by atis | Feb 5, 2023 | The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom
501. It is the Upadhi (superimposed attribute) that comes, and it is that alone which goes; that, again, performs actions and experiences (their fruits), that alone decays and dies, whereas I ever remain firm like the Kula mountain. 502. For me who am always the...
by atis | Feb 5, 2023 | The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom
401. In the One Entity which is changeless, formless and Absolute, and which is perfectly all-pervading and motionless like the ocean after the dissolution of the universe, whence can there be any diversity? 402. Where the root of delusion is dissolved like...
by atis | Feb 5, 2023 | The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom
301. That which has been created by the Buddhi extremely deluded by Nescience, and which is perceived in this body as “I am such and such” – when that egoism is totally destroyed, one attains an unobstructed identity with Brahman. 302. The treasure of the Bliss...
by atis | Feb 5, 2023 | The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom
202. The cessation of that superimposition takes place through perfect knowledge, and by no other means. Perfect knowledge, according to the Shrutis, consists in the realisation of the identity of the individual soul and Brahman. 203. This realisation is...
by atis | Feb 5, 2023 | The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom
101. Blindness, weakness and sharpness are conditions of the eye, due merely to its fitness or defectiveness; so are deafness, dumbness, etc., of the ear and so forth – but never of the Atman, the Knower. 102. Inhalation and exhalation, yawning, sneezing,...
by atis | Feb 5, 2023 | The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom
1. I bow to Govinda, whose nature is Bliss Supreme, who is the Sadguru, who can be known only from the import of all Vedanta, and who is beyond the reach of speech and mind. 2. For all beings a human birth is difficult to obtain, more so is a male body; rarer...
by atis | Feb 2, 2023 | Ashtavakra Gita
Janaka said: In my unblemished nature there are no elements, no body, no faculties, no mind. There is no void and no despair. 20.1 For me, free from the sense of dualism, there are no scriptures, no self-knowledge, no mind free from an object, no satisfaction...
by atis | Feb 2, 2023 | Ashtavakra Gita
Janaka said: Using the tweezers of the knowledge of the truth I have managed to extract the painful thorn of endless opinions from the recesses of my heart. 19.1 For me, established in my own glory, there are no religious obligations, sensuality, possessions,...
by atis | Feb 2, 2023 | Ashtavakra Gita
Ashtavakra said: Praise be to That by the awareness of which delusion itself becomes dream-like, to that which is pure happiness, peace, and light. 18.1 One may get all sorts of pleasure by the acquisition of various objects of enjoyment, but one cannot be...
by atis | Feb 2, 2023 | Ashtavakra Gita
Ashtavakra said: He who is content, with purified senses, and always enjoys solitude, has gained the fruit of knowledge and the fruit of the practice of yoga too. 17.1 The knower of truth is never distressed in this world, for the whole round world is full of himself...
