Ashtavakra Gita
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1: Instruction on Self-Realization
Janaka asked : Master, how is Knowledge to be achieved, detachment acquired, liberation attained?
Ashtavakra answered:
To be free,shun the experiences of the senses like poison.
Turn your attention to forgiveness, sincerity, kindness, simplicity, truth.
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You are not earth, water, fire or air. Nor are you empty space.
Liberation is to know yourself as Awareness alone the Witness of these.
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Abide in Awareness with no illusion of person.
You will be instantly free and at peace.
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You have no caste or duties.You are invisible, unattached, formless.
You are the Witness of all things. Be happy.
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Right and wrong, pleasure and pain, exist in mind only.
They are not your concern. You neither do nor enjoy. You are free.
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You are the Solitary Witness of All That Is, forever free.
Your only bondage is not seeing This.
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The thought: “I am the doer” is the bite of a poisonous snake.
To know: “I do nothing” is the wisdom of faith. Be happy.
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A single understanding: “I am the One Awareness,” consumes all suffering in the fire of an instant. Be happy.
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You are unbounded Awareness Bliss, Supreme Bliss in which the universe appears like the mirage of a snake in a rope. Be happy.
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It is true what they say: “You are what you think.” If you think you are bound you are bound. If you think you are free you are free.
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You are Self—the Solitary Witness. You are perfect, all-pervading, One. You are free, desire-less, forever still. The universe is but a seeming in You.
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Meditate on this: “I am Awareness alone--Unity itself.”
Give up the idea that you are separate, a person, that there is within and without.
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You have long been bound thinking: “I am a person.”
Let the knowledge: “I am Awareness alone” be the sword that frees you.
***
You are now and forever free, luminous, transparent, still.
The practice of meditation keeps one in bondage.
***
You are pure Consciousness the substance of the universe.
The universe exists within you. Don’t be small-minded.
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You are unconditioned, changeless, formless. You are solid, unfathomable, cool. Desire nothing. You are Consciousness.
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That which has form is not real. Only the formless is permanent.
Once this is known, you will not return to illusion.
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Just as a mirror exists both within and without the image reflected,
the Supreme Self exists both within and without the body.
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Just as the same space exists both within and without a jar,
the timeless, all-pervasive One exists as Totality.
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1: Instruction on Self-Realization
Janaka asked : Master, how is Knowledge to be achieved, detachment acquired, liberation attained?
Ashtavakra answered:
To be free,shun the experiences of the senses like poison.
Turn your attention to forgiveness, sincerity, kindness, simplicity, truth.
***
You are not earth, water, fire or air. Nor are you empty space.
Liberation is to know yourself as Awareness alone the Witness of these.
***
Abide in Awareness with no illusion of person.
You will be instantly free and at peace.
***
You have no caste or duties.You are invisible, unattached, formless.
You are the Witness of all things. Be happy.
***
Right and wrong, pleasure and pain, exist in mind only.
They are not your concern. You neither do nor enjoy. You are free.
***
You are the Solitary Witness of All That Is, forever free.
Your only bondage is not seeing This.
***
The thought: “I am the doer” is the bite of a poisonous snake.
To know: “I do nothing” is the wisdom of faith. Be happy.
***
A single understanding: “I am the One Awareness,” consumes all suffering in the fire of an instant. Be happy.
***
You are unbounded Awareness Bliss, Supreme Bliss in which the universe appears like the mirage of a snake in a rope. Be happy.
***
It is true what they say: “You are what you think.” If you think you are bound you are bound. If you think you are free you are free.
***
You are Self—the Solitary Witness. You are perfect, all-pervading, One. You are free, desire-less, forever still. The universe is but a seeming in You.
***
Meditate on this: “I am Awareness alone--Unity itself.”
Give up the idea that you are separate, a person, that there is within and without.
***
You have long been bound thinking: “I am a person.”
Let the knowledge: “I am Awareness alone” be the sword that frees you.
***
You are now and forever free, luminous, transparent, still.
The practice of meditation keeps one in bondage.
***
You are pure Consciousness the substance of the universe.
The universe exists within you. Don’t be small-minded.
***
You are unconditioned, changeless, formless. You are solid, unfathomable, cool. Desire nothing. You are Consciousness.
***
That which has form is not real. Only the formless is permanent.
Once this is known, you will not return to illusion.
***
Just as a mirror exists both within and without the image reflected,
the Supreme Self exists both within and without the body.
***
Just as the same space exists both within and without a jar,
the timeless, all-pervasive One exists as Totality.
To
Fall In Love Or To Rise In Love -
“In fact a mature person does not fall in love, he rises in love. The word ’fall’ is not right. Only immature people fall; they stumble and fall down in love. Somehow they were managing and standing. They cannot manage and they cannot stand – they find a woman and they are gone, they find a man and they are gone. They were always ready to fall on the ground and to creep. They don’t have the backbone, the spine; they don’t have that integrity to stand alone.
A mature person has the integrity to be alone. And when a mature person gives love, he gives without any strings attached to it: he simply gives. And when a mature person gives love, he feels grateful that you have accepted his love, not vice versa. He does not expect you to be thankful for it – no, not at all, he does not even need your thanks. He thanks you for accepting his love. And when two mature persons are in love, one of the greatest paradoxes of life happens, one of the most beautiful phenomena: they are together and yet tremendously alone; they are together so much so that they are almost one. But their oneness does not destroy their individuality, in fact, it enhances it: they become more individual.Two mature persons in love help each other to become more free. There is no politics involved, no diplomacy, no effort to dominate. How can you dominate the person you love? Just think over it. Domination is a sort of hatred, anger, enmity. How can you think of dominating a person you love? You would love to see the person totally free, independent; you will give him more individuality. That’s why I call it the greatest paradox: they are together so much so that they are almost one, but still in that oneness they are individuals. Their individualities are not effaced – they have become more enhanced. The other has enriched them as far as their freedom is concerned.Immature people falling in love destroy each others freedom, create a bondage, make a prison. Mature persons in love help each other to be free; they help each other to destroy all sorts of bondages. And when love flows with freedom there is beauty. When love flows with dependence there is ugliness.
“In fact a mature person does not fall in love, he rises in love. The word ’fall’ is not right. Only immature people fall; they stumble and fall down in love. Somehow they were managing and standing. They cannot manage and they cannot stand – they find a woman and they are gone, they find a man and they are gone. They were always ready to fall on the ground and to creep. They don’t have the backbone, the spine; they don’t have that integrity to stand alone.
A mature person has the integrity to be alone. And when a mature person gives love, he gives without any strings attached to it: he simply gives. And when a mature person gives love, he feels grateful that you have accepted his love, not vice versa. He does not expect you to be thankful for it – no, not at all, he does not even need your thanks. He thanks you for accepting his love. And when two mature persons are in love, one of the greatest paradoxes of life happens, one of the most beautiful phenomena: they are together and yet tremendously alone; they are together so much so that they are almost one. But their oneness does not destroy their individuality, in fact, it enhances it: they become more individual.Two mature persons in love help each other to become more free. There is no politics involved, no diplomacy, no effort to dominate. How can you dominate the person you love? Just think over it. Domination is a sort of hatred, anger, enmity. How can you think of dominating a person you love? You would love to see the person totally free, independent; you will give him more individuality. That’s why I call it the greatest paradox: they are together so much so that they are almost one, but still in that oneness they are individuals. Their individualities are not effaced – they have become more enhanced. The other has enriched them as far as their freedom is concerned.Immature people falling in love destroy each others freedom, create a bondage, make a prison. Mature persons in love help each other to be free; they help each other to destroy all sorts of bondages. And when love flows with freedom there is beauty. When love flows with dependence there is ugliness.
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