"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

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Ashtavakra Gita


Sage Ashtavakra said,

  • There is no delusion, world, meditation on That, or liberation for the pacified great soul. All these things are just the realm of imagination. 
  • He by whom all this is seen may well make out it doesn't exist, but what is the desireless one to do. Even in seeing it he does not see it.
  • He by whom the Supreme Brahma is seen may think "I am Brahma", but what is he to think who is without thought, and who sees no duality.
  • He by whom inner distraction is seen may put an end to it, but the noble one is not distracted. When there is nothing to achieve what is he to do?
  • The wise man, unlike the worldly man, does not see inner stillness, distraction or fault in himself, even when living like a worldly man.
  • Nothing is done by him who is free from being and non-being, who is contented, desireless and wise, even if in the world's eyes he does act.
  • The wise man who just goes on doing what presents itself for him to do, encounters no difficulty in either activity or inactivity.


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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