The Experience of Nothingness: Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj's Talks on Realizing the Infinite

by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, Robert Powell (Editor)

With this, the final volume of a trilogy, Nisargadatta clearly demonstrates that logic and spirituality do not necessarily stand in opposition to one another. In a chapter after which this book has been titled, Nisargadatta relentlessly pursues a logical argument with his visitor to its very end, showing that until there is transcendence of all thought, logic remains fully valid and should be pursued rigorously.

Genres: Spirituality

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Jim Tyson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing, an entire book on "the experience of nothingness"!

You'd think that the "experience of nothingness" could simply be described as "there's nothing there"!

Here is a man, who like Siddhārtha Gautama, renounced his worldly life in favor of a search for ultimate meaning.

And sure enough, he found it ... he came to the realization that that "nothing was wrong anymore."

In his humble way, he is sharing his experience and insights.

Like licorice ... not for everyone, but as Jerry Garcia once said, "not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice"!

[Alina Lazarescu - Abboud · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book even though there is an abstract language barrier. If I would not have some of the experiences Maharaj was talking about it would have been very difficult to go through the book!
My favorite: " ...a dream is not different from what is seen in the walking state: both are plays of consciousness... both are events happening in consciousness and essentially they are not different".

[Daniel Prasetyo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book show once again why I call him one of the greatest sage that ever lived. In this book, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj explain many of spiritual topics in this book: who is the true sage, how to be happy, the end of suffering, etc. Robert Powell edited this book very well, I think he is the second best devotee of Maharaj after Ramesh Balsekar.

[Murali · Rating 3 out of 5]

These talks are given at the end of the master's presence on this planet and have a sense of urgency.

[Chris Marchan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Any words of Maharaj's are gold.