"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

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Ashtavakra Gita




Sage Ashtavakra said:
  • Bondage is when the mind longs for something, grieves about something, rejects something, holds on to something, is pleased about something or displeased about something.
  • Liberation is when the mind does not long for anything, grieve about anything, reject anything, or hold on to anything, and is not pleased about anything or displeased about anything.
  • Bondage is when the mind is tangled in one of the senses, and liberation is when the mind is not tangled in any of the senses.
  • When  there is no "me" that is liberation, and when there is "me" there is bondage. Consider this carefully, and neither hold on nor reject.

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