Avadhoota Gita - 1

Sage Dattatreya

Chapter 1

46. I know that all, in every way, is the one indivisible "I" which is self-sustained and full, while the five elements, beginning with ether, are empty.

47. The Self is neither eunuch, man nor woman: it is neither idea nor imagination. How can you think the Self to be full of joy or joyless?

48. The Self certainly does not become pure through the practice of six-limbed yoga. It is certainly not purified by the destruction of the mind. It is certainly not made pure by the instructions of the teacher. It is itself the Truth. It is itself the illumined One.

49. There is no body made up of five element; nor is there anyone who is embodied. All is verily the Self alone. How can there be the three states and the fourth?

50. I am not bound, I am not, indeed, liberated - I am not different from Brahman.

51. As water, when water has been poured into water, has no distinctions, so purusha and prakrti appear non-different to me.

52. If indeed you are never bound or liberated, how then can you think yourself with form or as formless?

53. I know your Supreme Form to be directly perceivable, like the sky. I know your lower form to be as water in a mirage.

54. I have neither teacher, nor instruction, limiting adjunct nor activity. Know that I am by nature pure, homogeneous, bodiless like the sky.