“When I see I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see I am everything, that is love. My life is a movement between these two.”
– Nisargadatta Maharaj
From a humble room in a chawl at Khetwadi in Girgaum, Mumbai, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj’s (1897-1981) Teaching reached out to spiritual seekers in India and across the globe with the publication of I Am That, the 1973 English translation of his talks in Marathi, by Maurice Frydman.
He started taking disciples in 1951, only after a personal revelation from his guru Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj. Nisargadatta Maharaj, with his direct and minimalistic explanation of Non-duality, is considered one of the foremost exponents of Advaita. After he stopped going to his shop in 1966, Maharaj continued to receive and teach visitors in his home, giving discourses twice a day, until his death at the age of eighty-four years.
Many spiritual luminaries and well-known writers have acknowledged the impact his words have had on their lives. Among those who have come together to pay homage to him here are: Swami Tejomayananda, 
Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai, Gangaji, Jack Kornfield, Stephen Wolinsky, 
and Master Charles Cannon. Others have graciously shared their collection of Maharaj’s photographs with you in this pictorial tribute.
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The life and teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj have been a source of supreme assurance to so many of us who were drawn to self-inquiry in different ways… Generations to come will benefit from the insights Sri Maharaj offers and will marvel at the directness of his approach.
– Swami Chidananda, Director, Rajghat Education Centre – Chapter of the Krishnamurti Foundation India (KFI), Varanasi
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The book I Am That – Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, translated from the Marathi tape recordings by Maurice Frydman, has been one of the great publishing successes in the field of Advaita literature. It has made Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj renowned and world famous as a great spiritual master, not only in India but also in the West.
– Alan Jacobs, President, Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK
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Whatever I have known about Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj strengthens my conviction that in life there is nothing greater than Self-knowledge and no one greater than a person who knows and abides in it.
– Swami Tejomayananda, Chairman and spiritual head of Chinmaya Mission worldwide