"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, May 11, 2013

Ashtavakra Gita

Sage Ashtavakra said,

  • The ignorant make a great effort to practise one-pointedness and the stopping of thought, while the wise see nothing to be done and remain in themselves like those asleep.
  • The stupid does not attain cessation whether he acts or abandons action, while the wise man find peace within simply by knowing the truth.
  • People cannot come to know themselves by practices - pure awareness, clear, complete, beyond multiplicity and faultless though they are.
  • The stupid does not achieve liberation even through regular practice, but the fortunate remains free and actionless simply by discrimination.
  • The stupid does not attain Godhead because he wants to be it, while the wise man enjoys the Supreme Godhead without even wanting it.

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