the song of ashtavakra or ashtavakra gita
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ASHTAVAKRA GITATHE SONG OF ASHTAVAKRA
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SALUTATIONS TO THY LOTUS FEET OF MY LORD GURUNATHA, SVĀMI SRI KRISHNA MURTHY AND HIS BLISSFUL CONSORT, MĀTHA GURUPATHNI SRI
PADMAVATHI TO WHOM I DEDICATE THIS SLIDE SHOW
NAMŌNAMAHA ŚRI GURU PĀDUKĀBHYĀM
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INTRODUCTION
THE ASHTAVAKRA GITA IS AN ANCIENT SPIRITUAL DOCUMENT OF GREAT PURITY AND POWER.
PURE, BECAUSE IT IS UNCOMPROMISINGLY ONE-POINTED. EVERY WORD IS AIMED AT ACTIVATING SELF-REALIZATION--NO SUGGESTIONS FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT, NO RULES FOR
MORAL BEHAVIOR, NO PRACTICAL WISDOM FOR DAILY LIFE. POWERFUL, BECAUSE THE MERE READING—OR REPEATED READING--OF IT CAN BE ENOUGH
TO SEND A RIPE MIND ROLLING INTO TRUTH.
CAPITALIZED WORDS LIKE SELF, AWARENESS, GOD, ABSOLUTE, CONSCIOUSNESS, KNOWLEDGE, WITNESS, THAT, THIS, VOID, LIGHT, ALL, ONE, EVERYTHING, NOTHING, NO-THING, BEING, ME, YOU, IT, HIMSELF, BLISS, SUPREME, UNITY AND TRUTH ARE USED AS
SYNONYMS, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES IN CONTEXT SUBTLE—AND ULTIMATELY NON-EXISTENT--DIFFERENCES MAY BE INTENDED. THESE WORDS ALL POINT TO WHAT IS—THE
TRUE NATURE OF REALITY.
THE WORDS UNIVERSE, WORLD, CREATION AND ILLUSION ARE SYNONYMS REFERRING TO THE APPARENTLY REAL (BUT NOT) MANIFEST WORLD OF PHYSICAL OBJECTS, PEOPLE,
PERSONAL SELF, IDEAS, THOUGHTS, GODS, KNOWLEDGE, CONCEPTS, MYTHS, RELIGIONS, HISTORY, MEMORIES, EMOTIONS, TIME, SPACE—EVERYTHING WE PERCEIVE THROUGH THE
MIND AND SENSES, INCLUDING THE MIND AND SENSES THEMSELVES. MAYA.
SYNONYMOUS WORDS AND PHRASES USED TO DENOTE A “PERSON” WHO HAS REALIZED SELF, WHO KNOWS TRUTH, WHO PERCEIVES THE REAL INCLUDE: WISE ONE, DESIRELESS
ONE, LIBERATED ONE, LIBERATED SOUL, GREAT SOUL, SAGE AND YOGI.
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CHAPTER 1: INSTRUCTION ON SELF-
REALIZATION IT ALL STARTS WHEN KING JANAKA REQUESTS THE SAGE ASHTAVAKRA
HOW ONE CAN ACHIEVE KNOWLEDGE, ACQUIRE
DETACHMENT AND ATTAIN LIBERATION.
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MASTER,HOW IS KNOWLEDGE TO BE
ACHIEVED,DETACHMENT ACQUIRED,
LIBERATION ATTAINED?
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ASHTAVAKRA SUGGESTED:TO BE FREE,
TURN AWAY FROM 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 EVERYTHING.
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ABIDE IN AWARENESSWITH NO FALSE IMPRESSION OF
PERSON.YOU WILL BE AT ONCE 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 SINGLE WITNESSOF 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 SUFFERINGIN THE FIRE OF AN INSTANT.
BE HAPPY.
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YOU ARE LIMITLESS AWARENESS—BLISS, SUPREME BLISS--
IN WHICH THE UNIVERSE APPEARSLIKE THE VISION 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 SINGLE WITNESS.
YOU ARE PERFECT, ALL-PERVADING, ONE.
YOU ARE FREE, DESIRELESS, FOREVER STILL.
THE UNIVERSE IS VISIBLE 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 INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
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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.
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YOU ARE NOW AND FOREVERFREE, SHINING, CRYSTAL CLEAR,
STILL.THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION
KEEPS ONE IN BONDAGE.
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YOU ARE PURE CONSCIOUSNESS—THE ESSENCE 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, IMMEASURABLE, 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 EXISTSBOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
THE IMAGE REFLECTED,THE SUPREME SELF EXISTS
BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BODY.
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JUST AS THE SAME SPACE EXISTSBOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE A JAR,
THE TIMELESS, ALL-PERVASIVE SELFEXISTS AS TOTALITY.
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CHAPTER 2: JOY OF SELF-REALIZATION
IT WORKS! UPON HEARING ASHTAVAKRA’S WORDS JANAKA
REALIZES HIS TRUE NATURE. ABSORBED, HE DESCRIBES THE JOY AND WONDER OF HIS NEW STATE.
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JANAKA SAID:I AM NOW SPOTLESS AND AT
PEACE--AWARENESS BEYOND PERCEPTION.
ALL THIS TIMEI HAVE BEEN FOOLED BY
MISAPPREHENSION.
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BY THE LIGHT OF AWARENESS ALONE
THE BODY AND THE UNIVERSE APPEAR.
I AM EVERYTHINGOR NOTHING.
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SEEING THERE IS NOUNIVERSE OR BODY BY GRACE,
THE SELF IS DISCOVERED.
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AS WAVES, FOAM AND BUBBLESARE NOT DIFFERENT FROM WATER,
SO THE UNIVERSE THAT SPRINGS FORTH FROM SELF; IS NOT
DIFFERENT FROM SELF.
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LOOK CLOSELY AT CLOTH,YOU SEE ONLY THREADS.
LOOK CLOSELY AT CREATION,YOU SEE ONLY SELF.
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AS SWEETNESSPERVADES SUGARCANE JUICE,
I AM THE ESSENCE OF CREATION.
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NOT SEEING SELF, THE WORLD APPEARS.
SEEING SELF, THE WORLD DISAPPEARS.
A ROPE IS NOT A SNAKE,BUT CAN APPEAR TO BE.
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I AM NOT OTHER THAN LIGHT.THE UNIVERSE IS VISIBLE
AT MY GLANCE.
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THE VISION 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.
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AS A POT RETURNS TO CLAY,A WAVE RETURNS TO WATER,
A BRACELET RETURNS TO GOLD,SO WILL THE UNIVERSE RETURNS TO
ME.
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I AM WONDERFUL IN REALITY-BEYOND WORSHIP.
I CANNOT PERISH NOR EVER DIE,THOUGH GOD AND ALL THE
UNIVERSESHOULD PERISH TO THE LAST BLADE
OF GRASS.
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I AM WONDERFUL IN REALITY-BEYOND WORSHIP.
EVEN WITH A BODY I AM ONE.I NEITHER COME NOR GO.
I AM EVERYWHERE AT ONCE.
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I AM WONDERFUL IN REALITY-BEYOND WORSHIP.
I AM AMAZED AT MY POWERS.THE UNIVERSE APPEARS WITHIN ME
BUT I DO NOT TOUCH IT.
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I AM WONDERFUL WITHOUT A DOUBT-
BEYOND WORSHIP.I AM EVERYTHING THOUGHT OR
SPOKEN,AND HAVE NOTHING.
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IN REALITY,KNOWLEDGE, THE KNOWER, THE
KNOWABLEDO NOT EXIST.
I AM THE CRYSTAL CLEAR SELFIN WHICH DURING IGNORANCETHOSE DIFFERENCES APPEAR.
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LOOKING AT ONE AND SEEING MANY
IS THE CAUSE OF ALL MISERY.THE ONLY CURE IS TO REALIZEWHAT IS SEEN IS NOT THERE.
I AM ONE—AWARENESS, BLISSFUL, SPOTLESS.
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I AM LIMITLESS AWARENESS.ONLY IN IMAGINATION DO I HAVE
LIMITS.THINKING ON THIS,
I STAND IN THE ABSOLUTE.
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I AM NEITHER FREE NOR BOUND.THE ILLUSION OF SUCH THINGS
HAS FALLEN INTO DISBELIEF.THOUGH I CONTAIN CREATION,
IT HAS NO SUBSTANCE.
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HAVING SEEN FOR SURETHAT THIS UNIVERSE AND BODY
IS WITHOUT FORM OR SUBSTANCE,I AM DISCOVERED AS AWARENESS
ALONE.IMAGINATION HAS NO PLACE HERE.
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THE BODY EXISTS ONLY IN IMAGINATION,
AS DO HEAVEN AND HELL,BONDAGE, FREEDOM, FEAR.ARE THESE MY CONCERN?
I, WHO AM PURE AWARENESS?
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I SEE NO DIFFERENCES OR SEPARATION
EVEN THE DUALITY APPEARS.AS A SINGLE FORMLESS DESERT,
TO WHAT SHOULD I CLING?
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I AM NOT THE BODY.I DO NOT HAVE A BODY.
I AM AWARENESS, NOT A PERSON.MY DESIRE FOR LIFE BOUND ME
TO A SEEMING OF LIFE.
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IN THE LIMITLESS OCEAN OF MYSELFTHE WINDS OF THE MIND
AGITATE THE COUNTLESS WAVES OF THE WORLD.
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BUT WHEN THE WIND SETTLESIN THE LIMITLESS OCEAN
THE ARK OF PERSONHOOD IS SWALLOWED UP,
ALONG WITH THE UNIVERSE IT CARRIES.
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AND HOW WONDERFUL IT IS!IN THE LIMITLESS OCEAN OF
MYSELF,WAVES OF BEINGS
ARISE, RUN OVER, PLAY FOR A TIME,THEN DISAPPEAR--AS IS THEIR
NATURE.
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CHAPTER 3: TEST OF SELF-REALIZATION
ASHTAVAKRA IS DELIGHTED FOR JANAKA BUT SEES VARIATIONS. HE
FIRES OFF A SERIES OF CHALLENGING VERSES ABOUT
ATTACHMENT TO WORLDLY PLEASURE.
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ASHTAVAKRA SAID: HAVING REALIZED YOURSELF AS
ONE,BEING PEACEFUL AND ETERNAL,WHY DO YOU DESIRE WEALTH?
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JUST AS IMAGINING SILVER IN MOTHER-OF-PEARL,
CAUSES GREED TO ARISE,SO DOES IGNORANCE OF SELFCAUSE DESIRE FOR ILLUSION.
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HAVING REALIZED YOURSELF AS THAT
IN WHICH THE WAVES OF THE WORLD
RISE AND FALL,WHY DO YOU RUN AROUND IN
CONFUSION?
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HAVING REALIZED YOURSELF AS PURE AWARENESS,
BEAUTIFUL BEYOND DESCRIPTION,HOW CAN YOU STAY A SLAVE TO
LUST?
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IT IS STRANGETHAT IN A WISE WHO HAS REALIZED
SELF IN ALL AND ALL IN SELFTHIS SENSE OF OWNERSHIP SHOULD
CONTINUE.
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STRANGE THAT ONE STANDING IN THE ABSOLUTE,
INTENT ON FREEDOM,SHOULD BE OPEN TO LUST
AND WEAKENED BY PASSIONATE PASTIMES.
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STRANGE THAT KNOWING LUSTAS AN ENEMY OF KNOWLEDGE,
ONE SO WEAK AND NEARING DEATHSHOULD STILL DESIRE SENSUAL
PLEASURE.
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STRANGE THAT ONE WHO IS UNATTACHED
TO THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT,
WHO CAN SEPARATE BETWEEN THE TEMPORARY AND THE ETERNAL,
WHO DESIRES FOR FREEDOM,SHOULD YET FEAR THE
TERMINATION OF THE BODY.
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WHETHER HIGHLY PRAISED OR UNDER ATTACK,
THE PEACEFUL SAGE STANDS IN THE SELF.
HE IS NEITHER THANKFUL NOR ANGERED.
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A GREAT SOULWITNESSES HIS BODY’S ACTIONS
AS IF THEY WERE ANOTHER’S.HOW CAN PRAISE OR BLAME
DISTURB HIM?
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REALIZING THE UNIVERSE IS DAYDREAM,
HAVING LOST ALL INTEREST,HOW CAN ONE OF STEADY MIND
FEAR DEATH?
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WITH WHOM CAN WE COMPARETHE GREAT SOUL
WHO, SATISFIED KNOWING SELF,REMAINS DESIRELESS IN
DISAPPOINTMENT?
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WHY SHOULD A PERSON OF STEADY MIND,
WHO SEES THE NOTHINGNESS OF OBJECTS,
PREFER ONE THING TO ANOTHER?
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HE WHO IS UNATTACHED,UNTOUCHED BY OPPOSITES,
FREE OF DESIRE,EXPERIENCES NEITHER PLEASURE
NOR PAINAS ACTIONS PASS THROUGH.
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CHAPTER 4: GLORIFICATION OF SELF-
REALIZATIONJANAKA DECLARES THAT THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE CAN DO AS HE
PLEASES.
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JANAKA SAID:SURELY ONE WHO RECOGNIZES SELF,ALTHOUGH HE PLAYS THE GAME OF
LIFE,DIFFERS GREATLY FROM THE
WORLD’SCONFUSED TROUBLED BEINGS.
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TRULY THE YOGI FEELS NO EXCITEMENT,
ALTHOUGH HE STAYS IN THE HIGH-RANKING STATE
DESIRED BY INDRA AND ALL THEUNHAPPY GODS.
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SURELY ONE WHO KNOWS SELF,IS NOT TOUCHED BY VIRTUE OR
VICE,JUST AS SPACE IS NOT TOUCHED BY
SMOKE,ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE.
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WHO CAN STOP THE GREAT SOUL,WHO KNOWS THE UNIVERSE AS
SELF,FROM LIVING LIFE AS IT COMES?
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OF THE FOUR KINDS OF BEINGS,FROM BRAHMA TO A BLADE OF
GRASS,ONLY THE SAGE CAN GIVE UP
HATE AND DESIRE.
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RARE IS HE WHO KNOWS HIMSELFAS ONE WITH NO OTHER—
THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE.HE ACTS AS HE KNOWS
AND IS NEVER TROUBLED.
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CHAPTER 5: FOUR WAYS TO DISSOLUTION
ASHTAVAKRA DOES NOT OPPOSE, BUT IN A SHORT FOUR VERSES POINTS TO THE NEXT STEP --
DISSOLUTION (OR SUSPENSION).
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ASHTAVAKRA SAID:YOU ARE PERFECT,
TOUCHED BY NOTHING.WHAT IS THERE TO GIVE UP?
THE MIND IS COMPLEX—LET IT GO.KNOW THE PEACE OF DISSOLUTION.
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THE UNIVERSE ARISES FROM YOULIKE BUBBLES FROM THE SEA.
KNOW YOURSELF AS ONE.ENTER THE PEACE OF DISSOLUTION.
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LIKE AN IMAGINED SNAKE IN A ROPETHE UNIVERSE APPEARS TO EXIST
IN THE SPOTLESS SELFBUT DOES NOT.
SEEING THIS YOU KNOW: “THERE IS NOTHING TO SUSPEND.”
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YOU ARE PERFECT, CHANGELESS,DURING MISERY AND HAPPINESS,
HOPE AND DEPRESSION,LIFE AND DEATH.
THIS IS THE STATE OF DISSOLUTION.
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CHAPTER 6:THE HIGHER KNOWLEDGE
JANAKA SAYS “I KNOW THAT ALREADY,” (WHATEVER IS SAID IN
PREVIOUS CHAPTER BY ASHTAVAKRA) MATCHING HIM IN STYLE AND NUMBER OF VERSES.
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JANAKA SAID:I AM INFINITE SPACE;
THE UNIVERSE IS A JAR.THIS I KNOW.
NO NEED TO GIVE UP, ACCEPT OR DESTROY.
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I AM A SHORELESS OCEAN;THE UNIVERSE MAKES WAVES.
THIS I KNOW.NO NEED TO GIVE UP, ACCEPT OR
DESTROY.
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I AM MOTHER-OF–PEARL;THE UNIVERSE IS THE FALSE
IMPRESSION OF SILVER.THIS I KNOW.
NO NEED TO GIVE UP, ACCEPT OR DESTROY.
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I AM IN ALL BEINGS;ALL BEINGS ARE IN ME.
THIS I KNOW.NO NEED TO GIVE UP, ACCEPT OR
DESTROY.
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CHAPTER 7:NATURE OF SELF-REALIZATIONUNABLE TO LEAVE IT AT THAT,
HOWEVER, JANAKA GOES ON TO FURTHER
DESCRIBING HIS ENLIGHTENED STATE.
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JANAKA SAID:IN ME, THE SHORELESS OCEAN,
THE ARK OF UNIVERSEFLOATS HERE AND THERE
ON THE WINDS OF ITS CHARACTER.I AM NOT IRRITATED.
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IN ME, THE SHORELESS OCEAN,LET THE WAVES OF THE UNIVERSE
RISE AND FALL AS THEY WILL.I AM NEITHER MAXIMIZED NOR
MINIMIZED.
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IN ME, THE SHORELESS OCEAN,THE UNIVERSE IS IMAGINED.I AM STILL AND FORMLESS.
IN THIS ALONE I STAND.
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THE SELF IS NOT IN OBJECTS,NOR ARE OBJECTS IN THE PURE AND
INFINITE SELF.THE SELF IS PEACEFUL,
FREE OF ATTACHMENT AND DESIRE.IN THIS ALONE I STAND.
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I AM AWARENESS ALONE.THE WORLD IS A PASSING SHOW.
HOW CAN THOUGHTS ARISEOF ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION?
AND WHERE?
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CHAPTER 8: BONDAGE AND LIBERATION
STILL HEARING TOO MUCH “I” IN JANAKA’S LANGUAGE, ASHTAVAKRAEDUCATES HIM IN THE SUBTLENESS OF ATTACHMENT AND BONDAGE.
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ASHTAVAKRA SAID:WHEN THE MIND DESIRES OR BE
UNHAPPY FOR THINGS,ACCEPTS OR REJECTS THINGS,IS PLEASED OR DISPLEASED BY
THINGS--THIS IS BONDAGE.
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WHEN THE MIND DOES NOTDESIRE OR BE UNHAPPY,
ACCEPT OR REJECT,BECOME PLEASED OR DISPLEASED,
LIBERATION IS AT HAND.
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IF THE MIND IS ATTACHED TO ANY EXPERIENCE,
THIS IS BONDAGE.WHEN THE MIND IS DETACHED
FROM ALL EXPERIENCES,THIS IS LIBERATION.
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WHEN THERE IS NO “I”THERE IS ONLY LIBERATION.
WHEN “I” APPEARSBONDAGE APPEARS WITH IT.
KNOWING THIS,IT IS EFFORTLESS TO RENOUNCE
FROM ACCEPTING AND REJECTING.
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CHAPTER 9:DETACHMENT
ASHTAVAKRA CONTINUES TO DESCRIBE THE WAY OF TRUE
DETACHMENT.
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ASHTAVAKRA SAID:OPPOSING FORCES,
DUTIES DONE AND LEFT UNDONE—WHEN DOES IT ENDAND FOR WHOM?
CONSIDERING THIS, BE EVER DESIRELESS,
LET GO OF ALL THINGS,AND TO THE WORLD TURN AN
UNCONCERNED EYE.
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RARE AND BLESSED IS ONEWHOSE DESIRE TO LIVE,
TO ENJOY AND TO KNOW,HAS BEEN TURNED OFF BY
OBSERVINGTHE WAYS OF MEN.
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SEEING ALL THINGS AS THREEFOLD SUFFERING,
THE SAGE BECOMES STILL.WEAK, TEMPORARY, DISTASTEFUL-
THE WORLD IS FIT ONLY FOR REJECTION.
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WAS THERE AN AGE OR TIMEMEN EXISTED WITHOUT OPPOSITES?
LEAVE THE OPPOSITES BEHIND.BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT COMES.
PERFECTION.
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THE GREATEST SEERS, SAINTS AND YOGIS
AGREE ON VERY LITTLE.SEEING THIS,
WHO COULD NOT BE UNCONCERNED TO KNOWLEDGE
AND BECOME STILL?
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ONE WHOTHROUGH WORLDLY INDIFFERENCE,THROUGH SERENITY AND REASON,
SEES HIS TRUE NATURE AND ESCAPES ILLUSION—
IS HE NOT A TRUE TEACHER?
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IN THE COUNTLESS FORMS OF THE UNIVERSE
SEE THE ORIGINAL ELEMENT ALONE.YOU WILL BE AT ONCE FREE,
AND STAND IN SELF.
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DESIRE CREATES THE WORLD--LEAVE IT.
GIVING UP DESIRESEQUALS TO GIVING UP THE
WORLD.NOW YOU MAY LIVE AS YOU ARE.
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CHAPTER 10:QUIETUDE (PEACEFULNESS)
ASHTAVAKRA HITS AWAY AT THE FOOLISHNESS OF DESIRE—NO
MATTERHOW SUPERIOR OR SUBTLE.
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GIVE UP DESIRE,WHICH IS THE ENEMY.
GIVE UP WEALTH,WHICH IS BORN OF MISBEHAVIOR
AND GOOD BEHAVIOR.BE UNCONCERNED.
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LOOK UPONFRIENDS, LANDS, WEALTH, HOUSES,
WIVES, GIFTS--AND ALL VISIBLE GOOD FORTUNE--
AS A PASSING SHOW,AS A DREAM DURABLE THREE TO
FIVE DAYS.
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WHERE THERE IS DESIRE, THERE IS THE WORLD.
BE FIRM IN NON-ATTACHMENT.BE FREE OF DESIRE.
BE HAPPY.
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BONDAGE AND DESIRE ARE THE SAME.
DESTROY DESIRE AND BE FREE.ONLY BY DETACHING FROM THE
WORLDDOES ONE JOYFULLY REALIZE SELF.
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YOU ARE ONE—AWARENESS ITSELF.
THE UNIVERSE IS NEITHER AWARENOR DOES IT EXIST.
EVEN IGNORANCE IS UNREAL.WHAT IS LEFT TO KNOW?
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ATTACHED AS YOU HAVE BEEN TOKINGDOMS, SONS, WIVES, BODIES,
PLEASURES—LIFE AFTER LIFE—
STILL THEY ARE NOW LOST FOREVER.
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WEALTH, PLEASURE, VIRTUOUS DEEDS…
ENOUGH!IN THE LIFELESS FOREST OF THE
WORLDTHE MIND FINDS NO REST.
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FOR HOW MANY LIFETIMESHAVE YOU DONE HARD AND
PAINFUL LABORWITH BODY, MIND AND SPEECH?
IT IS TIME TO STOP.
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CHAPTER 11:WISDOM
ASHTAVAKRA FURTHER DESCRIBES THE STATE OF DESIRELESSNESS TO
WHICH HE POINTS.
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ASHTAVAKRA SAID:EXISTENCE, NON-EXISTENCE,
CHANGE--THIS IS THE NATURE OF THINGS.
REALIZING THIS,STILLNESS, PEACEFULNESS AND
BLISSNATURALLY FOLLOW.
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ONE WHO KNOWS FOR SURE THAT“SELF GENERATES ALL AND IS
ALONE”BECOMES STILL, DESIRELESS,
UNATTACHED.
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ONE WHO KNOWS FOR SURETHAT DIFFICULTY AND SUCCESS
COME AND GO IN RESPECT TO FATEBECOMES HAPPY.
HE NEITHER DESIRES NOR BECOMES UNHAPPY.
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ONE WHO KNOWS FOR SURETHAT BIRTH AND DEATH, HAPPINESS
AND MISERY,COME AND GO IN RESPECT TO FATE
SEES NOTHING TO ACHIEVE.HE CONNECTS IN NON-ACTION,
AND IN ACTION REMAINS UNATTACHED.
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ONE WHO HAS REALIZEDTHAT ONLY BY THOUGHTFUL
IS MISERY CAUSED IN THE WORLDBECOMES FREE, HAPPY, CALM,
DESIRELESS.
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“I AM NOT THE BODY, NOR IS THE BODY MY HOUSE—
I AM AWARENESS ITSELF.”ONE WHO REALIZES THIS FOR SUREHAS NO MEMORY OF THINGS DONE
OR LEFT UNDONE.THERE IS ONLY THE ABSOLUTE.
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“FROM BRAHMA TO THE LAST BLADE OF GRASS--
I ALONE EXIST.”ONE WHO KNOWS THIS FOR SURE
BECOMES PERFECT, CALM, UNCONCERNED.
ATTAINMENT HAS NO MEANING.
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ONE WHO KNOWS FOR SURETHAT THIS CONTRADICTORY AND
WONDERFUL UNIVERSE IS NOTHING,BECOMES DESIRELESS, AWARENESSAND STANDS IN THE STILLNESS OF
BLISS.
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CHAPTER 12:ABIDING IN THE SELF
JANAKA REPLIES BY DESCRIBING THE STATE OF TIMELESS STILLNESS INWHICH HE NOW FINDS HIMSELF.
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JANAKA SAID:BECOMING FIRST INTOLERANT OF
ACTION,THEN OF EXCESSIVE SPEECH,THEN OF THOUGHT ITSELF,
I COME TO HERE(IN AWARENESS).
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NEITHER SOUNDS NOR OTHER SENSE PERCEPTIONS
ATTRACT MY ATTENTION.EVEN THE SELF IS UNPERCEIVED.THE MIND IS FREE, CALM, ONE-
POINTED.AND HERE I AM (IN PURE
AWARENESS).
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EFFORT IS REQUIREDTO CONCENTRATE AN UNFOCUSED
MINDSUPERIMPOSED WITH ILLUSION.
KNOWING THIS, I STAY HERE (IN AWARENESS).
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NOTHING TO REJECT,NOTHING TO ACCEPT.NO JOY, NO SORROW.LORD GOD I AM HERE
(IN AWARENESS).
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THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE,LIFE WITHOUT STAGES,
MEDITATION, RENUNCIATION, OBJECTS OF MIND—
NOTHING BUT DISTURBANCES.I AM FOREVER HERE
(IN AWARENESS).
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DOING AND NOT-DOINGBOTH ARISE FROM IGNORANCE.
I KNOW THIS.AND I AM HERE
(IN AWARENESS).
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THINKING OF THE UNTHINKABLE ONE
UNAVOIDABLY CALLS UP THOUGHT.I CHOOSE NO-THOUGHT
AND REMAIN HERE(IN AWARENESS).
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BLESSED IS HEWHO ATTAINS THIS BY EFFORT.
BLESSED IS HEWHO IS SUCH BY NATURE.
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CHAPTER 13:HAPPINESS
JANAKA, HAVING BEEN INSTRUCTED BY ASHTAVAKRA IN CHAPTER ONETO “BE HAPPY,” REPORTS THAT HE
REALLY IS.
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JANAKA SAID:THE PEACEFUL STATE
OF KNOWING SELF ALONE IS RARE—EVEN AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE
BUT A LOINCLOTH.I THEREFORE NEITHER GIVE UP NOR
ACCEPTAND AM HAPPY.
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THE BODY IS STRAINED BY PRACTICES.
THE TONGUE TIRES OF SCRIPTURE.THE MIND NUMBS WITH
MEDITATION.DISCONNECTED FROM ALL THIS,
I LIVE AS I AM (AWARENESS).
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REALIZING THAT NOTHING IS DONE,I DO WHAT COMES
AND AM HAPPY.
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YOGIS WHO TALKEITHER EFFORT OR NON-EFFORT
ARE STILL ATTACHED TO THE BODY.I NEITHER DISSOCIATE NOR
ASSOCIATEWITH ANY OF THAT
AND AM HAPPY.
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I HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN OR LOSEBY STANDING, WALKING OR SITTING
DOWN.SO WHETHER I STAND, WALK OR SIT
I AM HAPPY.
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I DO NOT LOSE BY SLEEPINGNOR ATTAIN BY EFFORT.
NOT THINKING IN TERMS OF LOSS OR GAIN
I AM HAPPY.
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PLEASURE AND PAIN COME AND GOAND ARE NOT CONSISTENT.
WITHOUT GOOD OR BADI LIVE HAPPILY.
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CHAPTER 14:TRANQUILITY
JANAKA THEN SUMMARIZES HIS HIGH-RANKING STATE WITH CALM
INDIFFERENCE (UNCONCERN).
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JANAKA SAID:EVEN IF APPEARING ASLEEP LIKE
OTHER MEN,ONE WHOSE INTEREST IN THE
WORLD IS THINNED,WHOSE MIND HAS BEEN EMPTIED,
WHO THINKS ONLY BY ADVERTENCE,IS IN REALITY AWAKE.
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WHEN DESIRE HAS MELTED,HOW CAN THERE BE WEALTH,
OR FRIENDS, OR THE ANXIETY OF SENSES?
WHAT USE IS SCRIPTURE AND KNOWLEDGE?
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I HAVE REALIZED THE SUPREME SELF,THE WITNESS, THE ONE.
I AM UNCONCERNEDTO BONDAGE AND FREEDOM.
I HAVE NO NEED FOR LIBERATION.
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THE INNER CONDITIONOF ONE WHO IS WITHOUT ANY
DOUBT,YET MOVES ALONG WITH BEINGS OF
ILLUSION,CAN ONLY BE KNOWN BY THOSE
LIKE HIM.
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CHAPTER 15:KNOWLEDGE OF THE SELF
IMPRESSED BUT NOT THROUGH TEACHING, ASHTAVAKRA PATIENTLYPOINTS TO THE VAST EMPTINESS OF
SELF.
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ASHTAVAKRA SAID:A MAN OF OPEN FEELING
MAY REALIZE THE SELF UPONHEARING A CASUAL INSTRUCTION,
WHILE A MAN OF MESSY INTELLECTINQUIRES CONFUSED FOR A
LIFETIME.
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DISTASTE TO THE WORLD’S OFFERINGS IS LIBERATION.
ATTRACTION TO THE WORLD’S OFFERINGS
IS THE SUFFERING OF BONDAGE.THIS IS THE TRUTH.
NOW DO AS YOU PLEASE.
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THIS KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTHTURNS A FLUENT, CLEVER AND
ENERGETIC MANINTO SILENT, STILL AND CLEAR.
LOVERS OF THE WORLD THEREFORE AVOID IT.
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YOU ARE NOT THE BODY.YOU DO NOT HAVE A BODY.
YOU NEITHER DO NOR ENJOY.YOU ARE AWARENESS ONLY--THE
ETERNAL WITNESS.YOU ARE FREE.
GO IN HAPPINESS.
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ATTACHMENT AND DISLIKEARE QUALITIES OF THE MIND.
YOU ARE NOT THE MIND.YOU ARE CONSCIOUSNESS ITSELF--
CHANGELESS, UNDIVIDED, FREE.GO IN HAPPINESS.
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REALIZE SELF IN ALL AND ALL IN SELF.
BE FREE OF INDIVIDUAL IDENTITYAND THE SENSE OF “MINE.”
BE HAPPY.
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YOU ARE THE AWARENESS IN WHICH UNIVERSE APPEARS
LIKE WAVES APPEARING IN THE OCEAN.
YOU ARE CONSCIOUSNESS ITSELF.NO NEED TO WORRY.
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HAVE CONFIDENCE, MY SON, HAVE FAITH.
YOU ARE AWARENESS ALONE,THE SELF, THE ONE.
YOU ARE THE LORD OF NATURE.
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THE BODY IS MADE OF WORLDLY ELEMENTS.
IT COMES, IT STAYS, IT GOES.THE SELF NEITHER COMES NOR
GOES,YET STAYS.
WHY WEEP FOR THE BODY?
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IF THE BODY STAYS UNTIL THE END OF TIME
OR DIES TODAY—IS THERE ANY GAIN OR LOSS FOR
YOU?YOU WHO ARE AWARENESS?
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LET THE WAVES OF THE UNIVERSERISE AND FALL AS THEY WILL.
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN OR LOSE.
YOU ARE THE OCEAN(WHICH IS INFINITE).
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YOU ARE THE ESSENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
THE WORLD IS (ALSO) YOU.WHO IS IT THAT THINKS
HE CAN ACCEPT OR REJECT IT?AND WHERE DOES HE STAND?
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IN YOU WHO ARE ONE—PERFECT, STILL AWARENESS—
FROM WHERE CAN BIRTH, ACTIONOR A SEPARATE PERSON ARISE?
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WHATEVER YOU SEEIS YOU AND YOU ALONE.
HOW CAN BRACELETS, ARMLETS AND ANKLETS
BE OTHER THAN THE GOLD, AS THEY ARE MADE OF GOLD?
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LEAVE BEHIND SUCH DIVISIONSAS “I AM HE, THE SELF,”AND “I AM NOT THIS.”
CONSIDER EVERYTHING AS SELF.BE DESIRELESS.
BE HAPPY.
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YOUR IGNORANCE ALONECREATES THE UNIVERSE.
IN REALITY ONE ALONE EXISTS.THERE IS NO PERSON OR GOD
OTHER THAN YOU(THE AWARENESS).
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ONE WHO KNOWS FOR SURETHAT THE UNIVERSE IS DAYDREAM,
NIL,BECOMES DESIRELESS,
PURE AWARENESS,AND FINDS PEACE IN THE EXISTENCE
OF NOTHING.
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IN THE OCEAN OF EXISTENCEONLY ONE IS, WAS, AND EVER WILL
BE.YOU ARE NEITHER BOUND NOR
FREE.LIVE CONTENT AND BE HAPPY.
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DO NOT MIX THE MINDWITH “YES” OR “NO.”
YOU ARE PURE CONSCIOUSNESS.BE SILENT,
AND STAY IN THE BLISS OF SELF.
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GIVE UP COMPLETELYALL THOUGHT.
HOLD NOTHING IN THE MIND OR HEART.
YOU ARE THE SELF, FOREVER FREE.OF WHAT USE IS THINKING TO YOU?
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CHAPTER 16:SPECIAL INSTRUCTION
ASHTAVAKRA ATTACKS THE USELESSNESS OF EFFORT AND
KNOWING.
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ASHTAVAKRA SAID:YOU CAN RECITE AND DISCUSS
SCRIPTUREALL YOU WANT,
BUT UNTIL YOU DROP THE SENSE OF DOER AND ENJOYER,
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW TRUTH.
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YOU CAN ENJOY AND WORK AND MEDITATE,
BUT YOU WILL STILL DESIRE FOR THAT
WHICH IS BEYOND ALL EXPERIENCE,AND IN WHICH ALL DESIRES ARE
TURNED OFF.
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EVERYONE IS MISERABLEBECAUSE THEY EXERCISE CONSTANT
EFFORT.BUT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS THIS.
A RIPE MIND CAN BECOME LIBERATEED
UPON HEARING THIS ONE INSTRUCTION.
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THE MASTER IDLER,TO WHOM EVEN BLINKING IS A
BOTHER,IS HAPPY.
BUT HE IS THE ONLY ONE.
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WHEN THE MIND IS FREE OF OPPOSITES
LIKE “THIS IS DONE,” AND “THIS IS YET UNDONE,”
BECOMES UNCONCERNED TOMERIT, WEALTH, PLEASURE AND
LIBERATION.
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ONE WHO DISLIKES SENSE OBJECTS AVOIDS THEM.
ONE WHO DESIRES THEM BECOMES ATTENTIVE.
ONE WHO NEITHER DISLIKES NOR DESIRES
IS NEITHER DETACHED NOR ATTACHED.
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AS LONG AS THERE IS DESIRE--WHICH IS THE ABSENCE OF
DISCRIMINATION--THERE WILL BE ATTACHMENT AND
NON-ATTACHMENT.THIS IS THE CAUSE OF THE WORLD.
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TOO MUCH INVOLVEMENT CREATES ATTACHMENT.
DISTASTE CREATES DETACHMENT.LIKE A CHILD, THE SAGE IS FREE OF
BOTHAND THUS LIVES ON AS A CHILD.
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ONE WHO IS ATTACHED TO THE WORLD
THINKS BY RENOUNCING IT, HIS MISERY WILL REDUCE.
ONE WHO IS ATTACHED TO NOTHING IS FREE
AND DOES NOT FEEL MISERABLEEVEN IN THE WORLD.
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HE WHO DECLARES LIBERATION AS HIS OWN,
AS AN ATTAINMENT OF A PERSON,IS NEITHER ENLIGHTENED NOR A
SEEKER.HE SUFFERS HIS OWN MISERY.
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ALTHOUGH HARA, HARIOR THE LOTUS-BORN BRAHMA
HIMSELFINSTRUCT YOU,
UNTIL YOU KNOW NOTHING (IS REAL)
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW SELF.
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CHAPTER 17:THE TRUE KNOWER
ASHTAVAKRA DESCRIBES THE NATURE OF ONE WHO IS TRULY
FREE.
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ASHTAVAKRA SAID:ONE HAS ATTAINED KNOWLEDGE
AND REAPED THE FRUITS OF YOGAWHO IS CONTENT,
PURIFIED OF ATTACHMENTSAND AT HOME IN LONELINESS
(STAYS AS AWARENESS).
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THE KNOWER OF TRUTHIS NEVER MISERABLE IN THE
WORLD,BECAUSE THE WHOLE UNIVERSEIS FILLED WITH HIMSELF ALONE
(AWARENESS ALONE).
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AS THE FLORA OF THE NEEM TREEDOES NOT SATISFY AN ELEPHANTWHO DELIGHT IN SALLAKI LEAVES,
SO DO SENSE OBJECTS NOT SATISFYHE WHO DELIGHTS IN SELF.
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RARE IN THE WORLDIS ONE WHO DOES NOT
APPRECIATE PAST ENJOYMENTS,NOR DESIRE FOR ENJOYMENTS TO
COME.
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THOSE WHO DESIRE PLEASUREAND THOSE WHO DESIRE
LIBERATIONARE BOTH COMMON IN THE
WORLD.RARE IS THE GREAT SOUL WHODESIRES NEITHER ENJOYMENT
NOR LIBERATION.
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RARE IS THE RIGHT-MINDED PERSONWHO NEITHER DESIRES NOR AVOID
RELIGION, WEALTH, PLEASURE,LIFE OR DEATH.
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THE MAN OF KNOWLEDGENEITHER BE CONCERNED FOR THE
UNIVERSENOR DESIRES FOR ITS DISSOLUTION.
HE LIVES HAPPILYON WHATEVER COMES HIS WAY.
HE IS BLESSED.
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KNOWING SELF,MIND IS CLEAR AND AT PEACE,
THE SAGE LIVES HAPPILY,SEEING, HEARING, TOUCHING,
SMELLING, EATING.
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THERE IS NO ATTACHMENT OR NON-ATTACHMENT
FOR ONE IN WHOMTHE OCEAN OF THE WORLD HAS
DRIED UP.HIS LOOK IS VACANT,SENSES UNMOVING.
HIS ACTIONS HAVE NO REASON.
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THE SAGE IS NEITHER ASLEEP NOR AWAKE.
HE NEITHER CLOSES NOR OPENS HIS EYES.
THUS, FOR THE LIBERATED SOUL,EVERYWHERE THERE IS ONLY SELF-
AWARENESS.
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THE LIBERATED SOULSTAYS IN SELF ALONE
AND IS PURE OF HEART.HE LIVES FOREVER AND
EVERYWHERE,FREE OF DESIRE.
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SEEING, HEARING, TOUCHING, SMELLING,
EATING, TAKING, SPEAKING, WALKING,
THE GREAT SOULMAKES USE OF NEITHER EFFORT
NOR NON-EFFORT.HE IS TRULY FREE.
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THE LIBERATED SOULDOES NOT BLAME OR PRAISE,
GIVE OR TAKE,REJOICE OR BECOME ANGRY.
HE IS EVERYWHERE UNATTACHEDAND FREE.
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THE GREAT SOULSTAYS BALANCED AND
UNDISTURBED,WHETHER IN THE PRESENCEOF A PASSIONATE WOMAN
OR OBSERVING THE APPROACH OF HIS DEATH.
HE IS TRULY FREE.
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THE SAGE SEES NO DIFFERENCEBETWEEN HAPPINESS AND MISERY,
MAN AND WOMAN,FAILURE AND SUCCESS.
EVERYTHING IS SEEN TO BE THE SAME
(IN SELF-AWARENESS).
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IN THE SAGE THERE IS NEITHERVIOLENCE NOR COMPASSION,
PRIDE NOR HUMILITY,WORRY NOR WONDER.
HIS WORLDLY LIFE IS DONE IN.HE HAS GONE BEYOND HIS ROLE AS
A PERSON.
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THE LIBERATED ONENEITHER AVOIDS EXPERIENCE
NOR DESIRES IT.HE ENJOYS WHAT COMES
AND WHAT DOES NOT.
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THE SAGE IS NOT DIFFERENTIATEDBY STATES OF STILLNESS AND
THOUGHT.HIS MIND IS EMPTY.
HIS HOME IS THE SUPREME.
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ALTHOUGH HE MAY PERFORM ACTIONS,
THE MAN OF KNOWLEDGEDOES NOT ACT.
DESIRES TURNED OFF,FREE OF THOUGHTS OF “I” AND
“MINE,”HE KNOWS WITH SUPREME
SURENESSTHAT NOTHING EXISTS.
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THE SAGE IS FREE.HIS CLEAR MIND NO LONGER
PROJECTSDELUSION, DREAMING, DULLNESS.
THIS STATE IS UNSPEAKABLE.
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CHAPTER 18:PEACE
FINALLY, ASHTAVAKRA ATTACKS HIM WITH EVERYTHING HE’S GOT—100VERSES OF PURE NON-DUALITY. IF
THIS DOESN’T DO IT, NOTHING WILL.
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PRAISE THAT,WHICH IS BLISS ITSELF,
WHICH IS BY NATURE STILLNESS AND LIGHT,
AND WHICH BY ITS KNOWINGDISCLOSES THE WORLD AS A
DREAM.
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ONE MAY ENJOY THE PLENTIFUL PLEASURES OF THE
WORLD,BUT WILL NEVER BE HAPPY
UNTIL GIVING THEM UP.
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HOW CAN ONE WHOSE INNERMOST HEART
HAS BEEN DRIED BY THE SUN OF SORROW
THAT COMES FROM DUTY,BE HAPPY UNTIL THE SWEET RAIN
OF HEAVY STILLNESS?
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THE UNIVERSE IS BUT A THOUGHTIN CONSCIOUSNESS.
IN REALITY IT IS NOTHING.ONE WHO SEES THE TRUE NATURE
OF LIFE AND DEATHLIVES ETERNALLY.
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THE SELF--WHICH ISTHE HIGHEST, NATURAL, ETERNAL,
PERFECT-IS WITHOUT LIMITS
AND AT NO DISTANCE FROM YOU.YOU ARE FOREVER IT.
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FOR THOSE WHOSE VISION BECOMES CLEAR,
ILLUSION DISAPPEARSAND THE SELF BECOMES KNOWN.
ALL SORROW IS AT ONCE DISMISSED.
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SEEING EVERYTHING AS IMAGINATION,
KNOWING THE SELF AS TIMELESSLY FREE,
THE SAGE LIVES AS A CHILD.
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KNOWING HIMSELF AS THE HIGHEST,
KNOWING LIFE AND DEATHTO BE IMAGINATION ONLY,
WHAT IS THERE FOR THE DESIRELESS ONE
TO LEARN, SAY OR DO?
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KNOWING FOR SURE THAT ALL IS SELF,
THE SAGE HAS NO HINT OF THOUGHTS
SUCH AS “I AM THIS” OR “I AM NOT THAT.”
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THE YOGI WHO FINDS STILLNESSIS NEITHER DISTRACTED NOR
FOCUSED.HE KNOWS NEITHER PLEASURE NOR
PAIN.IGNORANCE DISPELLED,
HE IS FREE OF KNOWING.
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HEAVEN OR POVERTY,GAIN OR LOSS,
SOCIETY OR SOLITUDE,TO THE YOGI FREE OF
CONDITIONINGTHERE IS NO DIFFERENCE.
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RELIGIOUS MERIT,SENSORY PLEASURE,WORLDLY WEALTH,
DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN THIS AND THAT;
THESE HAVE NO MEANINGTO THE YOGI FREE OF OPPOSITES
SUCH AS “I DO THIS”AND “THIS I DO NOT.”
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THE YOGI WHO IS LIBERATED WHILE LIVING
HAS NO DUTIES IN THIS WORLD,NO ATTACHMENTS IN HIS HEART.
HIS LIFE PROCEEDS WITHOUT HIM.
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FOR THE GREAT SOULWHO STAYS BEYOND DESIRE,
WHERE IS ILLUSION?WHERE IS THE UNIVERSE?
WHERE IS MEDITATION ON SELF?WHERE EVEN IS LIBERATION FROM
THEM?
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HE WHO SEES THE WORLDMAY TRY TO GIVE UP.
BUT WHAT CAN THE DESIRELESS ONE DO?
HE SEES THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE.
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HE WHO HAS SEEN THE SUPREME BRAHMA
THINKS, “I AM BRAHMA.”BUT HE WHO HAS GONE BEYOND
ALL THOUGHT,WHAT CAN HE THINK?
HE KNOWS NO OTHER THAN SELF.
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HE ACHIEVES SELF-CONTROLWHO SEES HIS OWN DISTURBANCE.
BUT THE GREAT SOUL IS NOT AGITATED.
HE HAS NOTHING TO ACHIEVE.HE HAS NOTHING TO DO.
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THE MAN OF KNOWLEDGEMAY LIVE AS AN ORDINARY MAN,
BUT HE IS NOT.HE SEES HE IS NEITHERALERT NOR DIVERTED,
AND FINDS NO FAULT WITH HIMSELF.
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HE WHO IS BEYOND LIFE AND DEATH,
WHO IS WISE, SATISFIED, FREE OF DESIRE-
DOES NOTHING,THOUGH THE WORLD MAY SEE HIM
IN ACTIVITY.
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THE WISE ONEIS NOT TROUBLED BY ACTION OR
INACTIVITY.HE LIVES HAPPILY,
DOING WHATEVER GETS DONE.
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LIKE A LEAF IN THE WINDTHE LIBERATED ONE
IS UNTIED FROM LIFE--HE IS DESIRELESS, INDEPENDENT,
FREE.
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FOR ONE WHO HAS GONE BEYOND THE WORLD
THERE IS NO JOY OR SORROW.WITH A SILENT MIND,
HE LIVES ON WITH NO BODY(BEYOND BODY AWARENESS).
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ONE WHO KNOWS SELF,WHOSE MIND IS PEACEFUL AND
SPOTLESS,DOES NOT DESIRE TO GIVE UP
ANYTHING,NOR DOES HE MISS WHAT IS THERE.
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HIS MIND BEING IN A NATURAL STATE
OF EMPTINESS,THE WISE ONE KNOWS NOTHING
OF HONOR AND DISHONOR.HE DOES WHAT COMES TO BE DONE.
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ONE WHO ACTS KNOWING“THIS IS DONE BY THE BODY, NOT BY
I, PURE SELF-AWARENESS,”REALLY DOES NOTHING--
NO MATTER HOW MUCH ACTING TAKES PLACE.
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THE LIBERATED ONEWORKS WITHOUT FEELING TO BE
WORKING,BUT HE IS NO FOOL.
HE IS BLESSED AND HAPPYEVEN THOUGH IN THE WORLD.
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HAVING COVERED AS MUCH AS NECESSARY
OF THE ENDLESS WORKINGS OF THE MIND,
THE WISE ONE COMES TO REST.HE NEITHER THINKS, NOR KNOWS,
NOR HEARS, NOR SEES.
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BEYOND SILENCE,BEYOND DISTURBANCE,
THE GREAT SOUL THINKS NOTHINGOF LIBERATION OR BONDAGE.HAVING SEEN THE UNIVERSE IS
NULL--EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS TO EXIST--
HE IS GOD.
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HE WHO BELIEVES HE IS A PERSONIS CONSTANTLY WORKING,
EVEN WHEN THE BODY IS AT REST.THE SAGE KNOWS HE IS NOT A
PERSON,AND THEREFORE DOES NOTHING,
EVEN WHEN THE BODY IS AT WORK.
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THE MIND OF THE LIBERATED ONEIS NEITHER TROUBLED NOR
PLEASED.IT IS ACTIONLESS, UNMOVING,
DESIRELESSAND FREE OF DOUBT.
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THE LIBERATED ONEDOES NOT APPLY EFFORTTO MEDITATE OR WORK.
WORK AND MEDITATION JUST HAPPEN.
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HEARING ULTIMATE TRUTH,THE DULL-WITTED MAN IS
CONFUSED.THE WISE MAN HEARING TRUTHWITHDRAWS IN THE SELF AND
APPEARSDULL-WITTED.
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THE IGNORANT PRACTICEMEDITATION AND NO-THOUGHT.
THE WISE,LIKE MEN IN DEEP SLEEP,
DO NOTHING.
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THE IGNORANT MAN FINDS NO PEACE
EITHER BY EFFORT OR NON-EFFORT.THE WISE MAN
BY TRUTH ALONE AT BLISS.
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THOUGH THEY ARE BY NATURE SELF,PURE INTELLIGENCE, LOVE AND
PERFECTION;THOUGH THEY GO BEYOND THE
UNIVERSEAND ARE CLEARNESS ITSELF,
MEN OF THE WORLD WILL NOT ATTAIN SELF
THROUGH MEDITATION AND PRACTICES.
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THE IGNORANT MANWILL NEVER BE LIBERATED
BY HIS REPETITIOUS PRACTICES.BLESSED IS HE WHO
BY SIMPLE UNDERSTANDINGENTERS ETERNAL FREEDOM.
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BECAUSE HE WISHES TO KNOW SELF,THE UNAWARE MAN CAN NEVER
BECOME SELF.THE WISE MAN IS SELF
BECAUSE HE IS FREE OF DESIREAND KNOWS NOTHING.
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UNABLE TO STAND STEADY,AND EAGER FOR LIBERATION,THE IGNORANT CONTINUESTHE ILLUSION OF WORLD.
SEEING THE WORLDAS THE SOURCE OF ALL MISERY,
THE WISE CUT IT OFF AT THE ROOT.
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THE FOOL THINKS PEACE COMESBY CONTROLLING THE MIND.
HE WILL NEVER ATTAIN IT.THE WISE ONE KNOWS TRUTH,
(THAT, PEACE IS THE VERY NATURE OF SELF)
AND IS PEACE ITSELF.
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FOR HE WHO THINKS KNOWLEDGEIS THINGS AND IDEAS,
HOW CAN THERE BE SELF-KNOWLEDGE?
THE WISE DO NOT SEE SEPARATE THINGS--
OTHER THAN THE ETERNAL SELF.
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THE FOOL TRIES TO CONTROL THE MIND
WITH THE MIND—WHAT FOOLISHNESS!
THE WISE ONE DELIGHTS IN SELF ALONE.
THERE IS NO MIND TO MASTER.
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SOME BELIEVE IN EXISTENCE;OTHERS BELIEVE NOTHING EXISTS.RARE IS THE ONE WHO BELIEVES EXISTENCE AND NON-EXISTENCE,
AND IS NEVER CONFUSED.
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WEAK INTELLECTUALS MAY BELIEVETHE SELF IS ONE WITHOUT OTHER.
BUT BEING CAUGHT UP IN ILLUSIONTHEY DO NOT ACTUALLY KNOW SELF,SO LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES IN MISERY.
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THE MIND OF ONE SEEKING LIBERATION
DEPENDS ON THINGS FOR OBSERVATION.
THE MIND OF THE LIBERATED ONEOBSERVES NO-THING
AND IS FREE OF DESIRE.
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NERVOUS MEN FEAR SENSORY EXPERIENCE
MUCH AS THEY DO TIGERS.THEY SEEK SHELTER IN CAVES
AND TRY TO UN-THINK THE WORLD.
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SENSORY EXPERIENCES ARE LIKE ELEPHANTS WHO,
UPON MEETING A DESIRELESS MAN,SEE HIM AS A LION.
THEY IMMEDIATELY TURN ON THEIR HEELS,
OR IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE,STAY ON TO PRAISE AND SERVE HIM.
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A MAN WITH NO DOUBTS,WHO KNOWS ONLY SELF,
HAS NO NEED OF PRACTICEOR LIBERATION.
HEARING, TOUCHING, SEEING, EATING, SMELLING—
HE LIVES AS HE IS, HAPPILY.
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ONE WHOSE MIND IS EMPTIED AND STILLED
BY THE SIMPLE HEARING OF TRUTHSEES NOTHING TO DO,NOTHING TO AVOID,
NOTHING TO JUSTIFY HIS UNCONCERN.
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THE WISE DOES WHATEVERAPPEARS TO BE DONE
WITHOUT THINKING OF GOOD OR BAD.
HIS ACTIONS ARE THOSE OF A CHILD.
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DEPENDING ON NOTHING,ONE FINDS HAPPINESS.
DEPENDING ON NOTHING,ONE ATTAINS THE SUPREME.DEPENDING ON NOTHING,
ONE PASSES THROUGH SILENCETO ONE SELF.
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WHEN ONE KNOWSHE IS NEITHER THE PLAYER
NOR THE ONE WHO WATCHES IT,THE MIND-STORM TURNS INTO
PEACE.
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THE DEEDS OF THE WISE,FREE OF THOUGHT AND REASON,
SHINE LIKE CLEAR LIGHT.NOT SO THOSE OF THE IGNORANT
WHO SHAPE A PEACEFUL OUTLOOKWHILE BEING FIRMLY ATTACHED.
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UNBOUNDED, FREE-FOR-ALL,UNTIED TO THE PROJECTIONS OF
MIND,THE WISE ARE FREE TO PLAY AND
ENJOY, OR RETIRE TO MOUNTAIN CAVES.
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WHETHER HONORING A SPIRITUAL SCHOLAR,
A GOD, OR HOLY SHRINE;WHETHER SEEING A DESIRABLE
WOMAN,A KING, OR BELOVED FRIEND--
THE HEART OF THE WISEIS UNMOVED.
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THOUGH HIS SERVANTS, SONS,WIVES, DAUGHTERS,
GRANDCHILDRENAND ALL HIS RELATIVES
LAUGH AT AND HATE HIM,THE YOGI IS NOT AT ALL
DISAPPOINTED.
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DURING HAPPINESS HE DOES NOT FEEL HAPPY;
THOUGH PAINED HE DOES NOT SUFFER.
THIS WONDERFUL STATE IS UNDERSTOOD
ONLY BY THOSE LIKE HIM.
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THE FAITH IN DUTYCREATES A WORLD
FOR ITS PERFORMANCE.THE WISE ONE KNOWS HIMSELF
TO BE FORMLESS, ETERNAL,ALL-PERVASIVE, PERFECT,
SO GOES BEYOND DUTY AND WORLD.
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EVEN DOING NOTHINGTHE DULL ONE IS WORRIED AND
DISTURBED.EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF GREAT
WORKTHE WISE ONE IS PEACEFUL.
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EVEN IN PRACTICAL LIFETHE WISE ONE IS HAPPY.
HAPPY TO SIT,HAPPY TO SLEEP,
HAPPY TO MOVE ABOUT,HAPPY TO SPEAK,HAPPY TO EAT…
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BECAUSE HE KNOWS SELFTHE WISE ONE IS NOT DISTURBED BY
PRACTICAL LIFE.HE IS DEEP AND CALM, LIKE AN
OCEAN.HE IS NOT LIKE ORDINARY PEOPLE.
HIS SORROWS HAVE GONE.
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FOR THE DELUDED ONE,EVEN REST IS AN ACTIVITY.
FOR THE WISE,EVEN ACTION BEARS THE FRUIT OF
STILLNESS.
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THE DELUDED ONE IS FREQUENTLY UNPLEASANT TO THE THINGS OF HIS
LIFE.TO ONE WITH NO THOUGHT FOR
BODY,ATTACHMENT AND DETACHMENT
HAVE NO MEANING.
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THE DELUDED MIND IS CAUGHT UPIN THINKING AND NOT THINKING.THOUGH THE MIND OF THE WISE
ONEMAY THINK WHAT THOUGHTS
COME,HE IS NOT AWARE OF IT.
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THE WISE SEES NOTHING BEING DONE
EVEN WHEN PERFORMED BY HIS HANDS.
LIKE A CHILD HE IS PUREAND WORKS WITHOUT REASON.
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BLESSED IN FACT IS HE WHO KNOWS SELF.
THOUGH SEEING, HEARING, TOUCHING, SMELLING, EATING,
HE NEITHER DESIRES NOR CHANGES.
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FOR ONE WHO IS ETERNAL AWARENESS,
WHERE IS THE WORLD AND ITS IMAGININGS?
WHERE IS THE END?WHERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF IT?
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WONDERFUL IN FACT IS HE WHO,FREE OF DESIRE,
REPRESENTS BLISS ITSELF.HE HAS BECOME ABSORBED IN SELF.
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IN SHORT, THE GREAT SOULWHO HAS REALIZED TRUTH
IS FREE OF DESIRE, ENJOYMENT AND LIBERATION.
IN ALL OF SPACE AND TIMEHE IS ATTACHED TO NOTHING.
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WHAT REMAINS FOR ONEWHO IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS
ITSELF,WHO SEES THE NON-EXISTENCEOF AN EXTRAORDINARY WORLD
CREATEDBY THE MERE THOUGHT OF A
NAME?
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PEACE IS THE VERY NATURAL FOR ONE
WHO KNOWS FOR SURE NOTHING EXISTS,
WHO SEES APPEARANCES ARE ILLUSION,
AND THE INDEFINABLE IS CLEAR.
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RULES OF CONDUCT, DETACHMENT,REJECTION, SIMPLICITY—WHAT ARE THESE TO ONE
WHO SEES THE UNREALITY OF THINGS,
WHO IS THE LIGHT OF AWARENESS?
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HOW CAN THERE BE JOY OR SORROW,
BONDAGE OR LIBERATION,FOR ONE WHO SEES NON-
EXISTENCEAND LIGHTS THE INFINITE?
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UNTIL SELF-REALIZATION,ILLUSION EXISTS.
THE WISE LIVES WITHOUTTHOUGHTS OF “I” OR “MINE.”
HIS CONNECTION TO ILLUSION IS CUT OFF.
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WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE?WHAT IS THE UNIVERSE?
WHAT ARE THOUGHTS LIKE“I AM THE BODY” OR “THE BODY IS
MINE”?THE WISE IS ETERNAL AND
SORROWLESS.HE IS SELF ALONE.
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WHEN A WEAK MANGIVES UP MEDITATION,
HE FALLS VICTIM TONOTIONS AND DESIRES.
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EVEN HEARING TRUTH,THE MAN OF DULL INTELLECT
HOLDS ON TO ILLUSION.DURING EFFORT AND CONTROL
HE MAY APPEAR OUTWARDLY CALM,BUT INSIDE HE DESIRES THE WORLD.
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THOUGH OTHERS MAY SEE HIM WORKING,
THE WISE DOES NOTHING.KNOWLEDGE HAS BURNT HIS
EFFORT.HE FINDS NO REASON TO DO OR SAY.
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THE WISE IS FEARLESS, UNQUESTIONABLE.
NO DARKNESS, NO LIGHT, NOTHING TO LOSE.
NOTHING.
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PATIENCE, DISCRIMINATION,EVEN FEARLESSNESS—
WHAT USE ARE THESE TO THE YOGI?HIS NATURE CANNOT BE DESCRIBED.
HE IS NOT A PERSON.
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NO HEAVEN, NO HELL,NO LIBERATION FOR THE LIVING.
IN SHORT, CONSCIOUSNESS IS SWEET EMPTINESS.
WHAT MORE CAN BE SAID?
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THE WISE NEITHER DESIRES FOR SPIRITUAL-ATTAINMENT
NOR WORRIES OVER NON-ATTAINMENT.
HIS MIND IS COOLAND FULL WITH SWEETNESS.
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DETACHED FROM DESIRE,THE WISE NEITHER PRAISES PEACE
NOR BLAMES THE SINFUL.EQUALLY CONTENT
IN HAPPINESS AND MISERY,HE WOULD NOT CHANGE A THING.
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THE WISE NEITHER REJECTS THE WORLD
NOR DESIRES SELF.HE IS FREE OF JOY AND SORROW.
HE DOES NOT LIVEAND CANNOT DIE.
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THE WISE ONE LIVES WITHOUT ANY EXPECTATION.
HE HAS NO ATTACHMENT TO HIS CHILDREN, WIFE OR ANYONE.
PLEASURE MEANS NOTHING TO HIM.
HIS LIFE IS WONDERFUL.
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THE SAGE WALKS ABOUT AS HE PLEASES
AND LIVES ON WHATEVER MAY COME.
HAPPINESS ALWAYS DWELLS IN HIS HEART.
AND WHEN THE SUN SETS,HE RESTS WHERE HE IS.
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FIXED IN TRUTH,NO THOUGHT IS BORN OR REBORN,THE GREAT SOUL IS UNCONCERNED
TO THE DEATH OR BIRTH OF THE BODY.
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THE WISE ONE STANDS ALONE,CONCERNED FOR NOTHING,
BEREFT OF BELONGINGS.HE GOES WHERE HE WILLS,
UNDISTURBED BY OPPOSITES,HIS DOUBTS ARE CUT OFF.
HE IS TRULY BLESSED.
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THE WISE ONE HAS NO SENSE OF “MINE.”
TO HIM EARTH, STONE AND GOLD ARE THE SAME.
THE KNOTS OF HIS HEART HAVE UNKNOTED.
HE KNOWS NEITHER IGNORANCE NOR SORROW.
HE IS EXCELLENT IN EVERY WAY.
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THE LIBERATED SOULHAS NO DESIRE IN HIS HEART.
HE IS CONTENT AND UNCONCERNED.
HE HAS NO EQUAL.
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ONLY ONE FREE OF DESIREKNOWS NOTHING TO KNOW,SAYS NOTHING NEEDS TO SAY,
SEES NOTHING TO SEE.
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HE WHO IS WITHOUT DESIRE SHINES,
BE HE BEGGAR OR KING.HE NO LONGER SEES GOOD OR BAD.
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WHAT IS DESIRE OR SELF-CONTROL,OR THE DESIRE FOR TRUTH
TO THE YOGI WHO HAS REACHED LIFE’S GOAL,
AND WHO EMBODIES GOOD QUALITY AND HONESTY?
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THE INNER EXPERIENCE OF ONEWHO IS FREE OF DESIRE AND
SUFFERING,WHO IS CONTENT AND RESTS IN
SELF--HOW CAN IT BE DESCRIBED,
AND OF WHOM?
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THE WISE ONE’S STATE NEVER CHANGES.
SLEEPING SOUNDLY, HE IS NOT SLEEPING.
LYING IN DREAM, HE IS NOT DREAMING.
EYES OPEN, HE IS NOT WAKEFUL.
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THE MAN OF KNOWLEDGE LOOKS LIKE THINKING, BUT HAS NO
THOUGHTS.HE LOOKS LIKE HAVING SENSE
PERCEPTIONS,BUT DOES NOT EXPERIENCE.
HE LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE INTELLIGENCE,
BUT IS EMPTY-MINDED.HE APPEARS TO BE A PERSON,
BUT HE IS NOT.
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EVEN WHILE TROUBLED THE BLESSED ONE IS PEACEFUL.
IN MEDITATION, HE DOES NOT MEDITATE.
IN IGNORANCE, HE STAYS CLEAR.THOUGH LEARNED, HE KNOWS
NOTHING.
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THE MAN OF KNOWLEDGEIS NEITHER HAPPY NOR MISERABLE,NEITHER DETACHED NOR ATTACHED,
NEITHER LIBERATED NOR SEEKING LIBERATION.
HE IS NEITHER THIS NOR THAT
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THE LIBERATED ONE,WHO STAYS UNCONDITIONALLY IN
SELF,WHO IS FREE OF THE CONCEPT OF
ACTION AND DUTY,WHO IS ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE
THE SAME,IS DESIRELESS.
HE DOES NOT WORRYABOUT WHAT HE DID OR DID NOT
DO.
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THE WISE ONE IS NEITHER PLEASED BY PRAISE,
NOR UPSETS BY BLAME.HE NEITHER DELIGHTS IN LIFE
NOR FEARS DEATH.
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ONE OF PEACEFUL MINDSEARCH FOR NEITHER CROWDS NOR
LONELINESS.HE IS THE SAME WHEREVER HE
GOES.
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CHAPTER 19:REPOSE (RELAX) IN THE SELF
IT WORKS! JANAKA NO LONGER DESCRIBES HIS ENLIGHTENED STATE,
BUTCAN SPEAK ONLY IN QUESTIONS
REVEALING ABSENCE.
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JANAKA SAID:WITH THE PINCERS OF TRUTH
I HAVE PLUCKED THE SPIKES OF THINKING
FROM THE INNERMOST CAVEOF MY HEART.
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WHERE IS MEDITATION, PLEASURE,PROSPERITY OR DISCRIMINATION?
WHERE IS DUALITY?WHERE EVEN IS UNITY?
I STAND IN THE BEAUTY OF SELF.
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WHERE IS PAST AND FUTURE,OR EVEN PRESENT?
WHERE IS SPACE, OR EVEN ETERNITY?
I STAND IN THE BEAUTY OF SELF.
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WHERE IS SELF?WHERE IS NOT-SELF?
WHERE IS GOOD AND EVIL, CONFUSION AND CLARITY?
I STAND IN THE BEAUTY OF SELF.
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WHERE IS SLEEPING, DREAMING, WAKING,
OR EVEN THE FOURTH STATE?WHERE IS FEAR?
I STAND IN THE BEAUTY OF SELF.
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WHERE IS CLOSE OR FAR,IN OR OUT,
GROSS OR SUBTLE?I STAND IN THE BEAUTY OF SELF.
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WHERE IS LIFE AND DEATH?WHERE IS THE WORLD AND
WORLDLY RELATIONS?WHERE IS DISTRACTION AND
STILLNESS?I STAND IN THE BEAUTY OF SELF.
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THERE IS NO NEED TO TALK ABOUTTHE THREE ENDS OF LIFE.
TO TALK OF YOGA IS PURPOSELESS.EVEN TALKING ABOUT TRUTH IS
IMMATERIAL.I REST IN SELF ALONE.
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CHAPTER 20:LIBERATION-IN-LIFE
IN A FINAL SPELL OF QUESTIONS POINTING ONLY AT THEIR OWN
MEANINGLESSNESS, JANAKA BURNS OFF THE LAST REMAINDER OF PERSONHOOD AND ENTERS
DISSOLUTION. HE ENDS WITH: “NO MORE CAN BE SAID.” ASHTAVAKRA SMILES, NODS APPROVINGLY, AND
SAYS NO MORE.
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JANAKA SAID:WHERE ARE THE ELEMENTS, THE
BODY,THE ORGANS, THE MIND?
WHERE IS THE EMPTINESS?WHERE IS MISERY?
MY NATURE IS CRYSTAL CLEAR.
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WHERE IS SCRIPTURE?WHERE IS SELF-KNOWLEDGE?
WHERE IS NO-MIND?WHERE IS CONTENTMENT AND
FREEDOM FROM DESIRE?I AM EMPTY OF DUALITY.
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WHERE IS KNOWLEDGE AND IGNORANCE?WHERE IS “I”?
WHERE IS “THIS”?WHERE IS “MINE”?
WHERE IS BONDAGE AND LIBERATION?
SELF HAS NO QUALITIES.
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WHERE IS THE DESCRIBING OF KARMA?
WHERE IS LIBERATION-IN-LIFE,OR EVEN LIBERATION AT DEATH?
THERE IS ONLY ONE{ETERNAL WITNESS}.
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WHERE IS THE DOER OR ENJOYER?WHERE IS THE BEGINNING OR END
OF THOUGHT?WHERE IS DIRECT OR REFLECTED
KNOWLEDGE?THERE IS NO PERSON HERE.
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WHERE IS THE WORLD?WHERE IS THE SEEKER OF
LIBERATIONWHERE IS THE THOUGHTFUL?
WHERE IS THE MAN OF KNOWLEDGE?
WHERE IS THE SOUL IN BONDAGE?WHERE IS THE LIBERATED SOUL?
MY NATURE IS UNITY.
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WHERE ARE CREATION AND DESTRUCTION?
WHERE IS THE END AND THE MEANS?
WHERE IS THE SEEKER?WHERE IS ATTAINMENT?
I AM ONE.
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WHERE IS THE KNOWER?WHERE IS KNOWING?
WHERE IS THE KNOWN, OR KNOWLEDGE ITSELF?WHERE IS ANYTHING?WHERE IS NOTHING?
I AM PURE AWARENESS.
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WHERE IS DISTRACTION, CONCENTRATION,
KNOWLEDGE OR IGNORANCE?WHERE IS JOY OR SORROW?
I AM SILENCE.
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WHERE IS THE RELATIVE?WHERE THE TRANSCENDENT?
WHERE IS HAPPINESS OR MISERY?I AM EMPTY OF THOUGHT.
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WHERE IS ILLUSION?WHERE IS EXISTENCE?
WHERE IS ATTACHMENT OR NON-ATTACHMENT?
WHERE IS PERSON?WHERE IS GOD?
I AM SELF-AWARENESS.
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WHERE IS ACTIVITY OR INACTIVITY?WHERE IS LIBERATION OR
BONDAGE?I AM ETERNAL, INDIVISIBLE.
I AM SELF ALONE.
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WHERE ARE PRINCIPLES AND SCRIPTURES?
WHERE IS THE DISCIPLE OR MASTER?
WHERE IS THE REASON FOR LIFE?I AM BOUNDLESS, ABSOLUTE.
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WHERE IS LIFE OR DEATH?WHERE IS UNITY OR DUALITY?
NOTHING ORIGINATES FROM ME.NO MORE CAN BE SAID.