"The very first step in understanding what this is all about is giving up the concept of an active, volitional 'I' as a separate entity and accepting the passive role of perceiving and functioning as a process." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Ashtavakra Gita



Sage Ashtavakra
  • Whether feted or tormented, the wise man is always aware of his supreme self-nature and is neither pleased nor disappointed.
  • The great souled person sees even his own body in action as if it were someone else's, so how should he be disturbed by praise or blame?
  • Seeing this world as pure illusion, and devoid of any interest in it, how should the strong-minded person feel fear even at the approach of death?
  • Who can be compared to the great-souled person whose mind is free from desire even in disappointment, and who has found satisfaction in self-knowledge?
  • How should a strong-minded person who knows that what he sees is by its very nature nothing, consider one thing to be grasped and another to be rejected?

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