#Ashtavakra Gita

[ndbookstudy]

ashtavakra gita, ch. 2.

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Chapter 2: It works! Upon hearing Ashtavakra’s words Janaka realizes his True Nature. Enraptured, he describes the joy and wonder of his new state.

Janaka said: I am now spotless and at peace- Awareness beyond Consciousness. All this time I have been duped by illusion. By this light alone the body and the universe appear. I am Everything or Nothing. Seeing there is no universe or body, by grace the Self is revealed. As waves, foam and bubbles are not different from water, so the universe emanating from Self is not different from Self. Look closely at cloth, you see only threads. Look closely at creation, you see only Self. As sweetness pervades sugarcane juice, I am the essence of creation.

Not seeing Self, the world is materialized. Seeing Self, the world is vanished. A rope is not a snake, but can appear to be. I am not other than Light. The universe manifests at my glance. The mirage of universe appears in me as silver appears in mother-of-pearl, as a snake appears in a rope, as water appears on a desert horizon. As a pot returns to clay, a wave to water, a bracelet to gold, so will the universe return to Me. I am wonderful indeed- beyond adoration. I cannot decay nor ever die, though God and all the universe should perish to the last blade of grass. Even with a body I am One. I neither come nor go. I am everywhere at once. I am astounded at my powers. The universe appears within me but I do not touch it. I am everything thought or spoken, and have nothing. In Reality, knowledge, the knower, and the knowable do not exist. I am the transparent Self in which through ignorance they appear. Looking at One and seeing many is the cause of all misery. The only cure is to realize what is seen is not there. I am One—aware, blissful, immaculate. I am unbounded Awareness. Only in imagination do I have limits. Reflecting on this, I abide in the Absolute.

I am neither free nor bound. The illusion of such things has fallen into disbelief. Though I contain creation, it has no substance. Having seen for certain that this universe and body is without form or substance, I am revealed as Awareness alone. Imagination has no place here. The body exists only in imagination, as do heaven and hell, bondage, freedom, fear. Are these my concern? I, who am pure Awareness?

I see no differences or separation. Even the multitudes appear as a single formless desert. To what should I cling? I am not the body. I do not have a body. I am Awareness, not a person. My thirst for life bound me to a seeming of life. In the limitless ocean of Myself, the winds of the mind roil the myriad waves of the world. But when the wind subsides in the limitless ocean the ark of personhood is swallowed up, along with the universe it carries. And how wonderful it is! In the limitless ocean of Myself, waves of beings arise, collide, play for a time, then disappear--as is their nature.

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[kamala-laxman]

It is not really you who acts or enjoys. You are everywhere, forever free. Forever and truly free, the single witness of all things. Ashtavakra Gita

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[infinitedonut]

"You are everywhere, forever free." - Ashtavakra Gita

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[vmantras]

Ashtavakra Gita Part 8

Sri Ashtavakra says: There is bondage, as long as mind desires something, grieves about something, sacrifices something, accepts something, is pleased about something or is angry about something.॥1॥ Liberation is when mind does not desire, does not grieve, does not sacrifice, does not accept, is not pleased or get angry.॥2॥ There is bondage when mind is attracted towards any of the visible…

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[altrodiletto]

If you are seeking liberation, my son, shun the objects of the senses like poison. Practise tolerance, sincerity, compassion, contentment and truthfulness like nectar.

— Ashtavakra

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[mountain-sage]

Unless everything is totally forgotten, you cannot be established in the Self, even if Shiva, Vishnu or Brahma be your preceptor.

Ashtavakra Gita

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[bhagvadgita]

Please do visit my other Gita blog, on The Ashtavakra Gita here:

https://the-ashtavakra-gita.blogspot.com

The Bhagavad Gita tells us how to reach God but The Ashtavakra Gita paints a picture of what to expect once you REACH THERE!

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[eyeoftheheart]

“We are all one Self. This Self is pure awareness. This Self, this flawless awareness is God. There is only God.”

― The Heart of Awareness by Thomas Byrom

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The Ashtavakra Gita | Samhita | ANCIENT Vedic TEXT | I AM SELF LUMINOUS स्वप्रकाश

In the eyes of the Ashtavakra, one’s true identity, the Self, is not contained in objects, nor does any object exist in It. It is without form and can be found by simply recognizing one’s being as the Witness Self. Everything else is an illusion The “little” self, as in our perceived personality and identity, the world, the universe. All these things arise with the thought “I”, the…

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[ndbookstudy]

ashtavakra gita, ch. 5 & 6.

Chapter 5: Ashtavakra does not disagree, but in a terse four verses points to the next step—dissolution.

Chapter 6: Janaka says “I know that already,” matching him in style and number of verses.

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Ashtavakra said: You are immaculate, touched by nothing. What is there to renounce? The mind is complex—let it go. Know the peace of dissolution.

The universe arises from you like foam from the sea. Know yourself as One. Enter the peace of dissolution. Like an imagined snake in a rope the universe appears to exist in the immaculate Self but does not. Seeing this you know: “There is nothing to dissolve.”

You are perfect, changeless, through misery and happiness, hope and despair, life and death. This is the state of dissolution.

Janaka said:

I am infinite space; the universe is a jar. This I know. No need to renounce, accept or destroy. I am a shoreless ocean; the universe makes waves. This I know. No need to renounce, accept or destroy.

I am mother-of–pearl; the universe is the illusion of silver. This I know. No need to renounce, accept or destroy.

I am in all beings; all beings are in me. This I know. No need to renounce, accept or destroy.

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[kamala-laxman]

I am the infinite deep In whom all the worlds Appear to rise. Beyond all form, Forever still. Even so am I. Ashtavakra Gita

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[infinitedonut]

"If you think you are free, you are free." - Ashtavakra Gita

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[vmantras]

Ashtavakra Gita Part 7

King Janaka says: In infinite ocean of myself, world wanders here and there like a ship driven by its own wind. But it does not create turbulence in me.॥1॥ In infinite ocean of myself, world rises and vanishes naturally like a wave by ‘Maya’. But it does not cause any growth or damage to me.॥2॥ In infinite ocean of myself, world exists like a dream. But I exist as supremely peaceful and…

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