The Ultimate Understanding - Hardcover

Ramesh S. Balsekar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8190105922 ISBN 13: 9788190105927

Publisher: Yogi Impressions, 2001

Synopsis

'The Ultimate Understanding', is, according to Ramesh himself,
"a book containing the full essentials of the philosophy of Advaita, or
Non-duality (Unicity). It is perhaps the most explicitly expressed and
exquisitely presented book on this complex subject. What is the ultimate
understanding? That there is no one to understand anything."
Recognized as one of the foremost contemporary sages, married and father of
three, and a banker who retired from the top of his profession, Ramesh
could be considered a householder Guru. In his latest book, Ramesh shares
openly, poignantly, and with stunning humility, how a sage lives his life.
Backed by the total conviction of the final understanding of a true Master,
and at the same time presented from the perspective of "life as we know
it", this treasure of Advaita is unrivalled in its unique conceptual
expression of the highest Truth, delivered with fundamental wisdom,
simplicity, and clarity - and with Ramesh's widely-loved gaiety and humor.
Ramesh elaborates his own concepts with those of his Guru, Nisargadatta
Maharaj, the Buddha, Ramana Maharshi, selected Hindu scriptures, several
Taoist Masters and Wei Wu Wei, all serving as pointers to the Truth, to the
ultimate understanding. While the book is a compilation of such classic
themes as the nature of the phenomenal manifestation including the human
being, the concept of space-time, temporality and Intemporality, the Guru,
free will and non-volitional living, enlightenment and Self-realization,
the Impersonal Energy - the Source, Noumenon or God, and conclusively,
Consciousness is all there is, Ramesh explicitly summarizes that ultimately
what he is talking about is "the most important thing in your life: peace
and harmony in your life."
A rare gift to anyone and everyone seeking insight into how life happens,
'The Ultimate Understanding' is perhaps the pinnacle of Ramesh's writing.
'The Ultimate Understanding', heralds the total message he has to convey.
What else remains can only be the final understanding, the final Truth, the
silence of Unicity.

About this title

About the Author

Ramesh S. Balsekar, married to Sharda and a father of three, is
known and loved by seekers from around the world as an eloquent Master of
Advaita, or Non-duality. After retiring as President of the Bank of India,
Ramesh translated many of the daily talks given in Marathi by his Guru,
Nisargadatta Maharaj. The teaching began in 1982 after Maharaj had twice
directed him to talk, and since then he has written over twenty books on
Advaita as well. Ramesh is widely regarded as undeniably unique and
uncompromising in his presentation of the concepts, in keeping with an
early premonitory remark by Maharaj that as a teacher Ramesh would not be
"parroting" the words of his Guru. In response to the appreciation
frequently shared by visitors at his talks for the singular clarity and
'purity' of the teaching, Ramesh himself has perhaps best expressed it with
his view of the Master-disciple relationship:

"The purity of the teaching lies in the absence of an
individual teacher and an individual learner - that is to say, in the
absence of a subject-object relationship. The purity lies in the
spontaneity of the happening."

Edition details

• Publisher: Yogi Impressions
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8190105922
• ISBN 13: 9788190105927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 270
• Editor: Susan Waterman