Workshop with Mansoor

About Mansoor, from the introduction of his book ‘Chup Sadhana’ :


Mansoor was born into a traditional Muslim family in Old Delhi in 1954. Post-partition India was full of deep wounds & distrust between the different religious communities. From a very young age, Mansoor was acutely aware of these immense contradictions & there was a feeling that somewhere, there must be a common ground & a meeting point beyond all these conflicting religious & sectarian beliefs.

In his teens, Mansoor by chance, started reading books by Ramana Maharishi, whose teaching were to later have a profound influence on him. At age 17, Mansoor travelled around Europe & went on to live in America for the next 24 years. There, he was able to view life from many different angles & explored a wide range of spiritual traditions: Vedanta, J. Krishnamurti, Zen, Catholicism, Transcendental Meditation, EST etc. He travelled on pilgrimages…