, in Nainital. After his initiation, he was renamed Niralamba Swami and spent the rest of his life as a monk practicing Advaita Vedanta. The Story of the Book: Common Sense Common Sense

For Niralamba Swami, spiritual realization wasn't about escaping reality or mastering impossible postures; it was about the application of clear, unclouded reason to the human experience. The Man Who Left the Sword for the Soul

The goal is to reach a state where the mind requires no external support ( alamba ).