aa aa a a anne ITE Veet E Laem wt. ELE beet Discourses rym _ Eternal DH 7 7. Ay Robert Powell Ph.D.Titles in the Robert Powell Advaita Library from Blue Dove Press: Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj titles edited by Robert Powell: The Ultimate Medicine The Nectar of Immortality The Experience of Nothingness Other Robert Powell Advaita Library titles: Dialogues on Reality Discovering the Realm Beyond Appearance Path Without Form Beyond Religion Robert Powell Advaita Library titles available Fall 2001: Return to Meaningfuiness (Revised and Expanded) The Essence of Sri Nisargadatta Other Titles by Robert Powell: Zen and Reality Crisis in Consciousness The Free Mind J: Krishnamurti - The Man and His Teaching The Great Awakening The Blissful Life Why Does God Allow Suffering? Talks with Ramana Mabarshi (Editor) The Essence of Ramana Maharshi (Compiler) THE NECTAR OF IMMORTALITY SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ’S DISCOURSES ON THE ETERNAL EDITED BY ROBERT POWELL, Pu.D. fer BLUE DOVE PRESS SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA » 2001The mission of the Blue Dove Foundation is to deepen the spiritual life of all by making available works on the lives, messages, and examples of saints and sages of all religions and traditions as well as other spiritual titles that provide tools for inner growth. These books are distributed in our Lights of Grace catalog, our bookstore, and also on our website: www.bluedove.org. For a free catalog contact: The Blue Dove Foundation 4204 Sorrento Valley Blvd. Suite K San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: 800-691-1008 or 858-623-3330 E-mail: bdp@bluedove.org www.bluedove.org © Jozef Nauwelaerts 1987 All Rights Reserved Second printing, 2001 First published in Great Britain 1987 under the title The Nectar of the Lord's Feet Printed in Canada Cover and text design: Brian Moucka Cover photo courtesy of Jack and Diana Masson ISBN: 1-884997-13-9 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication data: Nisargadatta, Maharaj, 1897- The nectar of immortality : Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj's discourses on the eternal / edited by Robert Powell. --1st American ed. Pp. cm. “First published in Great Britain 1987 under title: The Nectar of the Lord’s Feet”--CIP t.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-884997-13-9 1. Spiritual life--Hinduism. 2. Hinduism--Doctrines. I. Powell. Robert, 1918- . (.r. Title. BL1214.26.N576 1996 294.5'22--dc20 95-44138 CIP f one obtains and relishes the nectar of the Lord’s feet, the charan- amrita, the mind can be conquered. This means that the mind will no longer hold sway over us; its mastery imposed on us from childhood will no longer oppress us... But how can such a state be attained? Only if one totally accepts the knowledge “I am” as oneself with full conviction and faith and firm- ly believes in the dictum I am that by which I know “I am.” This knowl- edge “I am” is the charan-amrita. Why is it called amrita—the nectar? Because... by drinking nectar, one becomes immortal. Thus, a true devotee, by abiding in the knowledge “I am” transcends the experience of death and attains immortality. Consciousness does not shine by itself. It shines by a light beyond it. Having seen the dreamlike quality of consciousness, look for the light in which it appears, which gives it being. There is the content of consciousness as well as the awareness of it To expound and propagate concepts is simple. But to drop all con- cepts is difficult and rare. Sri NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ