"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

Monday, October 29, 2012

Tripura Rahasya

Sage Parasurama said,
  • How can transient mental concepts of devotion produce intransient results of high Truth? Moreover, the practices are continuous  and there seems to be no end to these obligatory duties.
  • I have noticed that Samvarta, the Lord, is quite happy, being completely free from any sense of obligation to act and its disastrous results.
  • He seems to laugh at the ways of the world, to stride unconcerned up the road of fearlessness, like a majestic elephant refreshing itself in a lake of melted snow when the surrounding forest is on fire.
  • I found him absolutely free from any sense of obligation and at the same time perfectly happy in his realization of Eternal Being. How did he gain that state? And what did he tell me?
  • Praying so, he fell prostrate and took the Master's (Dattatreya) feet in his hands.
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Excerpts from Chapter 2, Tripura Rahasya


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