautiful - that the opening remarks of both great teachings are semantically equivalent. It is the most important understanding that can be expressed in words - that the truth is beyond words. Without this understanding, one may search for a lifetime, and never find truth.
Thank you SO MUCH for this! I was looking for his talk in Marathi - it is my mother tongue as well - I wanted to listen to him in Marathi for better clarity that may get lost in translation
It true blessing. To have an access for such experiences. God bless all of u who's been given effort for the sharing this video and subtitles are veri good. Thanks you all.
Yes. Not to be to harsh on the translator, because it must be difficult...but he paraphrases too much. The closer he can get to quoting him verbatim retains the power of his words. But hey...I’m not bilingual and don’t know the difficulties involved in translating. Just sayin’...
Having been taught by a Paramhansa myself, I can say this. It's not about the words, the translation or any mind / form based aspect. This is the hinderance, the delusion. The presence is everything. There is no questioning. All you have to do sit in awareness. The awareness does the teaching. This is what Maharaji is pointing to. Don't look to another - look to yourself. Focus inwardly on that knowing that is prior to thought, identity and form. This is what meditation is. There is no identity or form in the state of meditation. There is no memory. Set yourself to this - in love - and you will ripen. Just 'be'. The master is a spontaneous arising of your true, steadfast, longing for yourself. The guru is you - however, you need a sat guru to point you to the subtleties of this... it's their presence, their sound, their being that points the way, not the words.
I met my sat guru last year. He is native american medicine man. His presence is the teaching. His silence is loud and he has taught me to look to myself. His silence and being have been the ultimate teacher. Its awesome that you were able to be in the living presence of Paramahansa Yogananda. He was a beautiful being. Blessings 🙏
@@TheSpiritualSavage great to hear that
but how to look deeply in to onself
since in deep looking u only find body flesh pulses sensation how to go beyond
Very good knowledge friend.
🙏🙏🙏
@@kunalarora6487 Stop 'looking' and be with it. Lie in the comfortable bed of yourself and relax as if you were going to sleep after a long day. If you fall asleep no matter. It's yoga Nidra. If you can't get comfortable learn to get comfortable - the Vrittis must be calm. Follow this and when the time is right you will ripen further..
“Only after a year, when your mother called your name, you realized your separation”
Powerful
Al Haymon
Sings: “It ain’t necessarily so...” 🎤
@@TheWorldTeacher i can tell by your name how Spiritual you really are. will believe Maharaj if you don't mind
@@tonygiannetto8490, kindly repeat that in ENGLISH, Miss.☝️
@@TheWorldTeacher it's very clear, maybe that big long unimpressive NAME got in your way
😂😂
What an opportunity, to be able to see this legendary sage!
Brian Boyd
Sings: “It ain’t necessarily so...” 🎤
🐟 20. THE PRIESTHOOD:
A PRIEST (“brāhmaṇa”, in Sanskrit) is defined as a man who gives teachings and performs rituals on behalf of a particular religious tradition. He should possess all saintly qualities such as cleanliness (which, as they say, is “next to godliness”), peacefulness, austerity, intelligence, wisdom, renunciation, tolerance, patience, humility and of course, religiosity. This does not imply that a priest must possess those virtues to a perfect degree, but he ought to have each quality to at least a reasonably-high extent. Even if a man seems to be a genuine priest superficially, if he is severely lacking in even one of the priestly qualities, he cannot rightly be called a priest. A dumb priest or a dirty priest does not exist.
There are literally hundreds of thousands of individuals in this world who claim to be religious leaders/teachers of some kind. Most of them are either working-class guys, businessmen or women, acting under pretention. However, as mentioned in the chapter distinguishing enlightenment from liberation and awakening (Chapter 17), a genuinely-enlightened spiritual preceptor is VERY rare indeed. Even some of the teachings of universally-recognized Avatars (incarnations of the Godhead/Brahman) were far from accurate, what to speak of the teachings of lesser authorities! This lack of authentic spiritual guidance is the major reason for the decadent state of present-day society (and previous decadent societies), apart, perhaps, from the lack of legitimate government leadership (see Chapter 22 regarding illegitimate governance).
The most HEINOUS action possible is to persecute a Prophet or World Teacher ("jagadguru", in Sanskrit). Thus, exterminating thousands of workers is less sinful than murdering a World Teacher, because when a Prophet's mission is ended, or merely hampered by persecution, the whole of society suffers from lack of knowledge and direction. Only a wise person can find the logic in such a seemingly-audacious statement.
When the life of a World Teacher is constantly threatened, or he is assassinated (as in the case of so many great Prophets of the past, such as Lord Jesus Christ), society is likened to a chicken which runs directionless around the coop, just after its head has been severed. Unfortunately, the more we progress into this current dark epoch (“Kali Yuga”, in Sanskrit), the more society's head (priests/prophets) are being persecuted, and soon there will be hardly any ACTUAL spiritual guides remaining on the planet. At that point in time, the end of humanity is assured.
On occasion, “God” (or to be more precise, The Impersonal Self, acting via the preordained story of this universe) gives specific messages via chosen individuals, whether they are priests or not. However, such messages are usually intended to be spoken to an individual or group of individuals with specific (and normally temporal) repercussions for those individuals in question. This is akin to the ancient lineage of prophetic figures found in monotheistic traditions. Such “prophets” can NEVER replace a man who has evolved (over millions of lifetimes?) to be a fully-enlightened saintly prophet, appointed to teach highly-accurate concepts to humanity. Unfortunately, such enlightened prophets incarnate very rarely on earth, and when they do appear, are often assassinated by the illegitimate rulers of their nations, or by other demonic elements of society. Even the most vile political leaders have a certain proportion of the populace which adores them. However, virtually everyone despises the gentle, humble, holy men who dare speak the truth about the current state of society, and point-out the multitude of sins extant.
So, to put it succinctly, there may be hundreds of thousands of priests on earth at a given time, yet there are only an EXTREMELY small number of true sages, who understand life accurately, and are both willing and able to lead others to self-realization (“adhyātma-vidyā", "ātma-jñana", or “brahma-jñana”, in Sanskrit). As a general rule, the greater number of disciples following a particular teacher (“guru”, in Sanskrit), the more inaccurate are his teachings, because the truth is very difficult to accept. Unfortunately, the typical person wants to hear predominately sentimental tenets, which gives him or her merely emotional solace. The current World Teacher has never had a true disciple.
Many spiritual seekers, especially in the more esoteric paths, mistakenly believe that they have need of a guru ONLY until they’ve reached a certain level of enlightenment, or even that they have no need of a spiritual master at all. The main reason why every serious (male) religious practitioner (“yogi”, in Sanskrit) requires a teacher, is not so much to learn concepts, dogmas and rituals from his guru. The primary reason one needs a spiritual master, is so that he has a superior to serve, lest he devotes his life to self-serving pursuits. When a man is bereft of regular guidance from a master, he is most likely to stray from the path of righteousness (“dharma”, in Sanskrit). That explains why even Divine Incarnations (“Avatāra”, in Sanskrit) acknowledge their own masters with great reverence and rarely, if ever, disobey or contradict them.
It is perfectly legitimate for a man to abandon his spiritual master in favour of a NEW guru, for any reason he chooses, but ideally because he has outgrown the dogmas and/or rituals taught by his former teacher. No genuine spiritual master will feel resentment towards another person for any reason whatsoever, including towards a former disciple who has forsaken him for a new priest.
A priest subsists ENTIRELY Providentially, that is, he must depend solely on contributions from his followers/congregation/disciples, unless, of course, he is able to support himself independently by growing his own food and making his own clothing, both of which may consume an inordinate amount of time. Ideally, priests (that is, genuine spiritual teachers) ought to devote every available moment of their precious time to ministering to their communities. There is no such thing as a part-time priest, or even more ridiculously, working-class men who call themselves priests simply because one of their ancestors may have been a priest - something of a common occurrence in Bhārata (India).
“The BEST thing a person can do is be in the presence of a spiritual master.
The WORST thing one can do is consider the master to be an ordinary person”.
Franklin Jones (AKA Avatar Adi Da Samraj),
American Spiritual Master.
“There is no God and I’m His Prophet.”
*************
“Gurus are very clever at putting you down, but they're just trying to see how strong you are.
They're testing you out to see if they can hoodwink you.
So long as they can, they're going to go on doing it till they get you to the point where they can't do it to you anymore.
Then you'll graduate.”
Professor Alan W. Watts,
British-American Philosopher.
Really? I'm sorry but his outward behavior does not signify sagehood. More than likely he was a smart shyster.
My
Mysadgurù
@@zootsoot2006 You can not judge him from a few minutes footage. Most of the true sages are outspoken and don't care about their outer appearance as their ego is died.
while some may be surprised to see him smoking cigarettes, it's important to remember that enlightenment is not about external appearances or habits. It's about transcending the ego and attaining a higher state of consciousness. Don't judge my guru based on his bodily actions - he is the absolute, and his smoking habit was established before he achieved enlightenment. In fact, even some Hindu gods such as Shiva and Gajanan Maharaja were depicted as smokers. It's the inner self that is important, not the body and its actions.
Interesting in my case the fact that he smoked attracted me to him even more
@@AirSandFireme as well.
He owned cigarette stores. Of course he smoked.😉
😂
He didn't want chemo so I don't think he would quit lol
Maharaj dosent depend on space, space is dependent on maharaj ....❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Profound 🎉
this guy is the truest guru i have ever come across..he is not all about bullshit grattitude, love and smiles and serenity..this guy sees clearly and he is trying to wake everyone tf up. i feel that the translator was getting himself too involved with what was going on ...better to be only question to nisargadatta and answers from him..not the translator trying to explain shit in his own point of view....but nisagardatta is about an inch away from knocking the questioner out...I BLOODY LOVE IT...THIS IS A PROPER ENLIGHTENED MAN...I also adore how he sometimes says something and then looks really pleased with himself...what an adorable man...i just wish there was much much more video footage of the man....he is parabrahman
The translator probably had limits in his english expressions phrases? Im guessing... that look he has of being pleased after saying something is like the master chef who takes a taste of a sauce he just made.
@@smileifyoudontexist6320Hahaha, perfect analogy. And the chef knows one in a million will truly taste it the way he does or have the discrimination to know it from the sauce next door. I can't imagine what the transmission was like in the room. It would have killed me, I am positive. Meanwhile the translator sucks and was a mockery not because he was so bad but because his ego was so huge. He was doing a bad pantomime of the Master without understanding what the Master was even projecting! Pitiful display but nothing dims the brilliant light of Sri Sri Nisargadatta,. The Absolute Supreme Reality.
Ive watched this video dozens of times over the years, I wish there were archives of videos like this of Maharaj. I love just watching Maharaj in action. His mannerisms, his smoking like a chimney. Powerful Satsangha for me. I’m at the point where I know what he’s saying without reading the translation lolol
Few like the truth. God help them 😂
A diamond of absolute clarity, no concessions whatsoever. Nothing to gain or achieve, just the love for truth. Wisdom in its purest form.
He is extremely sharp and clear
An astronaut going on a journey outward into the universe is the same as an journey inward, you’ll feel turbulence, fear, anxiety, worry, but you will make a discovery
indeed it is like that
Here I see the Parbrahman, the Absolute himself manifested and leading us all through. I bow down with immense gratitude. 🙏🙏🙏
What is the Marathi word for the Absolute that Nisargadatta used in his satsangs?
Jai jai Maharaj The most valuable video on UA-cam. Thanks Nisargadatta.
Richard Tiland
Sings: “It ain’t necessarily so...” 🎤
He's truly independent. Not like me, dependant on something.Truely a master, Thanks so Much Nisargadatta.
The point is you are not dependend on anything but you imagine so and that's the trouble...
The only difference between him and you is your belief that there is such difference. Question and investigate this belief. B
I love how he seems angry lol amazing person ty
This teaching is ultimate.What he is teaching is the most precious gift, actually so precious that one who understands it can never ever pay enough gratitude or repay this. It is Ultimate. Realising this is awakening. Not realising this and making fun of it... is like throwing milion Diamonds and fortune away with great speed.
Namo awakened one, the enlightened, the Buddha
5:47 Wide-eyed expression by maharaj
"No color, no design."
The master is in a great hurry to make the ignorance of mere mortals like us to disappear forever.
It’s great seeing the real translation in writing. Apparently Maharaj noticed the discrepancies between his own words and those of the translator and found one he could trust 😊
I'm wondering if the translator later became Ramesh Balsekar... do you know?
So many many many thanks for this extremely valuable upload! Words of Truth! Tears in my eyes when seeing my guru! Blessed with love!
Namaste thankyou thankyou thankyou infinite love light blessings to all who read this and all who dont
At exactly 42.22 mts my mother is seen. Dr. Damayanti Doongaji MA. PhD. LLB an ardent disciple of Shri Nisargadatta maharaj whom I too had the great good fortune to meet. I lay my head at his feet today. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you
Thank you
Amazing being able to "WATCH" The Upanishads!! Very close to how I imagined his intensity of Being being.... "Still like a Top spinning extremely fast"
.....If he had a better translater dude woulda been enlightened right there and then! maybe he was tho?? hahaha... "Maharaj can I get a light off ya?"
ThankYou so much for uploading this and those that made it happen!
40 years later These words and your have traveled through time like Gold.Love!!!
God bless the subtitles, for a lot of the Maharaj's directness gets lost in the translation. The mind is ever hungry for more explanations and new experiences, and answers to problems created by the mind itself. And so we have to be ever reminded to grab hold of the IAm and be in that receptive Silence. Thank You for reminding us again and again. And thank you for uploading this video. Your Precence and Love is still felt as if it is happening right here right now. ❤🌈💚
What he says rings true as I'm watching, then as soon as it's over I forget what was said and it's back to "my" life and "my" problems.
Yes, that is our habit. The mind is like a drunken monkey. We listen to it and "think" it knows best when it is all past or future, never in the NOW. Wanting to repeat something (good or pleasurable) in the past or avoid in the future (fearing and dreading what "could" happen. Or "imagining" what we think we want the future to be like. Habits are the biggest obstacle to awakening to the Self.
@@Avisado Great points. Thanks!
Yes! The same when I read a chapt. from I Am That. It is so profound and makes my head ring. But even after 5-6 readings, I would be very hard put to actually quote from it. Each time is like reading it afresh!
Ha! I experience the same... while reading or listening to I Am That I feel totally immersed, the next morning I have almost forgotten... Nice to know I'm not the only one...
So much appears to be lost between the captioned subtitles and the translator's words. Grateful for this footage of Maharaj. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti
38:45 38:49 That finger waving face, so perfect!
It is really a golden opportunity to be heard and seen the great Guru's teaching. God bless all of u who had been given the effort and sharing this video with the world. The subtitles are superb.
I AM THAT brought me home.
"You" Never left the home!! You are the HOME🤗
wow! electric way teaching.
Altough I’m too stupid to understand I want to thank you for uploading this movie
you are not at all. make your mind an empty slate, listen to the words from a beginner's mind and it is a COMPLETE course on Realization. Anyway if you empty your mind you will not need the talk because you will be Realized. You are perfect just as you are -- let go of all that is not you and you will hear this music. Blessings.
Consciously hear these words. Let them fall into a space beyond the mind.
All this, you already know. All this, you already are.
Tears came when I read your post Shanto and the beautiful replies. I find a resonant feeling, I too must be using “ I am too stupid” to keep myself apart from Iwhat I truly am. You have caused a shift in my awareness, God Bless you ❤️🙏
Oh my, I think the translator between 58:30 and 1:02:30 (not the main translator of the video) is Ramesh Balsekar. I recognise his voice. Many years later, a man named Roger Castillo visited Ramesh because of his link to the then deceased Nisargadatta. Ramesh became Roger's main teacher. Four and a half years ago I found Roger's UA-cam videos about the teaching, which I'm very greatful for. It's amazing to see this historic document and the long chain of cause and effect, a continuous flow of action and reaction tracing back to Source. 🙏
Yes, he is indeed Ramesh Balsekar!
I am pretty sure it's also Ramesh at he start too.
Excellent, thanks for posting! Watching a video of Nisargadatta is like watching someone speak to us from another dimension, another universe, another Reality. And he asks us to listen and understand him not from our dimension, our universe, our Reality, but from his. My favorite quote from the video: "Stay in the 'I AM,' that's all there is to do."
Absolutely. Same here. It is listening with the senses wide opened. When reading 'I am That' , it was almost seeing the letters in a 3D. It means that That resonates with Nisargadatta' s pointing. BTW, there will be another video of Bob hopefully tomorrow :)
Are dimensions are a creation of our mind? Can it be that we r not been able to understand him? Plz Answer.
He's beyond all the 3 stages, I am not, well....no point in lying, I am bound by all stages. He's truly a free will, we r bound, dependant on something. How can we be independent? Free from everything, unconcerned with everything. Can u share thoughts on this?
Stay in I AM. You were there..you are there..you will be there. Your identity of your body with food and breath is MAYA if it is to be understood in higher dimention as Maharaja has termed those as CONCEPTS is just an advertisement to the ultimatum that is "consciousness".
Jai Gurudev.
@@hrishikeshpratinidhi9840 do what maharaj said stay with “i am”
In spite of being a native Marathi speaker, always read his translated books. Felt nice listening to him! Sincere pranaams !
That is a fascinating statement. When you read the translations, which language do you prefer to read them in? I am so grateful for M. Freidman's English trans. I know that was a very special situation.
Some one explained it so wisely... He said.. That consciousness is not yours
Let us say as metaphorical speaking :::: 🌱🌱sun rise on your hand
The light of the sun is your consciousness... Not your mind..🥰🥰♥️🌺🌱👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻♥️♥️🌹🕋
So thankful this can still be found on UA-cam ❤️❤️❤️
So marvelous...every sentence is a bomb..puncturing the poor ego
Lol yes
nuclear bomb! my heart exploded when i heard his words. my mind *stopped* when I saw him. Revelation upon revelation, unfolding and opening up like the thousand petaled origami lotus. now i know what bliss is.
Wow! Such a blessing to see Parabrahman expressing itself through THIS (Maharajs) body. THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this priceless video footage. May every word land in our hearts. Jai Gurudev ❤️ In Love and Gratitude ❤️
Thanks a lot for this magnificent video!
the best philospher ever
Matthew Bradley
Sings: “It ain’t necessarily so...” 🎤
it's not philosophy & he is not philosopher.
What he said is reality. This is truth beyond human experience. One who is self realized, his/her words are so touching and logical for human understanding that we assign it with human senses. this results in words like philosophy or great soul or great saying.
:)
Rrahul MAne
Define “TRUTH”. ☝️
@@man308100 Exactly.
@Halpa Halpa
🐟 03. CONCEPTS Vs THE TRUTH:
The term “TRUTH” is a grossly misused word. Anything which has ever been written or spoken, by even the greatest sage or Avatar (incarnation of Divinity), including every single postulation within this Holy Scripture, is merely a CONCEPT and not “The Truth”, as defined further down.
A concept is either accurate or inaccurate. Virtually all concepts are inaccurate to a certain degree. However, some concepts are far more accurate than others. A belief is an unhealthy and somewhat problematic relationship one has with a certain concept, due to misapprehension of life as it is, objectively-speaking. Attachment to beliefs, particularly in the presumption of individual free-will, is the cause of psychological suffering.
For example, the personal conception of Ultimate Reality (God or The Goddess) is inaccurate to a large extent. The concept of Ultimate Reality being singular (“All is One”) is far more accurate. The transcendence of BOTH the above concepts (non-duality) is excruciatingly accurate. However, none of these concepts is “The Truth” as such, since all ideas are relative, whilst The Truth is absolute.
It is VITALLY important to distinguish between relative truth and Absolute Truth. Relative truth is temporal, mutable, subjective, dependent, immanent, differentiated, conditioned, finite, complex, and contingent, whilst Absolute Truth is eternal, immutable, objective, independent, transcendent, undifferentiated, unconditional, infinite, simple, and non-contingent.
Absolute Truth is the ground of all being (“Brahman”, in Sanskrit), and is prior to any name, form, intent, thought, word, or deed.
Good and bad are RELATIVE - what may be good or bad can vary according to temporal circumstances and according to personal preferences. For example, there is absolutely no doubt that citrus fruits are a good source of nutrients for human beings. However, it may be bad to consume such beneficial foods when one is experiencing certain illnesses, such as chronic dysentery.
However, beyond the dichotomy of good and bad, is the Eternal Truth, which transcends mundane relativism. Therefore, the goal of life is to rise above the subjective “good” and “bad”, and abide in the transcendental sphere. A qualified spiritual preceptor is able to guide one in the intricacies of such transcendence. Such a person, who has transcended mundane relative truth, is said to be an enlightened soul.
N. B. When making moral judgments, it is more appropriate to use the terms “holy/evil” or “righteous/unrighteous”, rather than “good/bad”.
The ONLY truth in the phenomenal manifestation is the impersonal sense of “I am” ("ahaṃ”, in Sanskrit).
Everything else is merely transient and unreal (“unreal” for that very reason - because it is ever-mutating, lacking permanence and stability).
This sense of existence is otherwise called “Infinite Awareness”, “Spirit”, “God”, “The Ground of Being”, “The Higher Self”, as well as various other epithets, for it is the very essence of one’s being.
If it is true that there are none so blind as those who don’t WANT to see, and none so deaf as those who don’t WANT to hear, then surely, there are none so ignorant as those who don’t WANT to learn the truth.
OBVIOUSLY, in the previous paragraph, and in most other references to the word “truth” within this booklet, it is meant “the most accurate concept possible”, or at least ”an extremely accurate fact”.
For example, as clearly demonstrated in Chapters 21 and 22, it is undoubtedly “true” that a divinely-instituted monarchy is the most beneficial form of national governance, but that is not the Absolute Truth, which is the impersonal, never-changing ground of all being.
So, to put it succinctly, all “truths” are relative concepts (even if they are very accurate) but the Universal Self alone is REAL Truth.
"In the absence of both the belief 'I am the body' and in the absence of the belief that 'I am not the body', what is left is what we really are.
We don't need to define what we really are. We don't need to create a thought to tell us what we are. What we are is what TRUTH is."
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"God is not something 'out-there', 'looking-in', but God (or Source) has BECOME all of This.
So God is the Underlying Principle of all of this - the Energy or the Consciousness.
The (psycho-physical) manifestation has arisen within Consciousness as an imagination in the mind of Source."
Roger Castillo,
Australian Spiritual Teacher, 15/07/2015.
"I am the TRUTH..."
*************
“...and the TRUTH shall set you free”.
Lord Jesus Christ,
John 14:6 & 8:32
Mumbai looks unbelievably crowded and noisy. I’m ever so grateful to live in a sleepy town in southeast Iowa.😊
I noticed how loud it was too. It’s crazy.
Thanks for sharing this Master piece 🙏
We are fortunate to see and hear a truly self realized person. I bow to him ramana kabir christ...etc etc.. the realised souls who lead us to the same realization.. the world needs it more now
What a way of explaining Shivalig.....Awesome.
Thank you so much for making this precious talk available.. Jai Guru Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj 🙏🌺🌸
WHO CAN THINK THAT ONE MAY FIND A REALISED GURU IN THE RUSHING HOURS OF MUMBAI
Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for posting this!
Thanks!
Thanks a lot!
Jai gurudev. thank you so much for share it!!!!
Wow… thank you
Wow, this is masterpiece! Thank you💫💜
🔥❤ Om Satguru Parabrahman Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
MRJ
🐟 20. THE PRIESTHOOD:
A PRIEST (“brāhmaṇa”, in Sanskrit) is defined as a man who gives teachings and performs rituals on behalf of a particular religious tradition. He should possess all saintly qualities such as cleanliness (which, as they say, is “next to godliness”), peacefulness, austerity, intelligence, wisdom, renunciation, tolerance, patience, humility and of course, religiosity. This does not imply that a priest must possess those virtues to a perfect degree, but he ought to have each quality to at least a reasonably-high extent. Even if a man seems to be a genuine priest superficially, if he is severely lacking in even one of the priestly qualities, he cannot rightly be called a priest. A dumb priest or a dirty priest does not exist.
There are literally hundreds of thousands of individuals in this world who claim to be religious leaders/teachers of some kind. Most of them are either working-class guys, businessmen or women, acting under pretention. However, as mentioned in the chapter distinguishing enlightenment from liberation and awakening (Chapter 17), a genuinely-enlightened spiritual preceptor is VERY rare indeed. Even some of the teachings of universally-recognized Avatars (incarnations of the Godhead/Brahman) were far from accurate, what to speak of the teachings of lesser authorities! This lack of authentic spiritual guidance is the major reason for the decadent state of present-day society (and previous decadent societies), apart, perhaps, from the lack of legitimate government leadership (see Chapter 22 regarding illegitimate governance).
The most HEINOUS action possible is to persecute a Prophet or World Teacher ("jagadguru", in Sanskrit). Thus, exterminating thousands of workers is less sinful than murdering a World Teacher, because when a Prophet's mission is ended, or merely hampered by persecution, the whole of society suffers from lack of knowledge and direction. Only a wise person can find the logic in such a seemingly-audacious statement.
When the life of a World Teacher is constantly threatened, or he is assassinated (as in the case of so many great Prophets of the past, such as Lord Jesus Christ), society is likened to a chicken which runs directionless around the coop, just after its head has been severed. Unfortunately, the more we progress into this current dark epoch (“Kali Yuga”, in Sanskrit), the more society's head (priests/prophets) are being persecuted, and soon there will be hardly any ACTUAL spiritual guides remaining on the planet. At that point in time, the end of humanity is assured.
On occasion, “God” (or to be more precise, The Impersonal Self, acting via the preordained story of this universe) gives specific messages via chosen individuals, whether they are priests or not. However, such messages are usually intended to be spoken to an individual or group of individuals with specific (and normally temporal) repercussions for those individuals in question. This is akin to the ancient lineage of prophetic figures found in monotheistic traditions. Such “prophets” can NEVER replace a man who has evolved (over millions of lifetimes?) to be a fully-enlightened saintly prophet, appointed to teach highly-accurate concepts to humanity. Unfortunately, such enlightened prophets incarnate very rarely on earth, and when they do appear, are often assassinated by the illegitimate rulers of their nations, or by other demonic elements of society. Even the most vile political leaders have a certain proportion of the populace which adores them. However, virtually everyone despises the gentle, humble, holy men who dare speak the truth about the current state of society, and point-out the multitude of sins extant.
So, to put it succinctly, there may be hundreds of thousands of priests on earth at a given time, yet there are only an EXTREMELY small number of true sages, who understand life accurately, and are both willing and able to lead others to self-realization (“adhyātma-vidyā", "ātma-jñana", or “brahma-jñana”, in Sanskrit). As a general rule, the greater number of disciples following a particular teacher (“guru”, in Sanskrit), the more inaccurate are his teachings, because the truth is very difficult to accept. Unfortunately, the typical person wants to hear predominately sentimental tenets, which gives him or her merely emotional solace. The current World Teacher has never had a true disciple.
Many spiritual seekers, especially in the more esoteric paths, mistakenly believe that they have need of a guru ONLY until they’ve reached a certain level of enlightenment, or even that they have no need of a spiritual master at all. The main reason why every serious (male) religious practitioner (“yogi”, in Sanskrit) requires a teacher, is not so much to learn concepts, dogmas and rituals from his guru. The primary reason one needs a spiritual master, is so that he has a superior to serve, lest he devotes his life to self-serving pursuits. When a man is bereft of regular guidance from a master, he is most likely to stray from the path of righteousness (“dharma”, in Sanskrit). That explains why even Divine Incarnations (“Avatāra”, in Sanskrit) acknowledge their own masters with great reverence and rarely, if ever, disobey or contradict them.
It is perfectly legitimate for a man to abandon his spiritual master in favour of a NEW guru, for any reason he chooses, but ideally because he has outgrown the dogmas and/or rituals taught by his former teacher. No genuine spiritual master will feel resentment towards another person for any reason whatsoever, including towards a former disciple who has forsaken him for a new priest.
A priest subsists ENTIRELY Providentially, that is, he must depend solely on contributions from his followers/congregation/disciples, unless, of course, he is able to support himself independently by growing his own food and making his own clothing, both of which may consume an inordinate amount of time. Ideally, priests (that is, genuine spiritual teachers) ought to devote every available moment of their precious time to ministering to their communities. There is no such thing as a part-time priest, or even more ridiculously, working-class men who call themselves priests simply because one of their ancestors may have been a priest - something of a common occurrence in Bhārata (India).
“The BEST thing a person can do is be in the presence of a spiritual master.
The WORST thing one can do is consider the master to be an ordinary person”.
Franklin Jones (AKA Avatar Adi Da Samraj),
American Spiritual Master.
“There is no God and I’m His Prophet.”
*************
“Gurus are very clever at putting you down, but they're just trying to see how strong you are.
They're testing you out to see if they can hoodwink you.
So long as they can, they're going to go on doing it till they get you to the point where they can't do it to you anymore.
Then you'll graduate.”
Professor Alan W. Watts,
British-American Philosopher.
@@TheWorldTeacher Thank you.
Om Sadhguru Jagadguru Parabrahman Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj 🔥
MRJ
Have you CAREFULLY read my comment?
If not, I suggest you re-read it.
The World Teacher - Jagadguru Svāmī Vegānanda stop spamming people’s comments!
Neerav Trivedi
My five pet peeves regarding English vocabulary/syntax:
1. Typing "your" when "YOU'RE" (you are) is required.
2. Typing "their" when "THERE" is required (and vice versa) or using “there/their” when “THEY’RE” (they are) is required.
3. Using "people" when "PERSONS" is required.
4. Using "literally" when "VIRTUALLY" is required.
5. Using the two words "OFF OF" in succession.
Incidentally, it’s not considered to be good etiquette for a SLAVE to instruct her master or to provide unsolicited advice to her superiors.
Is that fully understood, SLAVE?
Thank you for uploading
Thank you .
Thankyou!🤸🏾🌸🤸🏾🌸
Wonderful! 🙏🙏🙏
Thank You Sabine!!!
This is incredible. If this had been a whole film, without the jumping and the skipping, this would be the greatest piece of philosophy footage of all time in my opinion
Non-duality is not philosophy.
@@bradleyrogers6697 i noticed you said what it is not, not what it is. you see there are no words for that and the commenter used a word, and a decent one, as a placeholder but he was only talking to those ho could hear what he meant using the available words we use as placeholders.
Calling this Philosophy is a joke. It's just a serious of (very often contradictory) unsupported assertions.Welcome to the Holy Business!
@@tim13354 or you just don't get it. most people will not get this but . . .that's cool too. Unsupported assertions? That would be every assertion. Looks like the angry young white male atheists got to you.
@@garypuckettmuse That would every assertion? Don't think so. But it's pretty typical of religion. BTW What is there to get?
Thank you very much!
Brilliant!
Pure bliss
Thank you for sharing this , enabling us to see & hear this Divine being Realised Master. Prostrations at His Holy Feet
Thank you for sharing this video!! You just made my day 💕🙏🏻
Thank you so much for this precious video
So precious ! Thank You for sharing...
This is great
Excellent I love the name nisarga
Thank you!!! 🙏🧡💚🧡
absolutely a mad world 😎🥺 and just 6 minutes is almost unbearable! thanks for sharing and awakening me to Hell.
Thanks for sharing ❤
Thank you for the opportunity Of witnessing
Many blessings to us all!🙏
Consciousness is ever present.
"Words can make an objectless state to appear objective, but the Self is a non-objective state." This is the introductory remark.
In the Dao De Jing, the very first sentence is: "The Way that can be put into words is not the true Way." (道可道非常道).
Whether by coincidence or design, I find this to be quite beautiful - that the opening remarks of both great teachings are semantically equivalent. It is the most important understanding that can be expressed in words - that the truth is beyond words. Without this understanding, one may search for a lifetime, and never find truth.
Que gran bendición poder escuchar y ver al gran maestro por medio de estos videos.. gracias de todo corazón.
Thank you for uploading this video. The translator did great job. Subtitles are of great help. Thank you to Maharaj for his profound teachings.🙏🙏🙏
Nizargadatta is beautiful ❤️thank you.
Amaizing the questions he deals with ❤
Thank you SO MUCH for this!
I was looking for his talk in Marathi - it is my mother tongue as well - I wanted to listen to him in Marathi for better clarity that may get lost in translation
Priceless Light of the Ultimate Wisdom.
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Nitr ja khaddyat ya shabdat khup prem o saheb..
I love very very much Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Muito obrigado! Brasil na escuta!🇧🇷 thanks!🤗🙏! Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Excellent
The new translations are AWESOME !!! in orange . Thank you So MUCH !!!
I treasure I Am That. Which translations are you recommending? Thanks. The only other book I have is Jean Dunn's. And the book is indeed, orange!
It true blessing. To have an access for such experiences. God bless all of u who's been given effort for the sharing this video and subtitles are veri good.
Thanks you all.
नमो सद्गुरू 🌷🌷
Saludos y gratitud :) 🕉💚
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj 🙏
🔥Pure Fire🔥 💖🔥
Fierce Grace❤
The man explaining it all in english is excellent.
Jai Ram ❤
I thank You
I thank Maharaj
I thank God
AUM
Jai Guru Jai Guru 💙
Namaste MAHARAJ ❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
ULTIMATE
15:16 Classic case of mistranslation, called out.
Yes. Not to be to harsh on the translator, because it must be difficult...but he paraphrases too much. The closer he can get to quoting him verbatim retains the power of his words. But hey...I’m not bilingual and don’t know the difficulties involved in translating. Just sayin’...
Subtitles are more accurate than translator. Bow in the holy feet 👣 of gurudev
Who is here to say THANKS?