"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, April 22, 2013

Tripura Rahasya


When Hemachuda understood the significance of his wife's parable he was agreeably surprised. His voice choked with joy as he said to her:
  • My dear, you are indeed blessed, and clever too; how shall I describe the profound wisdom of your life, narrated to me in the form of a parable. 
  • Up to now I did not know your progress. It has all been made as clear to me as a gooseberry resting on the palm of my hand.
  • Please tell me further, who is this mother of yours? How is she without beginning? Who are we? What is our real nature?

Hemalekha said,

  • Lord, listen carefully to what I am going to say, for it is subtle. Investigate the nature of the Self with intellect made transparently clear. 
  • It is not an object to be perceived, nor described; how shall I then tell you of it? You know the Mother only if you know the Self.

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I AM THAT. -- Amritabindu Upanishad