Talk with Nisargadatta Maharaj

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, Advaita Vedanta masteers is here shown giving a 30 minute talk in 1981.
This segment is an excerpt from the extra meaterial of the DVD "I Am That I Am: Experience the teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj", Available at NetiNetiFilms.com
Directed/produced by Maurizio Benazzo, co-director of "Short Cut To Nirvana" www.MelaFilms.com

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[russdurham]

@arnold128 Thank you.

[luzyananda]

@amold128 thank you for the translation!

[amold128]

(contd)

at 5.04 maharaj says 'this (question) is difficult to understand' (probably becaquse the people arround were saying the questioner did not understand maharaj's question.)

[amold128]

contd

he says 'i am not saying there will not be a true seeker, there may be one. but because of this should i be answering each and every question. you tell me. what he asks me is right from his perspective and is necessary for him to understand. but it is not possible for me to answer all this." (i think hes just pissed off at the level of questioning :), the tranlsator puts it more politely later)

at 4.07 maharaj says 'has space entered this room or not? why and how has it entered?'

[amold128]

(contd from below)

at 2.10 maharaj says "1 week before conception, or a thousand years, you were. and you are now and will be henceforth as well. and that is the great fun of it. then he says chitanand (self-joy or being-joy) a few times and claps / rolls his hands about.

at 2.30 he says 'well brother what do you say'

at 2.59 he complains 'now what i am saying to you, i should stop talking henceforth. what i will say now, these people will not understand. now there may be a special one,

[amold128]

I find the english translator in the clips not being strict in translation, but inserting his own views. Not to belittle that translation, but he does not translate the Marathi words word to word.

So here goes

At 1.17: Maharaj says "As you are now you will be like this always. This is Gyan.( Knowledge)

From 1.35 he says "(Cannot catch the begining, i think he says to help you ) I will give it a name 'parabrahman' (the highest or ultimate brahman)

At 1.50 he says "is he able to understand it"

[vidaripollen]

i c rameshji there too!

[jayantavva]

@violinore perhaps the translator is a long time student; so all Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj has to do is give him pointers on which metaphor to use, or which logical construction works best; although if you follow closely Maharaj also gives longer explanations in some cases.

[violinoamore]

Interesting, he exclaims few single words and the translator translates it as many noble long sentences ... I always had a feeling all these words were quite improved, polished and developed by many other people ... (as we can read in the books etc.)

[erinreese]

that was/is some fantastic footage, maurizio and company. bravo. thank you. om. erin reese