"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, June 24, 2013

Ashtavakra Gita

Sage Ashtavakra said,

  • There is no attachment in the heart of a wise man whether he sees or pays homage to a learned brahmin, a celestial being, a holy place, a woman, a king or a friend.
  • A yogi is not is the least put out when humiliated by the ridicule of servants, sons, wives, grandchildren or other relatives.
  • Even when pleased he is not pleased, not suffering even in pain. Only those like him can know the wonderful state of such a man.
  • It is the feeling that there is something that needs to be achieved which is samsara. The wise who are of the form of emptiness, formless, unchanging and spotless see no such thing.
  • Even when doing nothing the fool is agitated by restlessness, while a skillful man remains undisturbed even when doing what there is to do.

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