'Nisargadatta's Silence', Canvas 20x30 cm / 8x12″

'Nisargadatta's Silence', Canvas 20x30 cm / 8x12″

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The silence before the words were spoken, is it different from the silence that came after?

― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Maharaj, with his characteristic focus on the fundamental nature of reality, poses a deceptively simple yet deeply probing question about silence. By asking if the silence preceding speech differs from the silence following it, he directs our attention to the underlying, continuous nature of stillness. The implication is that silence is not merely an interval defined by the absence of sound, but a primordial state that exists independently of any manifestation, including words. The silence before and the silence after are essentially the same unbroken field of being. Our tendency to perceive them as separate arises from our focus on the transient event of speech. Maharaj invites us to recognize this underlying, unified silence as our true nature, a constant backdrop against which all phenomena, including sound and thought, arise and dissolve, without ever truly affecting the fundamental stillness.

'Nisargadatta's Silence', Canvas 20x30 cm / 8x12″

'Nisargadatta's Silence', Canvas 20x30 cm / 8x12″

The silence before the words were spoken, is it different from the silence that came after?

― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

'Nisargadatta's Silence', Canvas 20x30 cm / 8x12″

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