Consciousness and the Absolute Acknowledgements.

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By Jean Dunn who translated this.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj's talks were taped by Ms. N. Vanaja, who never missed a

meeting. We are all grateful to her for her dedicated service.

I was with Maharaj continuously during the time I was transcribing the

talks from tapes to manuscript, and I transcribed all these tapes on a daily

basis. With his blessing I came back to America on April 24, 1981 to try to get

his talks published before his death. However, they were not in print until

after his death. Since Maharaj spoke only Marathi, translators were always

present. Chief among them were Saumitra K. Mullarpattan, who was with Maharaj

for many years; Ramesh S. Balsekar, who was with Maharaj for the last three year

of his life and Damayanti Doongaji, who was a long time disciple. Our most

grateful thanks go to all of them.

I am especially grateful to Marjorie Russell, for her assistance in

preparing this manuscript for publication.

Abiding by the wishes of my Guru, Nisargadatta Maharaj, who wanted to

publish his talks without any alteration, I have not changed the wording as

translated. The manuscript has been edited for punctuation only, not for

language or style. If readers have any difficulty in understanding some of the

expressions, a glossary has been provided at the end.

Several of Maharaj's talks are repetitive. The explanation is that even

toward the end of his life, when his body was very weak, Maharaj continued to

hammer home his teachings. Nowhere is this more apparent that in his final

worlds to us in Consciousness and the Absolute.