Ultimate Truth

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Item Code:	NAP103
Author:	Sri Ramakant Maharaj
Publisher:	ZEN PUBLICATION
Language:	English
Edition:	2018
ISBN:	9789387242142
Pages:	391
Cover:	Paperback
Other Details	9.0 inch X 6.0 inch
Weight	550 gm

Book Description

Preface

“ Everyone should be enlightened!” is the clarion call of our Beloved and Great Sadguru, Sri Ramakant Maharaj.

Ultimate Truth will transform the reader. It is not just another book of spiritual knowledge. Using words as a medium, the Master places the reader’s Identify before him. Maharaj’s boundless compassion, and relentless drive, to bring the suffering of all beings to an end, radiate from each page.

Here, the reader will find the rarest, clearest, and most powerful teaching, that is not only comprehensive, but practical. They emanate from the “Direct Spontaneous Knowledge and Experience of a rare Self-Realized Jnani”.

Maharaj Focuses on the needs of the seekers of our time: transform the easily available intellectual knowledge into actual, living knowledge. He is a lawyer that gives the courage to fight one’s case for freedom. He is a doctor that helps dispel the disease and recover the original health. He is, as he once said, the garbage man, calling for your trash!

It is the greatest fortune that you have encountered this unparalleled book, that is imbued with infinite wisdom, and the strongest exhortation for liberation.

Ultimate Truth is a crown jewel, in the casket of treasures that Maharaj has given to us during His lifetime. It will lead you to uncover the True Treasure of your Selfless Self: at last you know yourself in a real sense! There is the Conviction that you are unborn, and therefore, immortal. Your life is filled with causeless, permanent happiness and peace. You are ever free of worldly suffering!

In 2016, Maharaj repeatedly expressed the wish to have a new book with his talks published, so that all aspects of his teaching are covered, that no question remain unanswered, that there is no place for doubts for devotees in the future. He would often conclude his talks with, “ What you recorded, you type it – it will be useful for other devotees”.

The Master saw a beta version of this book just before He took Mahasamadhi on 31st August h 2018. Through the body has gone, He is with us, closer than ever before.

Per His wish, the book is presented for the first time on the day of the commemoration of the Mahasamadhi of his beloved Master, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, at Ranjit Ashram, 18th of September 2018.

The first print of the book was sent to the press on Guruvar (Thursday, Guru’s day in Indian Calendar), 6 September 2018

Introduction

Ultimate Truth consists of 3 parts: Talks from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik india, between March and November 2017, and Talks from the Master’s U.S.A. visit in 2016. ( Bold text is used to hammer home the teaching.) The final section, “How the Master Changed my Life” contains personal sharings, from seekers, whose lives have been transformed forever, by Maharaj’s teaching.

There are around 250 questions. Those ultimate, and fundamental, questions of our existence, as well as the more commonplace, everyday one, are answered with uncompromising power, clarity and directness, that leave nothing to the imagination. There is no hiding place from Truth!

These profound teachings, that take the reader beyond knowledge, are conveyed in a simple, light and effective way. Ultimate Truth leaves no stone unturned, so that all the questions that are posed by seekers, are finally exhausted. How to achieve Self-Realization is Presented simply, and logically, flavoured with the Master’s own unique brand of humour!

Our most humble and compassionate Master, tirelessly shared these teachings, again and again, expecting nothing in return. He had one wish only: to put an end to our needless suffering, once and for all! Even in His final talk, when he was visibly frail, and his voice was very feeble, his focus remained steadfast: liberation for devotees. With great poignancy, he pleaded: “Please accept the Reality”.

We humbly bow, with deep and overflowing gratitude, at the feet of our Great Master, Sri Ramakant Maharaj. Ultimate Truth is a timely gift to the world !

Contents

	Preface	xix
	Acknowledgement	xxi
	Introduction	xxii
	PART ONE
	Talks from Nashik: March to November 2017
1	THE DIAGNOSIS
1	Who wants happiness and peace?	3
2	why is there fear?	7
3	Why is life so painful? I am depressed and worried	11
4	Why can't find happiness and peace?	15
5	Why is my peace disturbed?	16
6	Why are these bad thoughts coming?	19
7	why do we have so many questions?	19
8	What do we really want?	23
9	What do you mean by" real happiness"?	27
10	How did everything come about?	30
11	What is the meaning of life?	31
12	So, my mistake was to identify with the body-form?	32
13	Why is there pressure to go searching here and there for Truth?	33
14	How can we leave all our problems behind?	34
2	THE PRINCIPLES OF SPIRITUALITY
15	Why do I need spirituality?	38
16	What is the principles hehind spirituality	40
17	Is spirituality useful?	41
18	What is the secret of spirituality?	43
19	What do we mean by spirituality?	44
20	What is that Secret Asset?	45
21	What is Reality?	46
22	What is illusion, and what is Reality?	48
23	Is duality an illusion?	49
24	What do you mean by identification?	50
25	What is Conviction?	51
26	How will Spontaneous Conviction appear?	54
27	What is the body?	57
28	How is the world illusory?	58
29	If the Identifier is invisible, how do you identify the Identifier	59
30	If the Seer disappears from the body,what happens to the world?	60
31	You say, that nothing has happened, and nothing is going to happen?	63
32	What is Brahma Dnyan?	64
33	Why are there disciples and Masters?	64
34	Why do we how to the Master?	66
35	Who, or what is holding this food-body?	66
36	Who is acting within the body?	70
37	Do we need God?	71
38	Who wants Realization?	71
39	Who is the Master addressing?	72
40	"I" am doing this or that. Where is that "I"?	73
41	Who says 'I am Brahman"?	73
42	I do 't Know why I focus o the darkn ess, and not the light?	74
43	How can I identify myself?	75
44	What do you mean by refreshing our memory?	76
45	What is the mind,ego and intellect?	77
46	What is illusion?	79
47	What is sin?	80
48	What exactly do we need to know?	82
49	What is spiritual awareness?	83
50	After reading all these spiritual books, where do you stand?	84
51	I do have knowledge, but, it is not practical knowledge	86
52	What do you mean " I don't know"?	87
53	Does Spirituality mean dissolving all our concepts?	89
54	What do you mean by knowledge?	94
55	What is spiritual knowledge?	96
56	Who wants spiritual knowledge?	97
57	Why are these still some questions?	99
58	Why do these concepts appear?	100
59	How can I discard all these concepts	100
60	why do I need meditation, a Master, and all this spiritual knowledge ?
61	Why spiritual books and Master?	104
62	why is a Master needed?	106
63	What exactly is the body-form	107
64	Why is Convition necessary?	109
65	How do I dentify myself?	113
66	What is the best way to go beyond, or prior to, all this?	114
67	How do we absord this Truth, totally and completely	115
68	So, we need to put in effort, but not struggle?	116
69	How can I Realize?	117
70	Is it possible to identify what I am positively? It seems we can only know what we are not…?	118
71	What do you mean by total involvement?	118
72	what does Selfless Self mean?	122
73	you often mention "glimpse of I"?	123
74	You never talk about death?	124
75	What kind of changes will take place?	127
76	How do I concentrate on the Concentrator that is formless?	128
77	"Be strong! Have courage!" What does that mean?	129
78	Even though I am convinced itellectually, I still have material needs	129
79	Can we know anything?	130
80	If In am not the body, what am I?	131
81	What value does this body have?	132
82	What is our lifestyle based on?	132
83	I know I' m not the body, but still I want a long, and happy life?	133
84	is it okay to follow my family tradition, of devotion to Rama and Krishna?	134
3	THE MEDICINE: MANTRA, MEDITATION, DEVOTION
85	How can I degest the knowledge?	137
86	How can I control this crazy mind?	140
87	What is meditation?	141
88	What is the principles of meditation?	145
89	Is meditation abolutely necessory? I am averse to it	146
90	Why do you insists on continous meditation?	148
91	why the Naam Mantra?	150
92	Why do we have Naam Mantra meditation?	151
93	Will the Naam mantra help my spirituality	152
94	Why is the Naam Mantra required?	154
95	In the beginnig, I must put In some effort?	154
96	So, will the Naam Mantra help me to identify myself?	156
97	I cannot come to india to receive the Naam Mantra…	158
98	A casual approach to meditation is futile	159
99	How do I practise the Mantra, and how does it work?	165
100	So, we recite the Mantra "I am Brahman, Brahman I am"?	167
101	Do I recite the Mantra aloud, or silently in my mind?	167
102	When I recite the Mantra, do I have to pay attention to the meaning of the Mantra?	168
103	Does meditation mean repeating the Naam Mantra, or sitting in our place and meditating?	169
104	I have been reciting the Mantra for a few months. Should I continue?	171
105	Nisargadatta Maharaj said: "the purpose of the Mantra is to surrender the seen to Brahman" How is this done?	172
106	What is the minimum time for meditation?	173
107	Will meditation make me spiritually strong?	174
108	Does meditation mean that I have to sit for four hours?	175
109	Some days I cannot even recite the Mantra for half an hour. What then?	176
110	do I just close my eyes for a few minutes?	177
111	When I recite the Mantra, should I concentrate on the words,the sound, the breath, the Master, or just Selfless Self?	178
112	While we are going through this meditation process, can we read books?	179
113	Can you say something about devotion?	180
114	Should we keep the sashana going till our last breath, or onlyuntil Spontaneous Conviction is reached?	181
115	would you say, that meditation is letting go of our attachment to thoughts?	182
116	what do you think of other kinds of meditation, like Buddhist meditation?	183
117	What does concentrate on the Invisible Concentrator mean?
118	When I recite the Naam Mantra, do I need to fight the illusory world?	185
4	THE PROGNOSIS
119	What are the resu;lts of meditations?	187
120	What are the changes that will take place after Conviction?	189
121	After tasting the nectar, how is it reflected?	193
122	How do I know Brahman is absorbed in me ?	194
123	You say, that I am the architect of my life?	195
124	If we compare a realized person to a non-realized person..?	196
125	What do you mean you say "the body touch dissolves'?	197
126	If this is a dream, can we do anything we want?	198
127	Why is devotion needed after Realization?	199
128	Nishargaddata Maharaj used to pray after Realization. Why?	199
5	EXHORTATIONS AND WARNINGS
129	Be brave, and live like a lion!	201
130	You must have the courage to accept the Reality	201
131	spirituality gives you courage	203
132	You say we need courage, but I don't feel that I am a very courageous person…	204
133	"Bless me! Bless me! I need a blessings!" Why are you begging?	207
134	Why do we search for a Master?	209
135	Why do we need to listen to a Master?	210
136	How can anyone transfer power to you?	211
137	Why go here and there?	212
138	Why are we running after a mirage of spirituality?	214
139	What does spirituality mean? Touching the Master' s feet, Clapping, garlands?	214
140	We are not doing any miracles	215
141	Why does Nisargadatta say this, and Ramana Maharshi say that?	215
142	"oh, I am a spiritual man, how can I spend time with my wife, my father, my parents?"	216
143	What is the use of this knowledge?	216
144	Some people want to become sannyasins	217
145	Is your Master realized, or not?	218
146	Reading books and dry discussion, will not serve your purpose	218
147	what is the point of counting beads?	220
148	Nisargadatta Maharaj said, "Don't mix with such elements which will district you from Reality". What did he mean?	221
6	TROUBLESHOOTING
149	I don't understand the second part of the Mantra. Are the syllables of the second part, the reverse of the first part?
150	When I recite the Mantra, my mind is always trying to hold onto something	225
151	I already have a Mantra. If I take your Mantra, does this mean that, I am starting all over again from the beginning?	226
152	In the first two or three months, after receiving the Mantra, I could't concentrate on the meditation, there was a lot of confusion and depression	266
153	I took the Mantra, and it has no effect	228
154	That Conviction is not happening to me	229
155	I face so many difficulties, how can I concentate, and just be the witness?	229
156	Every time I feel closer to Selfless Self, It is, as if something comes in the way	230
157	I have the feelings that I am coming closer and closer to my Selfless Self, but then I fall…	231
158	I am far too attracted to women…	232
159	We feel very good when we hear these talks. Why does this not last?	234
160	If some illusion or dream arises,should I try to stop it with the Mantra?	235
161	When I meditate, a lot of thoughts are coming up. How do I make the mind still?	237
162	When there are challenges, can I still stay with the sense that my real identity is Selfless Self?	238
163	I feel trapped in the body, in maya	238
164	What are the things that are blocking us, Maharaj?	239
165	When I came two years ago, this knowledge was being absorbed vey easily, but no anymore	240
166	Why is Realization so hard?	241
167	I just have this desire for closure of this whole spiritual search, rather than continue to meditate, do Self-enquiry and listen to teachers	241
168	I have problem with my family. Why is mhy son not sudying	242
7	MISCELLANEOUS
169	If there is no Realization, what happens?	245
170	As long as I recite the Mantra, I will be able to accept whatever comes my way? Is that right	245
171	You say, there is nothing, but I think there is something else, there is a sense of beingness…	247
172	How can it be said that the waking life is no different from a dream?	248
173	if I do this sadhana, will I make progress?	250
174	Should I eat vegetarian food, or not?	251
175	What comes first, the Absolute, or food?	252
176	What is the significance of Hari Narayan?	254
177	Every question is answered in your book, so I can't make up any questions	255
178	Can we say that Ultimate Truth uses the body to know itself?	255
179	It is said in spiritual science, that your last desire takes you to another dream	257
180	You are talkiong about the new world. What about the old world?	257
181	Is that also another thought… that which wants peace?	258
182	Ia meditations and Self-enquiry the same thing?	258
183	How important is Self-enquiry the same thing?	259
184	What is enquiry?	260
185	Where does the body and the Spirit come from?	260
186	What is Self-knowledge? Is it a direct sense of the primary "I"?	262
187	Spontaneous waves of light occasionally appear. Do these experiences enable Self-enquiry, or are they just mind-body--knowledge to be discount?	263
188	Once,when I was on holiday in Tokyo, I went to a Buddhist temple. It was vey peaceful. Is that lkay, Maharaj?	263
189	Maharaj, the body feels like it is viberating. Is this good?	264
190	When do I get liberation, mukti?	264
191	What will happen after my death?	266
192	After that continous hammering, what happens to the personality does it dissolves with the body?	268
193	Is there a God?	269
194	Sometimes in meditation, I am aware of the colour blue. I wonder if that is why Shiva, Rama and Krishna are depicted in blue?	270
195	I wonder if, when I die, when I leave this body, I will realize that Selfless Self?	271
	Final Plea From Sri Ramakant Maharaj	273
	Part Two
	Excerpts of Talks from U.S.A: September to October	278
	September 12, 2016, Silver Spring, U.S.A.
1	The Quest to find the Jewel of "Who Am I?	281
2	You Have Forgotten Your Identify	284
3	Investigate Yourself	285
4	Who is Watching the Dream?	286
5	Know, That You Are the Central Point of the Universe	288
6	You Are Your own Master!	289
	September 16, 2016, Silver Spring, U.S.A.
7	You Are Nobody, and You Are Everybody	292
8	Do not Underestimate Yourself	292
9	All questions Are Body-Based	294
10	I am Nothing to Do With the World	294
11	Why Did Spirit Forget Itself?	295
12	Is Love a Concept?	296
13	Mind Means the Flow of Thought	297
14	Body-Based Knowledge	297
15	Egoistic Meditation	300
16	One Master	302
17	The Naam Mantra	303
18	Playing wih Words	304
19	The Six Signs of Realization	305
	September 17,2016, Silver Spring, U.S.A.
20	Meditation is the Anti-Virus Software	309
21	Selfless Self Has No Concerns	310
22	There is No Difference Between You and I	312
23	Knowledge is Free of Charge	313
24	Come Forward!	316
	September 18, 2016, Silver Spring, U.S.A.
25	Nothing is Happening	320
26	Meditation, Prayers and Bhajans	321
27	Be Simple, Be Normal	322
28	The Body is a Magic Box	323
29	If you are Realized, Make Other Realized	324
30	spirituality gives you Courage	325
	Guidance From Sri Ramakant Maharaj	327
	October 03, 2016, Columbia, U.S.A.
31	All Miraculous Experiences Appear Upon Your Presence	331
32	power is Inbuilt inYou	334
33	The Master Apperars	335
34	The Ball is in Your Court	337
35	Devotion is Acceptance	338
36	No Hard and Fastn Rules	339
37	Physical Needs Have Nothing to do With Reality	340
38	The Mantra is a Concept	341
	October 17, 2016, Columbia, U.S.A.
39	Slowly, Silently, Permanently	344
40	Read Your Story	345
41	What You See is Illusion, That Through Which You See is Reality	346
42	There is Fire Everyone	347
43	Why Fill Your Pockets?	347
44	Whatever Experience Appears is Illusion	348
45	Presence is a Prerequisite	349
46	We Love Ourselves the Most	351
47	I Am Sharing This Knowledge With the Grace of My Master	353
	October 26, 2016, Columbia U.S.A.
48	In the Beginning, There is Bound to be a Struggle	356
49	Stop All This Thinking. Be Totally Blank!	357
50	There is no Walking, and There is no Sleeping	359
51	The Great Saint is Within You	360
52	Where Everything Ends, There You Are	362
53	You Are Ultimate Truth	364
	Encouragement From Sri Ramakant Maharaj	366
	PART THREE
	How The Master Changed My Life	369
	Glossary	390

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