The Nirvana Sutras and Advaita-Vedanta: Beneath the Illusion of Being

Simply amazing. A masterpiece. The complete deconstruction of the illusory "I." We call this a book but there is no book. Simply words, abstractions of nothing. Peace and blessings be upon the author.

Stephen Wolinsky is one of the greatest spiritual teachers I have come across. Not for everyone but great if you are ready to hear the truth.

This is not so much a lucid and illuminating work of scholarship as a kind of poetic and distortive acid trip. Each page of writing could be replaced by a simple exclamation point. The title is intensely misleading. Don't waste your money.

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This book is unfortunately a disappointment. The author being a student of Nisargadatta Maharaj has certainly over complicate things with "Words"... His own words. In his YouTube videos he seems to grasp that which is beyond words... Here, not so much. The author seems to commit to a shear overuse of words without saying much. Then again, perhaps it is just this one and the perceiving of it all.

Happiness is where the "I" isn't....Before even starting chapter one , I had to close the book to reflect on such a profound statement . Later, I read a quote from Buddha , saying no one ever entered nirvana . Once again, I find it necessary to close the book and reflect .This is a deep , profound , life changing book that isn't a quick read. I highly suggest reading only one section per day .

.....This statement alone is worth the price of the book. Dr. Stephen Wolinsky demonstrates step by step, the how and why of NIRVANA meaning EXTINCTION.Wolinsky uses startling quotes from the Buddha, " you might not necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment" and from Nagarjuna, "there never was a Buddha who taught anything" to show the underlying nothing which is not nothing as a thing, but rather a word to describe what is not. ... BRILLIANT!

I've read literally hundreds of books on non duality - including those by Nisargadatta who I think is wonderful.Of all the books I've read this is probably the worst. A quickly thrown together collection of nihilistic nonsense which is a misleading interpretation of Nisargadatta's teaching. The grammar and editing is also awful. Altogether very careless. The only redeeming feature is the cover - but don't let that fool you!