The Ultimate Understanding

Balsekar, Ramesh S.

ISBN 10: 8190105922 / ISBN 13: 9788190105927

Published by Yogi Impressions, India, 2001

About this Item

Oversized, in slipcase with mild edgewear and lightly bumped corners. Book and dust jacket Near Fine with mild bump to corners atop spine. Will require additional shipping charges for international options. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ultimate Understanding
• Publisher: Yogi Impressions, India
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8190105922
• ISBN 13: 9788190105927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Eastern Philosophy

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Synopsis

The Ultimate Understanding, is, according to Ramesh himself, "a book containing the full essentials of the philosophy of Advaita, or Non-duality (Unicity). It is perhaps the most explicitly expressed and exquisitely presented book on this complex subject. What is the ultimate understanding? That there is no one to understand anything."

Recognized as one of the foremost contemporary sages, married and father of three, and a banker who retired from the top of his profession, Ramesh could be considered a householder Guru. In his latest book, Ramesh shares openly, poignantly, and with stunning humility, how a sage lives his life. Backed by the total conviction of the final understanding of a true Master, and at the same time presented from the perspective of "life as we know it", this treasure of Advaita is unrivalled in its unique conceptual expression of the highest Truth, delivered with fundamental wisdom, simplicity, and clarity - and with Ramesh's widely-loved gaiety and humor. Ramesh elaborates his own concepts with those of his Guru, Nisargadatta Maharaj, the Buddha, Ramana Maharshi, selected Hindu scriptures, several Taoist Masters and Wei Wu Wei, all serving as pointers to the Truth, to the ultimate understanding. While the book is a compilation of such classic themes as the nature of the phenomenal manifestation including the human being, the concept of space-time, temporality and Intemporality, the Guru, free will and non-volitional living, enlightenment and Self-realization, the Impersonal Energy - the Source, Noumenon or God, and conclusively, 'Consciousness is all there is', Ramesh explicitly summarizes that ultimately what he is talking about is "the most important thing in your life: peace and harmony in your life."

A rare gift to anyone and everyone seeking insight into how life happens, The Ultimate Understanding is perhaps the pinnacle of Ramesh's writing. The Ultimate Understanding,heralds the total message he has to convey. What else remains can only be the final understanding, the final Truth, the silence of Unicity.

Review

The ultimate collection of the teachings of one of the greatest sages and gurus of our time. A superbly produced volume, which celebrates the words of wisdom.