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Charlas con Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1978-1980) www.bibliotecaespiritual.com YO NO SABÍA ÍNDICE PRÓLOGO ................................................................................................................................. 4 Primera Parte Charla 1 (25-01-1978) ............................................................................................................ 7 Charla 2 (29-12-1979) .......................................................................................................... 19 Charla 3 (01-01-1979) .......................................................................................................... 29 Charla 4 (02-10-1979) .......................................................................................................... 34 Charla 5 (20-10-1979) .......................................................................................................... 46 Charla 6 (03-01-1979) .......................................................................................................... 65 Charla 7 (08-01-1980) .......................................................................................................... 71 Charla 8 (04-10-1979) .......................................................................................................... 80 Charla 9 (30-12-1978) .......................................................................................................... 93 Charla 10 (31-12-1978) .......................................................................................................... 98 Charla 11 (30-12-1979) ........................................................................................................ 111 Charla 12 (31-10-1978) ........................................................................................................ 119 Charla 13 (06-10-1979) ........................................................................................................ 131 Charla 14 (11-10-1979) ........................................................................................................ 138 Charla 15 (02-01-1979) ........................................................................................................ 142 Charla 16 (03-01-1979) ........................................................................................................ 153 Segunda Parte (del 25-10-1980 al 15-11-1980) Charla 1 .................................................................................................................................. 160 Charla 2 .................................................................................................................................. 169 Charla 3 .................................................................................................................................. 179 Charla 4 .................................................................................................................................. 185 Charla 5 .................................................................................................................................. 191 Charla 6 .................................................................................................................................. 195 Charla 7 .................................................................................................................................. 197 Charla 8 .................................................................................................................................. 201 Charla 9 .................................................................................................................................. 209 Charla 10 ................................................................................................................................ 215 Charla 11 ................................................................................................................................ 220 3 www.bibliotecaespiritual.com SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ PRÓLOGO Nada más alejado de las convenciones clásicas de la espiritualidad que todo lo relacionado con la vida de Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. Nacido en Bombay en 1897, Maharaj llevó hasta los treinta y cinco años la vida ordinaria de un pequeño comerciante indio: trabajo, vida familiar (estuvo casado y tuvo varios hijos) y una atracción por los temas religiosos que lo llevó a discutir con los brahmines y luchar contra las contradicciones dogmáticas que él rechazaba. Así era la rutina de su vida, hasta el encuentro inesperado con Sri Siddharameshwar. Este acontecimiento habría de transformar todo para él. «Usted es la última Realidad, lo Supremo», le dijo su gurú. Esta afirmación proferida con fuego puso para él todo en cuestión. Desde el exterior no se veía en él ningún cambio. Siguió cumpliendo su trabajo diario igual que antes; pero, poco a poco, Maharaj despertó a su ver- dadera naturaleza. Se unió a la consciencia, después la trascendió y se estableció en lo Abso- luto. Él tomó el nombre de Nisargadatta (de Nisarga: espontáneo, innato, y Datta: presencia) y se preparó una habitación encima de la vivienda de su hijo en una calle pequeña, ruidosa y sucia de Kethwadi, barrio populoso de Bombay, a pocos metros de su puesto de «bidis» (pequeños cigarrillos indios), donde le sustituyó su hijo. Y así permaneció hasta su muerte sobrevenida el 8 de septiembre de 1981. Allí dormía, recibía las visitas y celebraba los bhajans, ritual diario indio tradicional, según la promesa que había hecho a su gurú. La ausencia completa de pose, la espontaneidad de sus palabras basadas en la evidencia de lo que él era, con exclusión de toda referencia a los textos sagrados y de todo dogma, permanece como un ejemplo enteramente excepcional entre los compendios de palabras de los grandes sabios. Gracias a Maurice Frydman, europeo que vivía en la India, Maharaj alcanzó una cierta fama. Frydman publicó en 1973, en lengua inglesa, un total de cien conversaciones entre Maharaj y sus visitantes. Entonces empezaron a afluir allí los buscadores de la verdad, espe- cialmente holandeses y americanos, pero hay que precisar que Maurice Frydman, contraria- mente a las conversaciones traducidas en este volumen, retocó las palabras de Maharaj (con su aprobación) para darles una forma más literaria. Frydman contribuyó con ello a facilitar a los 4 www.bibliotecaespiritual.com YO NO SABÍA occidentales, ya familiarizados con las exposiciones de Ramana Maharshi o de Krishnamurti, el acceso a la no-dualidad tal como la vivía Maharaj. Pero es bueno que podamos disponer ahora del lenguaje directo y preciso, a veces rudo, que evita la jerga de la espiritualidad, propio de Maharaj, lenguaje que parece ser la forma más incisiva que pueda tomar la verdad. Esta obra consta de dos partes. La primera, son dieciséis conversaciones que tuvieron lugar entre 1978 y principios de 1980, donde se exponen los puntos esenciales de la enseñanza de Maharaj. En la segunda figuran los momentos más importantes de mi propio encuentro con el Sat-gurú, entre el 25 de Octubre y el 15 de Noviembre de 1980. En esta traducción me he es- forzado sobre todo en restituir el carácter simple y recio de las palabras de Maharaj. Creo necesario precisar el carácter fulgurante de las respuestas de Maharaj, que brotaban de él con una gran intensidad, a veces antes de que el intérprete hubiese terminado de traducir la pregunta del visitante. La mayoría de éstos se expresaban en un inglés aproximativo, lo que explica las repeticiones. Hay que tener también en cuenta el cambio de interlocutor en la dis- cusión de una misma pregunta. Sri Nisargadatta, aunque padecía cáncer de garganta, no quiso cambiar nada en su vida cotidiana, pero algunos días estaba muy débil y hablaba menos. Así pues, hay que tener en cuenta, sobre todo en la segunda parte, los largos silencios que separan las palabras de Maharaj y que, en la lectura pueden dar la impresión de que no guardan relación de continuidad. Para terminar, quiero dar las gracias a Christiane y a Joseph Nauwelaerts, que me han fa- cilitado copias de sus grabaciones y me han animado desde el comienzo en este proyecto de traducción, que había recibido la aprobación de Maharaj mismo. P. V. 5 www.bibliotecaespiritual.com Primera Parte www.bibliotecaespiritual.com YO NO SABÍA 1 Charla (25-01-1978) Maharaj: Algunos de ustedes han hablado de la ciencia. La espiritualidad no es científica. La ciencia descubre o produce algo, después les dice cómo fabricar lo que ha descubierto, cómo utilizarlo, cómo conservarlo e incluso cómo deshacerse de ello. El producto es perfectamente conocido y ha sido creado científicamente. La espiritualidad, en cambio, se interesa en nosotros mismos. Nosotros hemos aparecido y el mundo ha aparecido repentinamente. ¿Por qué? Nosotros no lo sabemos, pero sin embargo nos esforzamos en descubrirlo. ¿Qué somos nosotros, qué es el mundo y cuáles son nuestras relaciones mutuas? Nosotros lo ignoramos, pero adoptamos las convicciones emitidas por uno u otro. O nos limitamos a creer lo que nos han dicho nuestros padres: «tú eres esto y aquello». Y acabamos por estar sujetos a todo un campo de relaciones constituidas únicamente de «cosas oídas». Esta consciencia de estar aquí, la constatación de este hecho: «yo soy», ha aparecido es- pontáneamente. Hoy «nosotros somos», «nosotros somos» como es el sol levante. Este ser mismo es una suerte de experiencia. Antes del nacimiento no había experiencia; es con la aparición «yo soy», con la aparición de esta consciencia, de esta
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