Zen Publications is a niche publishing/distribution house dealing with books on Philosophy, Spirituality, Religion. It is based in Mumbai, India.
Zen Publications' books help you on the most significant journey you will ever undertake: the journey to the centre of your Being. These transformational books deal with philosophy, mysticism, spirituality, self-help, personal growth.
In fact, Zen Publications helps every 'seeker' discover what is sought... even if it be his Self.
“Due to your consciousness, you see all the things of the world, which includes your body also. But you always remain aloof as the Knower and not the known.
The Open University is a perfect place for murder. Thousands of students of all ages from all over England, who are doing degree by correspondence course, arrive at a college for a week. We get to know a small group and feel their sorrow and fear after a murder.
Nisargadatta Maharaj started speaking sometime in the early 1950s. Initially he would speak on popular scriptures like Sage Eknath’s Bhagwat and Sage Ramdas’ Dasbodh. A few years later the subject matter of his talks spontaneously broadened up and by mid-1950s Maharaj was speaking less about the scriptures and more from his direct experience.
This book is a collection of mesmerizing personal accounts of not just Maharaj’s closest disciples such as Mohan and Jayashri Gaitonde, Saumitra Mullarpattan, Dr. Vanaja Narayanswami, Catherine Boucher, Mai, Anil Chube and Dinkar Kshirsagar but also of seekers like Ramana Maharshi’s grandnephew V. Ganesan, renowned author David Godman, Dutch Advaita Master Alexander Smit and several others.
He has always had a uniquely individualistic approach to spiritual seeking and, in the course of his teaching, he has developed several unique concepts. For instance, what is the ego? He has clarified that ‘you’ cannot have an ego, from which you seek freedom. You are the ego, the separate entity, the seeker who seeks the freedom of enlightenment, and finally arrives at the successful conclusion t
Nisargadatta Maharaj is undoubtedly the Ultimate Alchemist and his non-dual teachings, the Ultimate Alchemy.
This book is a live satsang with Satguru Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, covering rare and unpublished conversations with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj which have been transcribed by his ‘evening’ translator, Mohan Gaitonde, who had the privilege of being with Him from 1979 to 1981.
Isn’t it amazing that our most commonly-used word, ‘I’,
has been used so adeptly as a pointer to the Ultimate Truth
by the greatest Advaita teachers?
The three teachers discussed in this book – Ramana Maharshi, Atmananda and Nisargadatta Maharaj – steer clear from all religious dogma, therefore making their teachings especially suitable for both westerners and easterners.
Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj was one of the most significant spiritual teachers of Non-Duality of his time. His powerful non-dual teachings continue to impact spiritual seekers from all over the world, decades after his passing. Maharaj spoke in his mother tongue, Marathi, and a translator would then translate his words into English.
For over two decades Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj gave discourses at five o’clock every evening at his home in Mumbai. Smt. Jayashri Gaitonde found these talks so interesting that she resolved to try her utmost not to skip a single one. Maharaj spoke in Marathi, the local language of Bombay city, and generally someone reliable would be chosen by Maharaj to translate his words into English.
Is it possible to discover an ultimate Reality that is valid for everyone?
Yes, this is possible indeed – thanks to something which cannot be called an instrument: our inborn capacity to recognize.
In this book they appeal to the sincere seeker who yearns to learn something deeper, maintaining respect for traditional wisdom while living in the modern environment.