"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

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Ashtavakra Gita

King Janaka said:
  • Trying to think the unthinkable, is doing something unnatural to thought. Abandoning such a practice therefore, I am now established.
  • He who has achieved this has achieved the goal of life. He who is of such a nature has done what has to be done.
  • The inner freedom of having nothing is hard to achieve, even with just a loin-cloth, but I live as I please abandoning both renunciation and acquisition.
  • Sometimes one experiences distress because of one's body, sometimes because of one's speech, and sometimes because of one's mind. Abandoning all of these, I live as I please in the goal of humanity.
  • Recognizing that in reality no action is ever committed, I live as I please, just doing what presents itself to be done.
  • Yogis who identify themselves with their bodies are insistent on fulfilling and avoiding certain actions, but I live as I please abandoning attachment and rejection.

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That in whom reside all beings and who resides in all beings,
who is the giver of grace to all, the Supreme Soul of the universe, the limitless being:
I AM THAT. -- Amritabindu Upanishad