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The Self
The Self
The Self
By
Pradeep Apte
A narrative of the Self to Itself
The Self
Copyright Pradeep Apte 2011
aptep@yahoo.com
Introduction
In the nineties I had read a small book in Marathi titled Atmaram
by Samartha Swami Ramdas. Atmaram may be loosely translated
as the God within or the soul within self. At that time many
things were not quite clear to me and so the book was quite
difficult to understand. It was only after I studied the teachings of
my Guru Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj that everything became so clear.
Over a decade later reading Atmaram again was an astonishing
experience. The words of Swami Ramdas and my Guru Sri
Nisargadatta Maharaj hit me like thunderbolts and this work titled
The Self was created instantly. It was totally unplanned and the
script flowed spontaneously, the only thing planned along the way
was to keep the number of chapters and verses the same as in the
original. This work is not a translation of Atmaram but has been
inspired by it. I thank my friend Michael Hansen for some
corrections in the script.
Pradeep Apte
Feb 9th 2011
(aptep@yahoo.com)
Dedicated to
Samartha Swami Ramdas
and
my Guru
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The Self
By
Pradeep Apte
(aptep@yahoo.com)
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