"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, May 5, 2013

Ashtavakra Gita


Sage Ashtavakra said,
  • He who is beyond mental stillness and distraction, does not desire either liberation or its opposite recognising that things are just constructions of the imagination, that great soul lives as God here and now.
  • He who feels responsibility within, acts even when not acting, but there is no sense of done or undone for the undone for the wise man who free from the sense of responsibility.
  • The mind of the liberated man is not upset or pleased. It shines unmoving, desireless, and free from doubt.
  • He whose mind does not set out to meditate or act, meditates and acts without an object. 
  • A stupid man is bewildered when he hears the real truth, while even clever man is humbled by it just like the fool.

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