I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (Paperback)

• The book serves as a timeless manual for non-dualistic (Advaita) self-inquiry. Rather than presenting a rigid philosophy, it offers a radical shift in perspective, challenging readers to trace their sense of "I-am-ness" back to its source and transcend identification with the physical body and mind.

• • Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) was an Indian spiritual teacher and philosopher of the In-the-World (Householder) tradition. Uneducated formally, he worked as a petty shopkeeper in Mumbai, yet his profound, lucid realizations attracted spiritual seekers globally, establishing him as one of the most influential teachers of modern non-duality.

Structured as a series of question-and-answer dialogues, the text records interactions where seekers ask fundamental questions about life, death, suffering, and God. Maharaj consistently redirects attention away from external dogmas back to the observer, emphasizing that true freedom comes from realizing you are not the body or the mind, but the timeless awareness in which the entire universe appears and disappears.