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Conversations with Avant-garde Sages
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NIRMALA: If somebody wants a paperback copy, they can also
buy one on Amazon, but of course there are unavoidable costs with
a paperback book so we do charge for those. Part of the Truth,
part of the reality is the practical needs of anyone living in this
world. So to me the ideal is a balance. And this includes allowing
people to practically support the teaching through donations for
the mentoring session, or through the purchase price of some of
the books including the paperback versions. And then to balance
that out, I also make the teaching freely available when it's not
possible for someone to pay. I have had people that can only
donate $10 for a mentoring session, and that's great, any amount
they can truly afford is fine. But the balanced perspective includes
the recognition that there is also a practical financial reality that
needs to be addressed. I often joke that even when you realize that
there's no separate Self, the credit card company still thinks there
is. They keep sending the bill. [Laughs]
WIZARD: I was in business for years and I never saw any conflict
in my business enterprise, in fact I think it was profoundly
responsible for the business' success that we stayed principle
centered as a business, and our customers loved us, we loved our
customers, everybody was on one team. As I was retiring I was
thinking about giving all my money to the Ashram in India, then I
met Ganesan, and he said, no, he said, you take that money and do
the work yourself [laughs].
NIRMALA: There's a wonderful story about when Ramesh was
with Nisargadatta, and at one point Ramesh who was a vice
president of a large bank in India made a very large donation to
Nisargadatta. Nisargadatta took him aside, and all Nisargadatta
wanted to know was would this donation cause Ramesh any
hardship? Ramesh assured him that there was absolutely no
hardship. And then Nisargadatta said, okay, then it was okay for
Ramesh to give a large sum.
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