Table Of ContentAmrut Laya
The Stateless State
Spiritual Discourses of His Holiness
Shri Sadguru Siddharameshwar Maharaj
Also included in this book is the spiritual text titled:
Master Key to Self-Realization
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A Brief Introduction from the Editor
It is a great joy to be making these newly revised editions of Amrut Laya -
Volumes I and II available in print for English speaking readers. Amrut Laya
is comprised of what were originally hand-written notes of talks given in
the Marathi language by Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj, taken down his
devotees who were co-disciples of Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj. These talks
were originally broken into four volumes of unedited and largely
unorganized text. Heartfelt gratitude goes out to those original note-takers
and translators who have worked on these texts. Only these two volumes
have currently been edited and published in English and Marathi. The
remaining two volumes will hopefully become available sometime in the
future. It needs to be said here that what has come to be called Amrut Laya
II in English was actually called Amrut Laya III in the rough unedited
volumes. This is only being mentioned because Amrut Laya II that can be
found in the French language is not the same as Amrut Laya II in English.
The rough unedited text of volume II is so desperately in need of better
translation from Marathi to English that it is nearly impossible to decipher
the original meanings of the Marathi text without the assistance of a native
Marathi speaking translator, which is not available at this time. Thus, it was
decided to edit and publish what was previously being called Amrut Laya
III as Amrut Laya II since it was the second volume to be printed in
English. The editor of the French version of Amrut Laya II did have the
assistance of a native Marathi speaking translator, so the quality of that text
is greatly improved over the rough unedited version that is still the only
version available in English at this time.
The main inspiration for publishing this text is twofold. First and foremost
it is an offering and a service to my spiritual master, Shri Ranjit Maharaj, as
well as to his master and the author Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj. The
second compelling reason to publish these texts is as an offering to sincere
English speaking seekers of advaitic wisdom because of the great benefit
received by myself, the editor, when having first read these words shortly
after meeting Ranjit Maharaj in 1996. The book Master Key to Self-
Realization, which comprises the first section of Amrut Laya, is one of the
clearest expositions on many of the fundamental principles of Advaita
Vedanta that I have ever come across in over thirty years of reading spiritual
texts. Reading Master Key and Amrut Laya answered many lingering
questions and cleared many doubts that I had as an aspirant, paving the way
for being able to receive and understand the teachings of Shri Ranjit
Maharaj. It is my sincere wish that these texts will be as beneficial to others
as they have been to me in de-mystifying many of the fundamental
principles of the teachings about non-duality and the direct path to Self-
realization. It is still quite rare to come across such clear and comprehensive
presentations of Advaita Vedanta teachings in the west. As Amrut Laya has
been out of print since 2000 and Amrut Laya II since 2005, it seemed fitting
that these texts should be made available again to spiritual seekers and
aspirants.
This is the third book of the teachings of Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj to
be published by Sadguru Publishing. The first being Master Key to Self-
Realization, and then Master of Self-Realization, which was in a much more
polished original condition as the Marathi text Adhyatma Jnanacha
Yogeshwar that had been meticulously edited and published by Shri
Nisargadatta Maharaj himself with the aid of some of his fellow disciples in
1960 and 1961. That text coming to us from Nisargadatta Maharaj out of
reverence for his master's teaching is truly a timeless spiritual masterpiece
of the highest caliber which I strongly recommended to all aspirants seeking
Self-realization. The timing now seems propitious after having published
Master of Self-Realization to present these newly revised editions of the two
volumes of Amrut Laya in a single volume. Most of the editing on these two
volumes has been minor, but there has been some significant editing in
places, as well as some reformatting, in an effort to make the experience of
reading more enjoyable and beneficial for the readers. It is truly a great
blessing to have been given the task of editing and publishing these timeless
spiritual teachings of such a great Saint.
Rarely are the teachings of such great masters as those of this lineage found
in this world appearance. For the most part, the teachings contained herein
represent the teachings of pure Advaita Vedanta that have changed very
little from how they have been presented for thousands of years. That being
said, these teachings also have a timeless quality to them that stands outside
of commonly found ritualistic and dogmatic teachings from India. These
teachings are about waking up to one's Self, in the moment. You are what
you seek, and these texts can be an invaluable aid in to discovering that for
yourself without delay.
May the teachings of the Sadguru awaken you to the fact that you are and
have always been the Eternal Reality.
David Moe
Editor and Publisher
January, 2011
Table of Contents
Master Key to Self-Realization
Chapter 1: The Importance of Self-Knowledge
Chapter 2: Investigation of the Four Bodies in Search of "I"
The First Body - The Physical Gross Body
The Second Body - The Subtle Body
The Third Body - The Causal Body
The Fourth Body - The Great-Causal Body (Turya)
Brahman
Chapter 3: Investigation of the Four Bodies in Detail
A Methodical Approach to Explanation
The Investigation Commences
Chapter 4: The Great-Causal Body - "I Am"
Chapter 5: The Appearance of the World
Experiencing the Castes in a Human Being
The Three Worlds
Understanding the Knowledge of Self
Chapter 6: Maya and Brahman
Search for the Lost "I"
Chapter 7: Devotion and Devotion After Liberation
Table of Contents
Amrut Laya Volume I
Lecture 1 – Dasbodh and The Qualities of Aspirants
Lecture 2 – Visible Appearances are Untrue
Lecture 3 – All is Brahman
Lecture 4 – Uproot the Sense of "I"
Lecture 5 – Mental Renunciation
Lecture 6 – Turn the Mind Away From Objects
Lecture 7 – The Dream Within a Dream
Lecture 8 – The Five Sheaths and the Eight Bodies
Lecture 9 – Be Free of "I" and "You"
Lecture 10 – Erase the Ego
Lecture 11 – Know the One True God
Lecture 12 – The Search for God
Lecture 13 – Brahman is the Original Illusion
Lecture 14 – Illusion is Imagination
Lecture 15 – Knowledge is Illusion
Lecture 16 – Everything Occurs Only in Illusion
Lecture 17 – Practice What You Have Heard
Lecture 18 – Devotion to the Master
Lecture 19 – Utilize the Human Birth
Lecture 20 – God is All-Pervasive
Lecture 21 – Identify With Brahman
Lecture 22 – Qualities of Realization
Lecture 23 – Be Brahman
Lecture 24 – Remain Detached
Lecture 25 – Be Firm in Self-Knowledge
Lecture 26 – Life Fulfilled
Lecture 27 – Be Oneness and See Oneness
Lecture 28 – Outward Signs of Self-Knowledge
Lecture 29 – Words About the "Wordless"
Lecture 30 – Reality is Bodiless
Lecture 31 – True Renunciation
Lecture 32 – Like Reflects Like
Lecture 33 – Knowledge is the Primal Illusion
Lecture 34 – Drink the Nectar of Soham
Lecture 35 – Self-Knowledge is Liberation
Lecture 36 – Brahman is Unaffected by Maya
Lecture 37 – You Are That
Lecture 38 – Know the Self
Lecture 39 – The Inner-Mind of All is One
Lecture 40 - Only the Self Remains
Lecture 41 – Know the Self
Lecture 42 – Relinquish Pride and Gain Self-Knowledge
Lecture 43 – Only Brahman Exists
Lecture 44 – The Knowledge of Brahman
Lecture 45 – Devotion to the Master
Lecture 46 – Saguna Worship
Lecture 47 – Desireless Worship
Lecture 48 – Knowledge is the Primal Illusion
Lecture 49 – Awareness is Illusion
Lecture 50 - "I Am" is the Original Illusion
Table of Contents
Amrut Laya Volume II
Lecture 1 - The Sadguru, the Greatest Illuminator
Lecture 2 - The Four Bodies and Five Sheaths
Lecture 3 - Vidyamaya, Avidyamaya, and Moolamaya
Lecture 4 - One's Primary Duty
Lecture 5 - The Consciousness of All is the Same
Lecture 6 - The 3 Gunas, the 4 Geneses, and 5 Dissolutions
Lecture 7 - Elements of the Subtle Body
Lecture 8 - Discrimination Between True and Untrue
Lecture 9 - The Steady and the Unsteady
Lecture 10 - Keeping the Company of Saints
Lecture 11 - The Power of the Saint
Lecture 12 - Spiritual Practice and the Gunas
Lecture 13 - Renunciation of Pride and Desire
Lecture 14 - Pride is Ego
Lecture 15 - The Self is Not the Body
Lecture 16 - The Inner-Mind, and the Five Elements
Lecture 17 - Worship of the Master
Lecture 18 - How to Worship
Lecture 19 – Give Up Pride for the Body
Lecture 20 - Spiritual Science and Eliminating Pride
Lecture 21 - Description of the Master
Lecture 22 - Four Types of Speech, and "Soham"
Lecture 23 – The Three Gunas
Lecture 24 - The Mantra "I Am Brahman"
Lecture 25 - The Self Does Not Die
Lecture 26 - There is Only One Self
Lecture 27 - The Self is the Only Experiencer
