For corrections, send mail to hn.shivkumar@gmail.com 2||+ |||| 2||+ |||| 2||+ |||| 2||+ |||| Ashtavakra Gita A Commentry by His HolinessSri Sri Ravi Shankar A Commentry by HH Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Ashtavakra Gita Guidelines for Viewing the Video Series The conditions to be followed for viewing Ashtavakra Gita are as following: - 1All participants should have done the part 1 course. 2It should always be viewed in a group in a proper manner and with due respect. 3No more than two CDs can be viewed in a single meeting. All 33 VCD's have to be viewed in thegivensequence.(EachCDbuildsonthepreviousones.Seeingthemoutofsequencecould dilute the power of this knowledge or possibly lead to some confusion.) 4There is no eating or drinking while viewing the CDs. The CDs are always shown in a clean and restful environment. 5TheparticipantsshouldhaveadiscussioneachdaybeforeoraftertheviewingoftheCD. (Having a discussion after each CD shown, is beneficial to help solidify the knowledge for many people. People can also share any experiences during the week they have had that relates to the knowledgeintheCDs.Singing,meditationorotherformatscanalsobeincludedduringthe session of showing the CD.) 6There should be no breaks or intervals. The sessions should be continuous. 7All participants are required tocommit for the entire sessions.If there isa break byany of the participants, he/ she should discontinue that session and join the next one from day 1 onwards. 8AmakeupsessioncanbescheduledwhensomeonecannotmakeaCDsession.Remember,no one should see the CD in the series until they have seen all the previous CDs. Commentary on Ashtavakra Geeta by HH Sri Sri Ravi Shankar # VCD TitleTime # VCD TitleTime 1. Introduction, Qualifications51 18. Be Happy and Dispassionate54 2. The Five Principles55 19. Without You, Where Will I be27 3. The Secrets of the Elements44 20. Repose in Being (2)54 4. You are Not the Doer (2)54 21. Letting Go of Worries54 5. You are Free Right Now50 22. Live in Amazement44 6. Foundation of Joy37 23. Stepping into the Big Mind38 7. Everything is God (2)46 24. The Secret of Mistakes*32 8. Without Conflict Rejoice in the Self55 25. Acting Spontaneously43 9. Ego Dissolves in Love52 26. Prana, Faith and Doubt48 10. Storms of Emotions40 27. I am in all These Forms46 11. Give Everything Take Nothing1:06 28. Seva and the Source of Enthusiasm53 12. The Nature of the Mind51 29. You Have What You Seek42 13. Fear is Like Salt35 30. Your Nature is Gratefulness49 14. Drop all Conflicts40 31. Free of Wanting50 15. Dissolving the Doer47 32. Uncovering Bliss48 16. Three Types of Purity54 33. Living in the Centre31 17. Honouring the Secret57Total Time (hh:mm)25:47 For corrections, send mail to hn.shivkumar@gmail.com- 1 - || || || || || || || || 2||+ |||| 2||+ |||| 2||+ |||| 2||+ |||| >|| >|| >|| >|| | >|||2||+|||| || | >|||2||+|||| || | >|||2||+|||| || | >|||2||+|||| || +|| +|| +|| +|| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| CDJANAKA (the King) | 7||||||||l| | |l+|l||l| ||| | | ||| (| |l || |+|| t.t 1 How is knowledge to be acquired? How is liberation to be attained? And how is dispassion to be reached? Tell me this, sir. 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| ASHTAVAKRA (the Sage) |l s7l-| |||| l||||| l||||| +||||||||||-|| ||||| +|| t.2 2 Ifyouareseekingliberation,myson,shunthe objects of the senses like poison. Practice tolerance, sincerity,compassion,contentmentandtruthfulness like nectar. | ||| | || ||l|| |||u|| || +|||| (|| -||l+|'|||||| l|| l|l7 || t.3 3 You are neither earth, water, fire, air nor even ether. Forliberationknowyourselfasconsistingof consciousness, the witness of these. |l || | l|l| l|>||| l|0l-| ||| -||| 7|||| |||| +|l||l-| t.4 3 Ifonlyyouwillremainrestinginconsciousness, seeingyourself as distinctfrom the body, then even now you will become happy, peaceful and free from bonds. | | l|||l| |'|| ||>||| ||+|||| -||l-| l|||| l|%|-||+|| -||| +|| t.5 4 YoudonotbelongtotheBrahminoranyother caste, you are not at any stage, nor are you anything thattheeyecansee.Youareunattachedand formless, the witness of everything - so be happy. |||||| -|| | |||-||l| | | l|+|| | ||l-| | +|||l-| | (||l-| -||| t.6 4 Righteousnessandunrighteousness,pleasureand painarepurelyofthemindandarenoconcernof yours. You are neither the doer nor the reaper of the consequences, so you are always free. (| 2|l-| -||-| |||||l-| -||| ||| l | ||| 2| |7|-|||| t.7 4 Youaretheonewitnessofeverything,andare alwaystotallyfree.Thecauseofyourbondageis thatyouseethewitnessassomethingotherthan this. |||||||'||ll7|| || |l| l|%||-|||| |||| -||| +|| t.8 4 Since you have been bitten by the black snake of the self-opinion that I am the doer, drink the nectar of faithinthefactthatIamnotthedoer,andbe happy. (| l|7|7|||| sl| l|%|||l|| |||||7||||| |||7|| -||| +|| t.9 4 Burndowntheforestofignorancewiththefireof theunderstandingthatIamtheonepure awareness, and be happy and free from distress. || l|%|l| +||l| l|| =-|||| |||||| -| |||-| -|| +|| t.t0 5 Thatinwhichallthisappears-imaginedlikethe snake in a rope, that joy, supreme joy and awareness is what you are, so be happy. ||l+||||| || l |7| |7|l+||||l| l||| -||| || |l| -|| |l|+||| t.tt 5 Ifonethinksofoneselfasfree,oneisfree,andif onethinksofoneselfasbound,oneisbound.Here this saying is true, Thinking makes it so. ||| -||+|| l|+| |'| (| |l%|l+| -||| l|-| 7|||| +|||-|-||||l|| t.t2 5 Yourrealnatureisastheoneperfect,free,and actionless consciousness, the all-pervading witness - unattached to anything, desireless and at peace. It is fromillusionthatyouseemtobeinvolvedin samsara. -| |||||||||| |l+|||| |+||-|| +|| |4|| +||| ||||||| t.t3 5 Meditateonyourselfasmotionlessawareness,free fromanydualism,givingupthemistakenideathat youarejustaderivativeconsciousness,oranything external or internal. |l+||||||7|| l| |7|l-| || |||| 7|||||| |l|| -||| +|| t.t4 6 Youhavelongbeentrappedinthesnareof identificationwiththebody.Severitwiththeknife ofknowledgethatIamawareness,andbehappy, my son. Sutra covered in this VCD. - 2 - l|-||| l|l+||l-| | -|||7|| l||| ||| l | || -|||l|||l|0l| t.t5 6 Youarereallyunboundandactionless,self-illuminating and spotless already. The cause of your bondageisthatyouarestillresortingtostillingthe mind. ||| |||l| l|%| |l| ||| ||||| 7|7|7-||-| || || +|l||||| t.t6 6 Allofthisisreallyfilledbyyouandstrungoutin you,forwhatyouconsistofispureawareness-so don't be small-minded. l||+|| l|l||| l|+| 7|||||7|| ||||l7+||| +|| l||||||-|| t.t7 6 You are unconditioned and changeless, formless and immovable,unfathomableawarenessand imperturbable, so hold to nothing but consciousness. -|||||| l|l7 l||| | l|%|| (|||||7|| | ||+||-|+|| t.t8 6 Recognisethattheapparentisunreal,whilethe unmanifestisabiding.Throughthisinitiationinto truth you will escape falling into unreality again. ||||7|||-| || |l|-| -| ||||l-|| 7||| |l| ||%| t.t9 6 Justasamirrorexistseverywherebothwithinand apart from its reflected images, so the Supreme Lord exists everywhere within and apart from this body. ( -|||| ||| |l|||| | l|| l|| |8 -||+|||'| ||| t.20 6 Justasoneandthesameall-pervadingspaceexists withinandwithoutajar,sotheeternal,everlasting God exists in the totality of things. || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| JANAKA | l||| 7|||| |||| || | (||||| || |||| l|l|| 2.t 6 TrulyIamspotlessandatpeace,theawareness beyondnaturalcausality.AllthistimeIhavebeen afflicted by delusion. ||| ||7||||| || ||| ||| || || ||-|||||| | | l|| 2.2 7 AsIalonegivelighttothisbody,soIdotothe world,Asaresultthewholeworldismine,or alternatively nothing is. -| 7|||| l|%| |l|| |||||| |l%|| |7||| (| ||||| l|||4|| 2.3 7 Sonowabandoningthebodyandeverythingelse, by some good fortune or other my true self becomes apparent. ||| | ||||| l+|||-||| +|||| |||| | ||| l+|| l|%||||l|l|||| 2.4 7 Justaswaves,foamandbubblesarenotdifferent fromwater,soallthiswhichhasemanatedfrom oneself, is no other than oneself. |||||| +|| (| || | l|||l| |||||||| | l|%| l|||l|| 2.5 7 In the same way that cloth is found to be just thread whenanalysed,sowhenallthisisanalyseditis found to be no other than oneself. |||+|-| 4||| || |||| 7|| ||| l|%| |l| 4|| ||| ||| l||| 2.6 7 Justasthesugarproducedfromthejuiceofthe sugarcaneispermeatedwiththesametaste,soall this,producedoutofme,iscompletelypermeated with me. ||7||||=| +||l| ||7||||| +||-|| |7||||l+||l| |7|||| +||-|| | l 2.7 7 Fromignoranceofoneself,theworldappears,and byknowledge of oneself it appears no longer. From ignoranceoftheropeasnakeappears,andby knowledge of it, it appears no longer. ||7|| | l|| | ||l|l|-| || || ||7|| l|%| || +||-| (| l 2.8 8 Shiningismyessentialnature,andIamnothing overandbeyondthat.Whentheworldshinesforth, it is simply me that is shining forth. | l|l|| l|%||7|||||l| +||-|| | 7|| +'|| =| ||l -|| ||| 2.9 8 Allthisappearsinmeimaginedduetoignorance, justasasnakeappearsintherope,themirageof water in the sunlight, and silver in mother of pearl. ||| l|l||| l|%| ||| ||||l| |l +|| || ||l| | ||| 2.t0 8 All this, which has originated out of me, is resolved backintometoo,likeajugbackintoclay,awave into water, and a bracelet into gold. | ||| | l|||7|| |-| ||l-| | |8|l-||||| ||||7||l| l|0| 2.tt 8 HowwonderfulIam!Glorybetome,forwhom thereisnodestruction,remainingevenbeyondthe destructionoftheworldfromBrahmadowntothe last clump of grass. | ||| | (| |||l| 4|l|| ||| ||||| ||| l|%|||l-|| 2.t2 8 Howwonderful I am! Glorybe to me,solitary even thoughwithabody,neithergoingorcoming anywhere, I who abide forever, filling all that is. | ||| | +|| ||-|| |-|| -|-|7| 7||'| || l|%| l| ||| 2.t3 8 HowwonderfulIam!Glorybetome!Thereisno onesocleverasme!Iwhohaveborneallthatis forever, without even touching it with my body! For corrections, send mail to hn.shivkumar@gmail.com- 3 - | ||| | |-| | ||l-| l|| ||| |-| | -|| | ||'||-||||| 2.t4 9 How wonderful I am! Glory be to me! I who possess nothingatall,oralternativelypossesseverything that speech and mind can refer to. 7||| 7|| ||| 7|||| l||| ||l-| ||-|| 7|||| +||l| || -|||l-| l||| 2.t5 9 Knowledge,whatistobeknown,andtheknower- thesethreedonotexistinreality.Iamthespotless reality in which they appear because of ignorance. ||||| | ||||-||l-| +||| 7|||| ||| -|| (| l|-|||| 2.t6 9 Trulydualismistherootofsuffering.Thereisno otherremedyforitthantherealisationthatallthis that we see is unreal, and that I am the one stainless reality, consisting of consciousness. ||||||||7|||| ||l| l||| ||| (| l||7||| l|| l|l|| l-|l||| 2.t7 9 IampureawarenessthoughthroughignoranceI haveimaginedmyselftohaveadditionalattributes. Bycontinuallyreflectinglikethis,mydwelling place is in the Unimagined. | | |||l-| ||+|| || +||l| 7|||| l||>||| | |l| l-|| l|%| |-||| | |l| l-||| 2.t8 9 Formethereisneitherbondagenorliberation.The illusionhaslostitsbasisandceased.Trulyallthis exists in me, though ultimately it does not even exist in me. -|7||l| l|%| | ll|ll| l|l%|| 7|7l|||| ||| | |l-|| |||||| 2.t9 9 Ihaverecognisedthatallthisandmybodyare nothing,Whilemytrueselfisnothingbutpure consciousness, so what can the imagination work on now? 7|| -|||| ||||+|| +|| ||| |||||||||| l | || l|||| 2.20 9 Thebody,heavenandhell,bondageandliberation, andfeartoo,Allthisispureimagination.Whatis therelefttodoformewhoseverynatureis consciousness? | ||-||l| | | |7||| || '|l|| -||| 4| l| ||'|| 2.2t 9 TrulyIdonotseedualismeveninacrowdof people.WhatpleasureshouldIhavewhenithas turned into a wilderness? || | | | | |||| ||| l l|| ||| l | || |-||u| ||l|| -|| 2.22 10 I amnot the body,nor is thebodymine. I amnot a livingbeing.Iamconsciousness.Itwasmythirst for living that was my bondage. | +||||||l|l||| -||l|| ||||||+|||| l||||| -||u| 2.23 10 Trulyitisinthelimitlessoceanofmyself,that stimulatedbythecolourfulwavesoftheworlds everythingsuddenlyarisesinthewindof consciousness. ||||||+|||| l||||| |7|||l| +||||=|||l'||| |||||| l||%| 2.24 10 It is in the limitless ocean of myself, that the wind of thoughtsubsides,andthetrader-likelivingbeings' world bark is wrecked by lack of goods. ||||||+||||||%|| ||||||| ul| |l| ||l| |l|7|l| -|+|||| 2.25 10 Howwonderfulitisthatinthelimitlessoceanof myself the waves of living beings arise, collide, play and disappear, according to their natures. 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| ASHTAVAKRA l|||l7||||||| ( l|7||| ||| ||||7|||-| ||-| |||||| l| 3.t Knowingyourselfastrulyoneandindestructible, howcouldawisemanpossessingself-knowledge like you feel any pleasure in acquiring wealth? |||7||||| ||l|l|||+||||| 7|7||||| ||+|| ||| ||l|+|| 3.2 Truly,whenonedoesnotknowoneself,onetakes pleasureintheobjectsofmistakenperception,just asgreedarisesforthemistakensilverinonewho does not know mother of pearl for what it is. l|%| -+l| || || s| -||| -|||-||l| l|7||| l || s| |||l-| 3.3 11 All this wells up like waves in the sea. Recognising, I am That, why run around like someone in need? >|||l| 7|7||| |||||l|-| |-|||-|-|| ||l|||l||7l| 3.4 12 Afterhearingofoneselfaspureconsciousnessand thesupremelybeautiful,isonetogoonwanting what gives rise to increase of body consciousness? -||+||| ||||| -||+|||l| |||l| |||||| |%|| |||||||| 3.5 12 Whenthesagehasrealisedthathehimselfisinall beings,andallbeingsareinhim,itisastonishing thatthesenseofindividualityshouldbeableto continue. |l-|| |||| ||+|||l| ||l-|| |%|| |||7||| l|| l|l7|+||| 3.6 12 It is astonishing that a man who is established in the supremenon-dualstateandisintentonthebenefits ofliberationshouldstillbedivertedbyimagined dualistic attractions. - 4 - +|| 7|||l||||||||l||| |%|| |||||5+|| ||||||l>|| 3.7 12 Itisastonishingthatonealreadyverydebilitated, and knowing verywell that its arousal isthe enemy ofknowledgeshouldstillhankeraftersensuality, even when approaching his last days. s||| l|-| l|||l||l||l| |%|| ||+|||-| ||+|| (| l|+||l|| 3.8 12 Itisastonishingthatonewhoisunattachedtothe thingsofthisworldorthenext,whodiscriminates betweenthepermanentandtheimpermanent,and wholongsforliberation,shouldstillfeelfearfor liberation. ||-| +|||||||l| ||||||l| -||| |||| || |7|| | ||l| | |l| 3.9 Whether feted or tormented, the wise man is always awareofhissupremeself-natureandisneither pleased nor disappointed. |2||| 7|| -| |7|||7|||| -|-|| ||l| l|||| | +|+|| ||7|| 3.t0 Thegreatsouledpersonseesevenhisownbodyin actionasifitweresome-oneelse's,sohowshould he be disturbed by praise or blame? |||||||l| l|%| |7|| l||||| l| -|l|l| ||| | |-|l| |||| 3.tt 13 Seeing this world as pure illusion, and devoid of any interestinit,howshouldthestrong-mindedperson, feel fear, even at the approach of death? l|-| |||-| |-| ||7|l| |||| |-|||7|||||-| |||| | |||| 3.t2 13 Whoistobecomparedtothegreatsouledperson whose mind is free of desire even in disappointment, and who has found satisfaction in self-knowledge? -|+|||| (| |||||| 7|||| l|| s ||l| ||| -| l |7|l| |||| 3.t3 13,14 Howshouldastrong-mindedperson,whoknows thatwhatheseesisbyitsverynaturenothing, consideronethingtobegraspedandanothertobe rejected? |-||||-| l|-| l||l7|| |7||||| +|||| | ||| | |2| 3.t4 13,14 Forsomeonewhohaseliminatedattachment,and who is free from dualism and from desire, an object ofenjoymentthatcomesofitselfisneitherpainful nor pleasurable. 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| ASHTAVAKRA |||7|||-| ||-| |||| +|||||||| | l -|-||||||7 -| -|||||| 4.t 14 Certainlythewisepersonofself-knowledge, playingthegameofworldlyenjoyment,bearsno resemblancewhatevertotheworld'sbewildered beasts of burden. || | |-||| ||| 7|+|u| -||||| | || l-||| |||| | ||||7l| 4.2 14 Trulytheyogifeelsnoexcitementevenatbeing establishedinthatstatewhichalltheDevasfrom Indra down yearn for disconsolately. |7|-| |'|||||+|| -|7|| || |||| | ||7|-| ||| 7|||||l| -|l| 4.3 14 HewhohasknownThatisuntouchedwithinby good deeds or bad, just as the sky is not touched by smoke, however much it may appear to be. ||| ||-|| 7||| || ||||| |7|| ||||| | l||7 +||| 4.4 14 Whocanpreventthegreat-souledpersonwhohas known this whole world as himself from living as he pleases? ||8-||||| +||||| ||l|| l|7|-|| l -||||l|7|l|7|l|||| 4.5 14 Of all four categories of beings, from Brahma down tothelastclumpofgrass,onlythemanof knowledgeiscapableofeliminatingdesireand aversion. |||||| l%|=|||l| |||%| | |l| |-| | | +|| |-| |l|| 4.6 Rare is the man who knows himself as the undivided Lordoftheworld,andnofearoccurstohimwho knows this from anything. 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| ASHTAVAKRA | | -|||l-| ||l| l 7|7-|l|7l-| -||||l||| ||||| || || 5.t 15 Youarenotboundbyanything.Whatdoesapure personlikeyouneedtorenounce?Puttingthe complex organism to rest, you can go to your rest. l| +|||| l|%| ||l|l| || sl| 7|||||||| (||| || || 5.2 15 Allthisarisesoutofyou,likeabubbleoutofthe sea.Knowingyourselflikethistobebutone,you can go to your rest. ||+||||-||| l|%| ||-||| |l| =-|| s| | (||| || || 5.3 15 In spite of being in front of your eyes, all this, being insubstantial,doesnotexistinyou,spotlessasyou are.Itisanappearancelikethesnakeinarope,so you can go to your rest. For corrections, send mail to hn.shivkumar@gmail.com- 5 - -|||-|| |'| |7||||7||| -|| -||||l|||| -||||| || || 5.4 15 Equalinpainandinpleasure,equalinhopeandin disappointment,equalinlifeandindeath,and complete as you are, you can go to your rest. 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| ASHTAVAKRA ||7||||| ||| ||| ||| sl| 7||| |||-| | |||| | || || 6.t 16 I am infinite like space, and the natural world is like ajar.Toknowthisisknowledge,andthenthereis neither renunciation, acceptance or cessation of it. ||l|l|| -| |||| ||l|-|l|+| sl| 7||| |||-| | |||| | || || 6.2 16 I am like the ocean, and the multiplicity of objects is comparabletoawave.Toknowthisisknowledge, and then there is neither renunciation, acceptance or cessation of it. -| 7|l-||7|| || l|%|||| sl| 7||| |||-| | |||| | || || 6.3 16 Iamlikethemotherofpearl,andtheimagined worldislikethesilver.Toknowthisisknowledge, and then there is neither renunciation, acceptance or cessation of it. || -||+||| -||+|||||| |l| sl| 7||| |||-| | |||| | || || 6.4 16 Alternatively,Iaminallbeings,andallbeingsare in me. To know this is knowledge, and then there is neither renunciation, acceptance or cessation of it. || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| JANAKA ||||||+|||| l|%|||| s|-|| +||l| -||||||| | |||-|-|l'||| 7.t 16 Itisintheinfiniteoceanofmyselfthattheworld bark wanders here and there, driven by its own inner wind. I am not upset by that. ||||||+|||| |||l| -|+|||| | ||-|||||| | | |l7| | +|l| 7.2 16 Lettheworldwaveriseorvanishofitsownnature intheinfiniteoceanofmyself.Thereisnoincrease or diminution to me from it. ||||||+|||| l|%| ||| l|||| l|7|||| l||| (|||||l-|| 7.3 16 Itisintheinfiniteoceanofmyselfthatthe imaginationcalledtheworldtakesplace.Iam supremelypeacefulandformless,andassuchI remain. |||| +|||| || +|||-||||| l||| s|-||-| 7||| (|||||l-|| 7.4 16 Mytruenatureisnotcontainedinobjects,nor does anyobjectexistinit,foritisinfiniteandspotless. Soitisunattached,desirelessandatpeace,andas such I remain. | l||||||| s|||||| ||| sl| || | | |||||||| 7.5 16 Truly I am but pure consciousness, and theworld is like a conjuror's show, so how could I imagine there is anything there to take up or reject ? 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| ASHTAVAKRA || ||| || l|| ll| ||7l| 7|||l| ll|| ||l| |'|l| ll| |l| |l| 8.t 17 Bondageiswhenthemindlongsforsomething, grievesaboutsomething,rejectssomething,holds ontosomething,ispleasedaboutsomethingor displeased about something. || |l|| l|| | ||7l| | 7|||l| | ||l| | |'|l| | |l| | |l| 8.2 17 Liberationiswhentheminddoesnotlongfor anything,grieveaboutanything,rejectanything,or holdontoanything,andisnotpleasedabout anything or displeased about anything. || ||| || l|| -| |%|l| l2| || ||+|| || l|||-| -||l2| 8.3 17 Bondageiswhenthemindistangledinoneofthe senses,andliberationiswhenthemindisnot tangled in any of the senses. || || || ||+|| || ||| || ||l| ||| ll||| ||'| l||| || 8.4 17 Whenthereisnomethatisliberation,andwhen thereismethereisbondage.Consideringthis earnestly, do not hold on and do not reject. 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| ASHTAVAKRA ||| | |l| | 7||||l| -| || (| 7||| l||| +|| |||||||| 9.t 17 Knowingwhenthedualismofthingsdoneand undone has been put to rest, or the person for whom theyoccurhas,thenyoucanhereandnowgo beyond renunciation and obligations by indifference to such things. -||l| ||| ||-| |||2||||||| ||l||7| |+|+|| | |+|-|||7|| ||| 9.2 17 Rareindeed,myson,istheluckymanwhose observationoftheworld'sbehaviourhasledtothe extinctionofhisthirstforliving,thirstforpleasure and thirst for knowledge. - 6 - l|| -|||| |||||l|| -| l|l| |l|l| l|l%|| 7|||l| 9.3 17 All this is impermanent and spoilt by the three sorts ofpain.Recognisingittobeinsubstantial, contemptibleandonlyfitforrejection,oneattains peace. |-|| ||| || l || || |l| || |'|| ||||+| ||||||||| l-|l7||||||| 9.4 17 When was that age or time of life when the dualism ofextremesdidnotexistformen?Abandoning them, a person who is happy to take whatever comes attains perfection. || || |||'|| -||||| ||l||| ||| || l|||||| | | 7|||l| |||| 9.5 18 Whodoesnotendupwithindifferencetosuch thingsandattainpeacewhenhehasseenthe differences of opinions among the great sages, saints and yogis? || |l||l7||| |||-| | l | l||-|||||4|| |-|||l| -|-|| 9.6 18 Ishenotaguruwho,endowedwithdispassionand equanimity, achieves full knowledge of the nature of consciousness, and leads others out of samsara? |7| +||l|||-| +||||||| ||||| |+|'|| ||l|| -||-|| +|l||l-| 9.7 18 Ifyouwouldjustseethetransformationsofthe elementsasnothingmorethantheelements,then you would immediately be freed from all bonds and established in your own nature. ||-||| (| -|-|| sl| -||| l||| || ||||| ||-|||||||l-|l|u ||| ||| 9.8 18 One'sinclinationsaresamsara.Knowingthis, abandonthem.Therenunciationofthemisthe renunciation of it. Now you can remain as you are. 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| ASHTAVAKRA l||| |l'| |||| ||||-|| |||||||| -|||| t0.t Abandoningdesire,theenemy,alongwithgain, itselfsofullofloss,andthegooddeedswhichare thecauseoftheothertwo-practiceindifferenceto everything. -||||||| |7| l||l| ||l'| || || l||+|||||||||||l-|| t0.2 Lookonsuchthingsasfriends,land,money, property,wife,andbequestsasnothingbutaa dream or a three or five-day conjuror's show. || || +|||'|| -|-|| l|l7 || | ||7|||||l>|| ||||'| -||| +|| t0.3 Whereveradesireoccurs,seesamsarainit. Establishingyourselfinfirmdispassion,befreeof passion and happy. |'|||||||| ||-|||7|| ||+| || +|||-|-|l|||'| ||l||l2|| t0.4 Theessentialnatureofbondageisnothingother thandesire,anditseliminationisknownas liberation.Itissimplybynotbeingattachedto changingthingsthattheeverlastingjoyof attainment is reached. ||%||| 7|7| | l|%||-|||| l|u|l| | ll|-|| | |+|-|| |||l| | t0.5 19 Youareone,consciousandpure,whileallthisis justinertnon-being.Ignoranceitselfisnothing,so what need have you of desire to understand? || -||| |||l'| 7|||l'| -|||l| | -|-|-||l| |2|l| || ||l| ||l| t0.6 19 Kingdoms, children, wives, bodies, pleasures - these haveallbeenlosttoyoulifeafterlife,attachedto them though you were. |||| ||| -||||l| |'|| (+| -|-||||| | l|>||||+|| || t0.7 19 Enough of wealth, sensuality and good deeds. In the forestofsamsarathemindhasneverfound satisfaction in these. | | l| |||l| ||| ||-|| l|| |||||-| | |u||||||| t0.8 19 Howmanybirthshaveyounotdonehardand painfullabourwithbody,mindandspeech.Nowat last stop! 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| ASHTAVAKRA +||||+|||l||%| -|+||||ll| l|%||| l|l||| ||4|7| -||||||7|||l| tt.t 20 Unmovedandundistressed,realisingthatbeing, non-beingandtransformationare oftheverynature of things, one easily finds peace. $%| -||l||||| ||| sl| l|%||| ||l||-|||7| 7||| 4||l| | -|=| tt.2 20 Atpeace,havingshedalldesireswithin,and realisingthatnothingexistsherebuttheLord,the Creatorofallthings,oneisnolongerattachedto anything. || -|| || |||l| l|%||| || -|-|l|| l|| | ||7l| | 7|||l| tt.3 Realisingthatmisfortuneandfortunecomeintheir turnfromfate,oneiscontented,one'ssensesunder control, and does not like or dislike. For corrections, send mail to hn.shivkumar@gmail.com- 7 - -||| |||| |||l| l|%||| -||||7|| l||||-| ||l| | l||| tt.4 Realising that pleasure and pain, birth and death are from fate, and that one's desires cannot be achieved, one remains inactive, and even when acting does not get attached. l|||| |||| | ||||l| l|%||| ||| || -||| 7||| -||| |l||-| tt.5 21 Realisingthatsufferingarisesfromnothingother thanthinking,droppingalldesiresoneridsoneself of it, and is happy and at peace everywhere. || | | | | ||||l|l| l|%||| || s| -||||| | -||| || tt.6 21 Realising, I am not the body, nor is the body mine. Iamawareness,oneattainsthesupremestateand no longer remembers things done or undone. ||8-||||| ||l| l|%||| l|l|| 7|l| 7||| |||||||l|l||| tt.7 21 Realising,Itisjustme,fromBrahmadowntothe lastclumpofgrass,onebecomesfreefrom uncertainty,pure,atpeaceandunconcernedabout what has been attained or not. ||||%||l| l|%| | ll|ll| l|%||| l|||-|| -+l||||| | ll|l| 7|||l| tt.8 21,22 Realising that all this varied and wonderful world is nothing,onebecomespurereceptivity,freefrom inclinations,andasifnothingexisted,onefinds peace. || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| JANAKA ||||-| || ||| ||l|-||-| | l|||-|-|-|| (||||||l-|| t2.t 22 FirstofallIwasaversetophysicalactivity,thento lengthyspeech,andfinallytothinkingitself,which is why I am now established. |||+|||| 7||7||| |||| l|+||||| (||||||l-|| t2.2 22 Intheabsenceofdelightinsoundandtheother senses, and by the fact that I am myself not an object ofthesenses,mymindisfocusedandfreefrom distraction - which is why I am now established. -|||||-||ll|l+||| ||| -||||| (| l|||4| l||| (||||||l-|| t2.3 Owingtothedistractionofsuchthingsaswrong identification,oneisdriventostriveformental stillness.RecognisingthispatternIamnow established. |||||l|| (| |l||||| +||||u |8| (||||||l-|| t2.4 24 Byrelinquishingthesenseofrejectionand acceptance,andwithpleasureanddisappointment ceasing today, Brahmin, I am now established. |>|||||>|| ||| l||-|||||| l|| || ||+||||||||l-|| t2.5 24 Lifeinacommunity,thengoingbeyondsucha state,meditationandtheeliminationofmind-made objects-bymeansoftheseIhaveseenmyerror, and I am now established. |||0|||7|||| ||||||-||| ||| -||l| || (||||||l-|| t2.6 24 Justastheperformanceofactionsisdueto ignorance,sotheirabandonmentistoo.Byfully recognising this truth, I am now established. l|| l||||||l| l|||| +|||-|| |4|| |+|||| |-|| (||||||l-|| t2.7 24 Tryingtothinktheunthinkable,isdoingsomething unnaturaltothought.Abandoningsuchapractice therefore, I am now established. (||| | || -| |||| +||-|| (||| -|+|||| | -| |||| +||-|| t2.8 24,30 Hewhohasachievedthishasachievedthegoalof life. He who is of such a nature has done what has to be done. || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| JANAKA l||+|| -||-| |||||l| |+| |||||| l||||-||||-| |||-||| t3.t Theinnerfreedomofhavingnothingishardto achieve,evenwithjustaloin-cloth,butIliveasI pleaseabandoningbothrenunciationand acquisition. ||l| | ||-| l|5| ||l| |u| || ||l| ||4|| |||| l-|| -||| t3.2 25 Sometimes one experiences distress because of one's body,sometimesbecauseofone'stongue,and sometimes because of one's mind. Abandoning all of these,IliveasIpleaseinthegoalofhuman existence. | l|l| || -|| sl| -|l|| ||| || ||||||l| || ||-| |||-||| t3.3 25 Recognisingthatinrealitynoactionisever committed,IliveasIplease,justdoingwhat presents itself to be done. |||l|||+|||| -|||l|| -||||||||l||||-| |||-||| t3.4 25 Yogis who identify themselves with their bodies are insistentonfulfillingandavoidingcertainactions, butIliveasIpleaseabandoningattachmentand rejection. - 8 - ||||| | | l-||| ||| | 7|||| || l|0| |7| -||| |-||||-| |||-||| t3.5 No benefit or loss comes to me by standing, walking orlyingdown,soconsequentlyIliveasIplease whether standing, walking or sleeping. -|||| ||l-| | |l| l-|l7|-|||| | || ||7||||-|| l||||-|||-| |||-||| t3.6 Ilosenothingbysleepingandgainnothingby effort, so consequently I live as I please, abandoning loss and success. -|||l|| l||| +|||||||4| +|l7| 7|+||7|+| l||||-||||-| |||-||| t3.7 Frequentlyobservingthedrawbacksofsuchthings as pleasant objects, I live as I please, abandoning the pleasant and unpleasant. || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| JANAKA ||| 7||l||| | |||| +|||+|||| l|l|| ||l|| s| +||'|-|-|'|| l -| t4.t 31 He who by nature is empty minded, and who thinks ofthingsonlyunintentionally,isfreedfrom deliberaterememberinglikeoneawakenedfroma dream. 4| |||l| 4| l|||l'| 4| | l|||-|| 4| 7||-| 4| | l|7||| || | |l||| -|| t4.2 31 Whenmydesirehasbeeneliminated,Ihaveno wealth,friends,robbersenses,scripturesor knowledge? l|7||| -||l+||| ||||l| |%| ||7| ||||+| | | l||| || || t4.3 31 Realisingmysupremeself-natureinthePersonof the Witness, the Lord, and the state of desirelessness inbondageorliberation,Ifeelnoinclinationfor liberation. |l||7||-| |l -|7||l'| +|||-|| 7||-||-||-||7|| (| |||| t4.4 31 Thevariousstatesofonewhoisemptyof uncertaintywithin,andwhooutwardlywanders aboutashepleaseslikeamadman,canonlybe known by someone in the same condition. 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| ASHTAVAKRA |||||||7|| ||| -|||l7||| |||||l| l|7||-| |-|| l||l| t5.t Whileamanofpureintelligencemayachievethe goalbythemostcasualofinstruction,anothermay seekknowledgeallhislifeandstillremain bewildered. ||+|| l||||-| ||| ||l|| -| (|||| l|7||| ||7l-| ||| t5.2 Liberationisdistastefortheobjectsofthesenses. Bondageisloveofthesenses.Thisisknowledge. Now do as you please. ||l|||7|||||u|| || ||||-| |l| |||||||||-|| |+|+|l+| t5.3 Thisawarenessofthetruthmakesaneloquent, cleverandenergeticmandumb,stupidandlazy,so it is avoided by those whose aim is enjoyment. | | | | | | +||| || | || +|||| l|||l-| -|| -||+|| l||+| -|| | t5.4 You are not the body, nor is the body yours, nor are youthedoerofactionsorthereaperoftheir consequences. You are eternally pure consciousness the witness, in need of nothing - so live happily. |||| |||||| | ||-| ||| l|l|||l-| |||||| l|l|| -|| | t5.5 Desireandangerareobjectsofthemind,butthe mindisnotyours,noreverhasbeen.Youare choiceless, awareness itself and unchanging - so live happily. -||+||| ||||| -||+|||l| |||l| l|7||| l||| l|||-| -||| +|| t5.6 Recognisingoneselfinallbeings,andallbeingsin oneself,behappy,freefromthesenseof responsibilityandfreefrompreoccupationwith me. l|%| -+l| || ||| s| -||| |||| | -|l%||| l||| +|| t5.7 Yournatureistheconsciousness,inwhichthe whole world wells up, like waves in the sea. That is whatyouare,withoutanydoubt,sobefreeof disturbance. >|7-| ||| >|7-| ||| || | +|| 7|||-||| +|||||||| | || | t5.8 Have faith, my son, have faith. Don't let yourself be deludedinthis,sir.YouareyourselftheLord, whosepropertyisknowledge,andarebeyond natural causation. |'| -||l2|| l-|0||||l| ||l| | ||| | ||| ||||| l||||7|||l-| t5.9 Thebodyinvestedwiththesensesstandsstill,and comesandgoes.Youyourselfneithercomenorgo, so why bother about them? l-|0| ||| |7|u| || || 4| |l7 4| | || |l|-|| l||||l|'| t5.t0 Let the body last to the end of the Age, or let it come toanendrightnow.Whathaveyougainedorlost, who consist of pure consciousness? For corrections, send mail to hn.shivkumar@gmail.com- 9 - ||||||+|||| l|%|||l| -|+|||| | ||-|||||| | | |l7| || +|l| t5.tt Lettheworldwaveriseorsubsideaccordingtoits ownnatureinyou,thegreatocean.Itisnogainor loss to you. ||| l||||||l-| | | l+||l| ||| | -| | | |||||||| t5.t2 Myson,youconsistofpureconsciousness,andthe world isnot separatefromyou. Sowho isto accept or reject it, and how, and why? (l-|||| 7||| l|||7||| |l| || || || | ||| (| | t5.t3 27 Howcantherebeeitherbirth,karmaor responsibilityinthatoneunchanging,peaceful, unblemishedandinfiniteconsciousnesswhichis you? || |7|l-| ||-||| |l|+||-|-| l || +||-|| -|'||| ||||| t5.t4 27 Whateveryousee,itisyoualonemanifestinit. Howcouldbracelets,armletsandankletsbe different from the gold? | -|||| || l|+|||l|l| -||| -|||||l| l|l%|| l|-|| -||| +|| t5.t5 27 GivingupsuchdistinctionsasThisiswhatIam, andIamnotthat,recognisethatEverythingis myself, and be without distinction and happy. ||||7||||| l|%| || ||||| ||||| ||l-| -|-||| ||-|-||| | %|| t5.t6 Itisthroughyourignorancethatallthisexists.In realityyoualoneexist.Apartfromyouthereisno one within or beyond samsara. +||l||||l| l|%| | ll|ll| l|%||| l|||-|| -+l||||| | ll|l| 7|||l| t5.t7 Knowingthatallthisisanillusion,onebecomes freefrom desire, pure receptivity and at peace, as if nothing existed. ( (| +|||+||||||-||l-| +|l||l| | | |||l-| ||+|| || || -|| | t5.t8 33 Onlyonethinghasexisted,existsandwillexistin theoceanofbeing.Youhavenobondageor liberation. Live happily and fulfilled. || -||l|||+|| l|| +||+|| l||| |7||| -|| l|0 -||||||l|| t5.t9 32 Being pure consciousness, do not disturb your mind withthoughtsofforandagainst.Beatpeaceand remain happily in yourself, the essence of joy. ||| ||| -||| || ll| l ||| ||| | | (||l-| l l||7| l|l-| t5.20 32 Giveupthepracticeofconcentrationcompletely and hold nothing in your mind. You are free in your verynature,sowhatwillyouachievebyworking your brain? 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| ASHTAVAKRA ||+| 7|'| || ||| ||||7||-||'||7| |||l| | || -||-| -||l|-|'|| 5| t6.t Myson,youmayreciteorlistentocountless scriptures,butyouwillnotbeestablishedwithin until you can forget everything. +||| | -|||l| || l|7| |||l| | l|| l|-|-|||7|||| ||l||l| t6.2 Youmay,asalearnedman,indulgeinwealth, activity and meditation, but your mind will still long for that which is the cessation of desire, and beyond all goals. |||-||-||| || || ||||l| %|| |||||7|| || ||||l| l||l|| t6.3 Itisbecauseofeffortthateveryoneisinpain,but no-one realises it. By just this simple instruction, the lucky one attains tranquillity. |||| l|u| |-| l||||||||l| |-|||-| ||'|-| -|| ||-| -|l|| t6.4 Happinessbelongstono-onebutthatsupremely lazymanforwhomevenopeningandclosinghis eyes is a bother. s |l| |l| | || || ||||||||+|| l||+| || +||| t6.5 When the mind is freed from such pairs of opposites as, I have done this, and I have not done that, it becomesindifferenttomerit,wealth,sensualityand liberation. l|| l|||2| ||| l||||||| |||+|l|||-| | l|| | ||||| t6.6 Onemanisabstemiousandaversetothesenses, anotherisgreedyandattachedtothem,buthewho isfreefrombothtakingandrejectingisneither abstemious nor greedy. ||||||| |||-|-||l||| -|| |||l| ||| | l|l|||7||-|| t6.7 Solongasdesire,whichisthestateoflackof discrimination,remains,thesenseofrevulsionand attractionwillremain,whichistherootandbranch of samsara. |||| |||| ||| l|||| | (| l l|| |||| ||||| (||| ||l-|| t6.8 Desirespringsfromusage,andaversionfrom abstention, but the wise man is free from the pairs of opposites like a child, and becomes established. - 10 - ||l|7l| -|-|| ||| |l||-||| |||||| l l||-|l-||l| | l|ul| t6.9 The passionate man wants to be rid of samsara so as toavoidpain,butthedispassionatemaniswithout pain and feels no distress even in it. |-||l+||||| ||+|l| l| |||| ||| | | 7|||| | || |||| || |+|||-|| t6.t0 Hewhoisproudaboutevenliberationorhisown body,andfeelsthemhisown,isneitheraseerora yogi. He is still just a sufferer. | |u|2| | l ||||l| || |||l| | || -||| -||l|-|'||| t6.tt IfevenShiva,Vishnuorthelotus-bornBrahma wereyourinstructor,untilyouhaveforgotten everything you cannot be established within. 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| ASHTAVAKRA || 7|||+| ||| ||||+||-|+| ||| || -|7l|| l|| (|l || | | t7.t He who is content,with purified senses, and always enjoyssolitude,hasgainedthefruitofknowledge and the fruit of the practice of yoga too. | |l|=||l-|| ||7|| | l|ul| || (| || |'| |8|'|'|| t7.2 The knower of truth is never distressed in this world, for the whole round world is full of himself alone. | ||| l|||| l| -|||| ||||| -||l||||||l||+| l|||||| t7.3 Noneofthesesensespleaseamanwhohasfound satisfactionwithin,justasNimbaleavesdonot please the elephant that has a taste for Sallaki leaves. |-| +|||| +|| | +|||l|||l-||| +|| l|||+|| |7|| +|||+| t7.4 Notattachedtothethingshehasenjoyed,andnot hankering after the things he has not enjoyed, such a man is hard to find. |+|+|l -|-|| ||+|l| 7|| +|||||+|l|||+|| l||| l ||7|| t7.5 Thosewhodesirepleasureandthosewhodesire liberationarebothfoundinsamsara,butthegreat souledmanwhodesiresneitherpleasurenor liberation is rare indeed. ||||||||+|| ||l|| |'| ||| -||||l||-| ||||||| | l t7.6 Itisonlythenoblemindedwhoisfreefrom attraction or repulsion to religion, wealth, sensuality, and life and death too. ||7| | l|%|l||| | |-|-| | l-||| ||| ||l||| |-|| || |-| ||| -||| t7.7 He feels no desire for the elimination of all this, nor angeratitscontinuing,sotheluckymanlives happily with whatever means of sustenance presents itself. |||||| 7|||||| |l|||| || |7|| 7|'|| -|7|| l||| 7||-| ||| -||| t7.8 Thusfulfilledthroughthisknowledge,contented and with the thinking mind emptied, he lives happily just seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling and tasting. 7||| l2||| |2| l|||||l||l'| | | -|| | l|l|| +||'|-|-||-||| t7.9 In him for whom the ocean of samsara has dried up, thereisneitherattachmentoraversion.Hisgazeis vacant,hisbehaviourpurposeless,andhissenses inactive. | ||l| | l||l| |||||l| | |||l| | |7|| 4||l| ||| |||-| t7.t0 Surelythesupremestateiseverywhereforthe liberatedmind.Heisneitherawakeorasleep,and neither opens or closes his eyes. -||| 7|| -|-| -||| l||||7|| -||-|||-||| || | -||| ||| t7.tt Theliberatedmanisresplendenteverywhere,free fromalldesires.Everywhereheappearsself- possessed and pure of heart. |7|| 7|'|| -|7|| l||| 7|| |'| || ||| $l||||l||| | (| ||7|| t7.t2 Seeing,hearing,feeling,smelling,tasting,speaking andwalkingabout,thegreatsouledmanwhois freedfromtryingtoachieveoravoidanythingis free indeed. | l|l| | | -||l| | |l| | |l| | |l| | |'|l| | -||| ||-| t7.t3 Theliberatedmanisfreefromdesireseverywhere. He does not blame, does not praise, does not rejoice, is not disappointed, and neither gives nor takes. -|||||| l-|| || || || -|||l-|| l|5|||| -|-|| | (| ||7|| t7.t4 Whenagreatsouledoneisequallyunperturbedin mindandself-possessedatthesightofawoman fullofdesireandatapproachingdeath,heistruly liberated. -|| | | |||| -||-| l||-| | l|7||| || ||-| -||| -||l7|| t7.t5 Thereisnodistinctionbetweenpleasureandpain, manandwoman,successandfailureforthewise man who looks on everything as equal. For corrections, send mail to hn.shivkumar@gmail.com- 11 - | l-|| || |'| ||7| | | |||| ||%|| || | +||+| +||'|-|-|'| | t7.t6 Thereisnoaggressionorcompassion,noprideor humility, no wonder or confusion for the man whose days of running about are over. | || l|||2| | || l||||||| -|-|||| l|| ||||||||||7|| t7.t7 The liberated man is not averse to the senses and nor isheattachedtothem.Heenjoyshimself continuallywithanunattachedmindinboth achievement and non-achievement. -||||||-||||||l||l|l|||| 7||l||| | ||||l| ||l|| -|l-|| t7.t8 One established in the Absolute state with an empty minddoesnotknowthealternativesofinner stillness and lack of stillness, and of good and evil. l|||| l||| | ll|ll| l|l%|| ||l||-|||7| ||l| |l| | t7.t9 Freeofmeandmineandofasenseof responsibility,awarethatNothingexists,withall desires extinguished within, a man does not act even in acting. ||||7|-|||-||||l||l|| 7|| ||l| -||||| +|| |l|||||-| t7.20 Hewhosethinkingmindisdissolvedachievesthe indescribablestateandisfreefromthemental display of delusion, dream and ignorance. 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| 2||+ ||| ASHTAVAKRA |-| ||||| |||-||| +||l| +|| |-| -||||| || 7||||| ||-| t8.t Praise be to that by the awareness of which delusion itselfbecomesdream-like,tothatwhichispure happiness, peace and light. |l|||l|||| ||| +||||||||l| |||| | l -|||l|||||'| -||| +||| t8.2 Onemaygetallsortsofpleasurebytheacquisition ofvariousobjectsofenjoyment,butonecannotbe happy except by the renunciation of everything. ||||||'|||||||||| | |7|||||||||-|||| -||| t8.3 Howcantherebehappiness,foronewhoisburnt inside by the blistering sun of the pain of things that need doing, without the rain of the nectar of peace? +|||| +||||||||| | ll|| |||| ||-|+||| -|+||||| +||||+|||l|+||l|||| t8.4 Thisexistenceisjustimagination.Itisnothingin reality,butthereisnonon-beingfornaturesthat know how to distinguish being from non being. | | | -||||||||||| | l|l|| l||||-| l|l|| l|||| t8.5 The realm of one's own self is not far away, and nor canitbeachievedbytheadditionoflimitationsto its nature. It isunimaginable, effortless, unchanging and spotless. |||||||l||| -||||||||| |||7||| l|||| l|||'|2| t8.6 Bythesimpleeliminationofdelusionandthe recognitionofone'struenature,thosewhosevision is unclouded live free from sorrow. -||-| |||||||||| | -||||| sl| l|7||| ||| l l|+|-|l| ||||| t8.7 Knowingeverythingasjustimagination,and himselfaseternallyfree,howshouldthewiseman behave like a fool? ||| |8l| l|l%|| +||||+|||| | l||| l||| l l|||||l| l || | |l| l| t8.8 KnowinghimselftobeGodandbeingandnon-beingjustimagination,whatshouldthemanfree from desire learn, say or do? | -|||| || sl| +||'|| l|||| -|||||l| l|l%|| |'||+||-| ||l|| t8.9 Considerations like I am this or I am not this are finishedfortheyogiwhohasgonesilentrealising Everything is myself. | l|+||| | ||| ||l||||| | |7|| | -|| | | || | |7|||-| ||l|| t8.t0 Fortheyogiwhohasfoundpeace,thereisno distractionorone-pointedness,nohigher knowledge or ignorance, no pleasure and no pain. -|||| +|+|||| | ||+||||+| || || l|l||-|+|||-| | l|7|||l-| ||l|| t8.tt Thedominionofheavenorbeggary,gainorloss, lifeamongmenorintheforest,thesemakeno differencetoayogiwhosenatureitistobefree from distinctions. 4| || 4| | || || 4| ||| 4| l||l|| s |l| |l| |-| ||l|| t8.t2 Thereisnoreligion,wealth,sensualityor discriminationforayogifreefromthepairsof opposites such as I have done this and I have not done that. | l|l| |||l-| | |l| l ||| ||| |||||| ||||-| ||l|| t8.t3 Thereisnothingneedingtobedone,orany attachmentinhisheartfortheyogiliberatedwhile still alive. Things are just for a life-time. 4| || 4| | || l|%| 4| | ||| 4| ||| -||-||-|||||| l|>|||-| |||| t8.t4 Thereisnodelusion,world,meditationonThat,or liberation for the pacified great soul. All these things are just the realm of imagination. - 12 - || l|%|l| 2 -| ||-||l| || | l|||-|| l | |7||l| | |7|l| t8.t5 Hebywhomallthisisseenmaywellmakeouthe doesn'texist,butwhatisthedesirelessonetodo? Even in seeing he does not see. || 2 | |8 -|| |8l| l|||| l l|||l| l|l%||| l||| || | |7|l| t8.t6 He by whom the Supreme Brahma is seen may think IamBrahma,butwhatishetothinkwhois without thought, and who sees no duality. 2| ||||l|+||| l||| | |-|| |-| | l|l+|| -||||+|||||l| l| t8.t7 Hebywhominnerdistractionisseenmayputan endtoit,butthenobleoneisnotdistracted.When there is nothing to achieve, what is he to do? ||| ||l|||-|| ||||||l| |||| || -|||l| | l|+|| | ||| -|-| |7|l| t8.t8 The wise man, unlike the worldly man, does not see innerstillness,distractionorfaultinhimself,even when living like a worldly man. +||||+|||l|||| |-||| l|||-||| || || ll|| || ||| l|||| t8.t9 Nothing is done by himwhoisfreefrom being and non-being,whoiscontented,desirelessandwise, even if in the world's eyes he does act. |||| || l|||| || || ||-| | || ||||||l| ||| l|0| -||| t8.20 The wise man who just goes on doing what presents itself for him to do, encounters no difficulty in either activity or inactivity. l|||-||| l|||| -|7| |||| l+|| -|-||||| |2| 7||'||| t8.2t Hewhoisdesireless,self-reliant,independentand free of bonds functions like a dead leaf blown about by the wind of causality. -|-||-| | 4||l| | || | l|||l|| -| 7||||||| l|| l| s| ||| t8.22 Thereisneitherjoynorsorrowforonewhohas transcendedsamsara.Helivesalwayswitha peaceful mind and as if without a body. ||l| | l||-||l-| ||7|| ||l| | |l|| |||||-| ||-| 7|||||7|||| t8.23 He whose joy is in himself, and who is peaceful and purewithinhasnodesireforrenunciationorsense of loss in anything. ||| 7||l||-| |||-| |7|| |||-|| ||-| | |||| |||||||| t8.24 For the man with a naturally empty mind, doing just as he pleases, there is no such thing as pride or false humility, as there is for the natural man. | | | | ||| 7|7l|'|| sl| l||||||| | ||l| |l| | t8.25 Thisactionwasdonebythebodybutnotbyme. Thepure-naturedpersonthinkinglikethis,isnot acting even when acting. |||| | | +||l| ||l|7| |||| -||| >||||| -|-||l| 7||+|| t8.26 Hewho actswithout being able to saywhy, but not becauseheisafool,heisoneliberatedwhilestill alive,happyandblessed.Hethrivesevenin samsara. ||l|||-|>|||| ||| l|>||l||||| | || | ||l| | 7|'||l| | |7|l| t8.27 Hewhohashadenoughofendlessconsiderations and has attained to peace, does not think, know, hear or see. -||||l|+|||| | ||+|| || l|l%|| l|| |7|| |8||-| ||7|| t8.28 Hewhoisbeyondmentalstillnessanddistraction, doesnotdesireeitherliberationoranythingelse. Recognising that things are just constructions of the imagination,thatgreatsoullivesasGodhereand now. |-||| -|||| | |l| |l| -| l||||'| | ll|| || t8.29 Hewhofeelsresponsibilitywithin,actsevenwhen notacting,butthereisnosenseofdoneorundone forthewisemanwhoisfreefromthesenseof responsibility. ||l| | | -||2|| -||l|| l||7| ||-| l|| |-| ||| t8.30 Themindoftheliberatedmanisnotupsetor pleased.Itshinesunmoving,desireless,andfree from doubt. l|||| |l2| ||l| |l| | |||| l|l|l||l| l| l||||l| l||2| t8.3t Hewhoseminddoesnotsetouttomeditateoract, meditates and acts without an object. || ||||||'| | ||||l| |7|| ||| ||l| -|||||7 |l| |7|| t8.32 Astupidmanisbewilderedwhenhehearsthereal truth,while even a cleverman is humbled by it just like the fool. (|||| l|||| || |7+|-|| +|7| ||| | | |7|l| -|||-|| l-||| t8.33 Theignorantmakeagreatefforttopractiseone-pointednessandthestoppingofthought,whilethe wiseseenothingtobedoneandremainin themselves like those asleep. For corrections, send mail to hn.shivkumar@gmail.com- 13 - ||-||| ||-|| || |7| ||||l| l||l| ||l|%|||||'| ||7|| +||l| l||| t8.34 The stupid does not attain cessationwhether he acts orabandonsaction,whilethewisemanfindpeace within simply by knowing the truth. 7|7 |7 l|| |'| l|||| l|||| |||| | | |||l| |||+||-||| ||| t8.35 Peoplecannotcometoknowthemselvesby practices-pureawareness,clear,complete,beyond multiplicity and faultless though they are. ||||l| |'|| ||+| l||7|+||-|l|'|| ||| l|7||||||'| |l-|0|l|l+| t8.36 The stupid does not achieve liberation even through regularpractice,butthefortunateremainsfreeand actionless simply by discrimination. |7| ||||l| | |8 ||| +|l||l|7l| l|7|l| ||| l ||8-||+|| t8.37 ThestupiddoesnotattainGodheadbecausehe wantstobecomeit,whilethewisemanenjoysthe Supreme Godhead without even wanting it. l||||| |||| |7| -|-|||||| (|-||||||-| ||7 || || t8.38 Even when living without any support and eager for achievement, the stupid are still nourishing samsara, whilethewisehavecutattheveryrootofits unhappiness. | 7||l| |+|| |7| || 7|l||l|7l| ||-|| l|l|l%|| -||| 7||||||-| t8.39 Thestupiddoesnotfindpeacebecauseheis wanting it, while the wise discriminating the truth is always peaceful minded. 4||||| 7|| |-| | 2||||| |||-| | | |7|l| |7|||||||||| t8.40 Howcantherebeselfknowledgeforhimwhose knowledgedependsonwhathesees?Thewisedo notseethisandthat,butseethemselvesas unending. 4| l|||| l||7-| || l||| |l| | -||||-|| ||-| -|||-|||l|| t8.4t Howcantherebecessationofthoughtforthe misguidedwhoisstrivingforit?Yetitisthere alwaysnaturallyforthewisemandelightedin himself. +|||-| +||| l%|| | ll| +||||| +|||+||| l%| (||| l||| t8.42 Somethinkthatsomethingexists,andothersthat nothingdoes.Rareisthemanwhodoesnotthink either, and is thereby free from distraction. 7|7||||||| +||||l| |7| | | |||l| -||||u||=|||l|||| t8.43 Thoseofweakintelligencethinkofthemselvesas pure nonduality, but because of their delusion do not know this, and remain unfulfilled all their lives. ||+|||l7|||||'| | l|u| l||||| l|||| |l7|-| -||| t8.44 Themindofthemanseekingliberationcanfindno restingplacewithin,butthemindoftheliberated manisalwaysfreefromdesirebytheveryfactof being without a resting place. l||||l||| ||+| |l|| 7|'||l|| l|7|l| s|ll| +| l|||||l-|7| t8.45 Seeingthetigersofthesenses,thefrightened refuge-seekersatonceenterthecaveinsearchof cessation of thought and one- pointedness. l|||-|| l || |'|| l|||l|| ||||| | 7||-| -||| |||| t8.46 Seeing the desireless lion the elephants of the senses silentlyrunaway,or,iftheycannot,servehimlike courtiers. | |l|l| || l|7|| ||||-| |7|| 7|'|| -|7|| l|||7|||-| |||-||| t8.47 The man who is free from doubts and whose mind is freedoesnotbotheraboutmeansofliberation. Whether seeing, hearing, feeling smelling or tasting, he lives at ease. |-|>||'||||'| 7|7|l7l||| |||||||||||||-| || ||7|l| t8.48 Hewhosemindispureandundistractedfromthe simplehearingoftheTruthseesneithersomething todonorsomethingtoavoidnoracausefor indifference. || ||||||l| || || 5| 7|+| |||7|+| ||l| |-| |2| l ||||| t8.49 The straightforward person does whatever arrives to bedone,goodorbad,forhisactionsarelikethose of a child. -|||||-||||||l| -||||||+|| | -|||||l||l| |7-|||||| || || t8.50 Byinnerfreedomoneattainshappiness,byinner freedom one reaches the Supreme, by inner freedom onecomestoabsenceofthought,byinnerfreedom to the Ultimate State. |||+||| -||||| ||| || || +||'|| +|||| -||-||l%||||| t8.5t Whenoneseesoneselfasneitherthedoernorthe reaperoftheconsequences,thenallmindwaves come to an end. 7||||l|| l-|l|||-| ||| | | -|-|l||-| 7||l||7-| l||| t8.52 Thespontaneousunassumedbehaviourofthewise isnoteworthy,butnotthedeliberate,intentional stillness of the fool. - 14 - l||-|l| ||+|||l|7|l| l|l|5|| l|-|||| ||| |7| ||7| t8.53 Thewisewhoareridofimagination,unboundand withunfetteredawarenessmayenjoythemselvesin themidstofmanygoods,oralternativelygooffto mountain caves. >||l|| ||| |||||| +||l| l|| || -||| ||-| | |l| l ||-||| t8.54 Thereisnoattachmentintheheartofawiseman whetherheseesorpayshomagetoalearned Brahmin, a celestial being, a holy place, a woman, a king or a friend. +|| || ||%| |l|%||l| |||| l|-| l|d|| |||| | ||l| l|l| ||| t8.55 Ayogiisnotintheleastputoutevenwhen humiliatedbytheridiculeofservants,sons,wives, grandchildren or other relatives. -||2|l| | -||2 l|||l| | | l|u| |-||%||7|| || || ||7|| (| |||| t8.56 Evenwhenpleasedheisnotpleased,notsuffering evenwheninpain.Onlythoselikehimcanknow the wonderful state of such a man. |||| -|-||| | || |7|l| -|| 7||||| l|||| l|l||| l||||| t8.57 Itisthesenseofresponsibilitywhichissamsara. Thewisewhoareoftheformofemptiness, formless, unchanging and spotless see no such thing. ||l| -|+||+|| || -||| |7|| ||l| | ||l| 7||| l l||| t8.58 Evenwhendoingnothingthefoolisagitatedby restlessness,whileaskilfulmanremains undisturbed even when doing what there is to do. -||||-| -|| 7|| -||||||l| ||l| | -|| |l -|| +| |||l| 7||||| t8.59 Happy he stands, happy he sits, happy he sleeps and happyhecomesandgoes.Happyhespeaks,and happy he eats. Such is the life of a man at peace. -|+||||u-| |||l|||| |||l'| || s||+||+|| ||4|7| -| 7||+|| t8.60 Hewhoofhisverynaturefeelsnounhappinessin hisdailylifelikeworldlypeople,remains undisturbed like a great lake, all sorrow gone. l||l|l| |7-| ||l| ||||| ||l|l| ||-| l||l|+|+||l||| t8.6t Even abstention from action leads to action in a fool, whileeventheactionofthewisemanbringsthe fruits of inaction. |l|| ||| |||| |7-| 7|| l||l|||7|-| 4| || 4| l||||| t8.62 A fool often shows aversion towards his belongings, butforhimwhoseattachmenttothebodyhas droppedaway,thereisneitherattachmentnor aversion. +|||||+|||||-|| l2|7-| -||| +|||+|||||| -|| | -|-|-||l2l|'|| t8.63 The mind of the fool is always caught in an opinion about becoming or avoiding something, but the wise man's nature is to have no opinions about becoming and avoiding. -|||+|| l|||| |%| ||||| |l| | ||-|-| 7|7-| l+|||'||l| |l'| t8.64 For the seer who behaves like a child, without desire in all actions, there is no attachment for such a pure one even in the work he he does. -| (| || ||7| -||+|||| | -|| |7|| 7|'|| -|7|| l||| 7|l|-|||||-| t8.65 Blessed is he who knows himself and is the same in all states,with amind free from cravingwhether he is seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling or tasting. 4| -|-|| 4| ||+||-| 4| -||| 4| | -|||| ||7|-|| ||-| l|l||-| -||| t8.66 Thereisnomansubjecttosamsara,senseof individuality, goal or means to the goal for thewise manwhoisalwaysfreefromimaginations,and unchanging as space. -| ||||-|||-|| |'|-|-|l|| l|||||l7| -|||l||-| ||| t8.67 Gloriousishewhohasabandonedallgoalsandis theincarnationofsatisfaction,hisverynature,and whoseinnerfocusontheUnconditionedisquite spontaneous. |||| l|| 7|||||| ||7|| +|||||+|l|||+|| -|| -||| ||-| t8.68 Inbrief,thegreat-souledmanwhohascometo knowtheTruthiswithoutdesireforeitherpleasure orliberation,andisalwaysandeverywherefree from attachment. ||l ||| ||||||l||l+|| l||| 7|7|||-| l |||l7||| t8.69 Whatremainstobedonebythemanwhoispure awareness and has abandoned everything that can be expressedinwordsfromthehighestheaventothe earth itself? +||+||l| -|| ll|||-||l| l|%||| |+|-+'| 7|7 -|+||||| 7|||l| t8.70 Thepuremanwhohasexperiencedthe Indescribableattainspeacebyhisownnature, realising that all this is nothing but illusion, and that nothing is. For corrections, send mail to hn.shivkumar@gmail.com- 15 - 7|7-+'||-| 7|+|||||7|| 4| l|l| 4| ||| 4| ||| 4| 7|||l| || t8.7t Therearenorules,dispassion,renunciationor meditation for one who is pure receptivity by nature, and admits no knowable form of being? -+|||||'| |l| | | |7|| 4| || 4| | || ||+| 4| | 4| l|||l|| t8.72 For him who shines with the radiance of Infinity and isnotsubjecttonaturalcausalitythereisneither bondage, liberation, pleasure nor pain. |l7|||-|-|| ||||||| l|||| l|||| l||| l||| 7||+|| || t8.73 Pureillusionreignsinsamsarawhichwillcontinue untilselfrealisation,buttheenlightenedmanlives inthebeautyoffreedomfrommeandmine,from the sense of responsibility and from any attachment. +|| ||-||||||||| |7||| || 4| l|u| | 4| || l|%| 4| | ||l| || t8.74 For the seer who knows himself as imperishable and beyond pain there is neither knowledge, a world nor the sense that I am the body or the body mine. l|||||l| ||l'| ||l| ||||l |||||| |||||%| |||||||+|'||| t8.75 Nosoonerdoesamanoflowintelligencegiveup activities like the elimination of thought than he falls into mental chariot racing and babble. | >|||l| |-| | ||l| l||7|| l|l||| |l|-|||l||||||-| t8.76 Afooldoesnotgetridofhisstupidityevenon hearingthetruth.Hemayappearoutwardlyfree fromimaginations,butinsideheishankeringafter the senses still. 7|||| |l|||| || |||l| || ||||||-| | ||| | l|| t8.77 Thoughintheeyesoftheworldheisactive,the manwhohasshedactionthroughknowledgefinds no means of doing or speaking anything. 4| || 4| ||7|| || || 4| | | l|| l|l||-| ||-| l|||-| -||| t8.78 Forthewisemanwhoisalwaysunchangingand fearlessthereisneitherdarknessnorlightnor destruction, nor anything. 4| || 4| l||l| 4| l|||||l| || l||||-|+|||-| l|-|+|||-| ||l|| t8.79 Thereisneitherfortitude,prudencenorcouragefor the yogi whose nature is beyond description and free of individuality. | -||| || || ||||l| || l |||| l|| |||| | l|| t8.80 Thereisneitherheavennorhellnorevenliberation duringlife.Inanutshell,inthesightoftheseer nothing exists at all. || ||||| ||+| ||||+||||7|||l| ||-| 7|||| l||||||| |l|| t8.8t He neither longs for possessions nor grieves at their absence.Thecalmmindofthesageisfullofthe nectar of immortality. | 7||| -||l| l|||| | 2|l| l|l| -|||-||-|| ll|| | | |7|l| t8.82 The dispassionate does not praise the good or blame thewicked. Content and equal in pain and pleasure, he sees nothing that needs doing. ||| | l2 -|-||||||| | l+|l| ||||l|l||| | ||| | | |||l| t8.83 Thewisemandoesnotdislikesamsaraorseekto knowhimself.Freefrompleasureandimpatience, he is not dead and he is not alive. l|-| ||||| l|||| l|||| | l|l%|| -|7||l| l||7| 7||+|| || t8.84 Thewisemanstandsoutbybeingfreefrom anticipation,withoutattachmenttosuchthingsas childrenorwives,freefromdesireforthesenses, and not even concerned about his own body. |l2 -||| ||-| ||||l|||l|| -|7 ||| 7||| ||-|l||7||l|| t8.85 Peaceiseverywhereforthewisemanwholiveson whateverhappenstocometohim,goingto whereverhefeelslike,andsleepingwhereverthe sun happens to set. |||| || | ||-| l||| |||| -|+|||+|l|l|>||l|l|-|||7||-|-|| t8.86 Let his body rise or fall. The great souled one gives itnothought,havingforgottenallaboutsamsarain coming to rest on the ground of his true nature. l|| ||||| l|l77|-|7|| -| -||+|||| ||| || || t8.87 Thewisemanhasthejoyofbeingcompletein himselfandwithoutpossessions,actingashe pleases,freefromdualityandridofdoubts,and without attachment to any creature. l||| 7||+|| || -||||2|7|||| -|l+||||l|l|l||||-|| t8.88 Thewisemanexcelsinbeingwithoutthesenseof me.Earth,astoneorgoldarethesametohim. Theknotsofhishearthavebeenrentasunder,and he is freed from greed and blindness. - 16 - -|||||||||-| | ll| ||-||| l ||||| l|||-| |||| | |||| t8.89 Who can compare with that contented, liberated soul whopaysnoregardtoanythingandhasnodesire left in his heart?||||l| | ||||l| |7||l| | |7|l| ||| l| | | || ||| l|||-|||| t8.90 Whobuttheuprightmanwithoutdesireknows withoutknowing,seeswithoutseeingandspeaks without speaking? l+|+||| +||l|||l| || l||| -| 7||+|| +|||| |l||| |-| 7||+|||7||+||| |l| t8.9t Beggar or king, he excels who is without desire, and whose opinion of things is rid of good and bad. 4| -||7u 4| -||| 4| || ||l|l|%|| l|||||||+||-| |l|||-| ||l|| t8.92 Thereisneitherdissolutebehaviournorvirtue,nor even discrimination of the truth for the sage who has reachedthegoalandistheveryembodimentof guileless sincerity. ||l|>||l|||| l||7|| |||l||| |||+||| || | -| || t8.93 How can one describe what is experienced within by one desireless and free from pain, and content to rest in himself - and of whom? -|||l| | -|||| | -||l| 7|l||| | | |||l| | |||l| ||-|| | | t8.94 The wise man who is contented in all circumstances isnotasleepevenindeepsleep,notsleepingina dream, nor waking when he is awake. 7| -|l|||l| l|l%|| -|l||l| l|ll| -||l7l| l||l7 -|||||l| t8.95 Theseeriswithoutthoughtsevenwhenthinking, withoutsensesamongthesenses,without understandingeveninunderstandingandwithouta sense of responsibility even in the ego. | -||| | | || || | l|| | -||||| | ||+|| || || | ll|| | l|| t8.96 Neitherhappynorunhappy,neitherdetachednor attached, neitherseekingliberationnor liberated, he is neither something nor nothing. l|+||l| | l|l+|| -||||| | -|||l|||| ||l| | || || ||l'|l| | |l'| t8.97 Notdistractedindistraction,inmentalstillnessnot poised,instupiditynotstupid,thatblessedoneis not even wise in his wisdom. || |||l-|l|-|-| |||l||| -|| -||| ||'||| -||| || t8.98 Theliberatedmanisself-possessedinall circumstancesandfreefromtheideaofdoneand stilltodo.Heisthesamewhereverheisand withoutgreed.Hedoesnotdwellonwhathehas done or not done. | |||| |u|||| l|u|||| | |l| |||l|l| |'| |||| ||l+||l| t8.99 Heisnotpleasedwhenpraisednorupsetwhen blamed. He is not afraid of death nor attached to life. | |||l| |||l'| ||'| |7||||| |||||| |||| -|| (|||l|0| t8.t00 A man at peace does not run off to popular resorts or to the forest. Whatever and wherever, he remains the same. || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| JANAKA ||l|7|||-|7||||| |||| ||l|||||7|7|||7| || ||| t9.t UsingthetweezersoftheknowledgeofthetruthI have managed to extract the painful thorn of endless opinions from the recesses of my heart. 4| || 4| | || || 4| ||| 4| l||l|| 4| | 4| | ||| -||ll| l-||-| | t9.2 Forme,establishedinmyownglory,thereisno religion, sensuality, possessions, philosophy, duality or even non-duality. 4| +|| 4| +|l|| || ||||||l| 4| || 4| 7| 4| | || l|| -||ll| l-||-| | t9.3 Formeestablishedinmyownglory,thereisno past,futureorpresent.Thereisnospaceoreven eternity. 4| |||| 4| | |||||| 4| 7|+| 4||7|+| ||| 4| l||| 4| | ||l||| -||ll| l-||-| | t9.4 For me established in my own glory, there is no self ornon-self,nogoodorevil,nothoughtoreven absence of thought. 4| -|| 4| -||l||| 4| | |||'| ||| 4| ||| +|| ||l| -||ll| l-||-| | t9.5 Formeestablishedinmyownglory,thereisno dreamingordeepsleep,nowakingnorfourthstate beyond them, and certainly no fear. 4| 4| -|||| || || 4||+|| 4| || 4| -|| 4| | || -|+| -||ll| l-||-| | t9.6 For me established in my own glory, there is nothing farawayandnothingnear,nothingwithinor without, nothing large and nothing small. 4| ||||l|| || 4| ||| 4||-| 4| ||l 4| || 4| -|||l||| -||ll| l-||-| | t9.7 For me established in my own glory, there is no life ordeath,noworldsorthingsoftheworld,no distraction and no stillness of mind. For corrections, send mail to hn.shivkumar@gmail.com- 17 - | l|||||| |||-| ||||| | l|7|||||| l|>|||-| ||||l| t9.8 For me remaining in myself, there is no need for talk of the three goals of life, of yoga or of knowledge. || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| JANAKA 4| +|||l| 4| | || 4|l||l'| 4| || || 4| 7|| 4| | ||7| |-|| l||| 20.t In my unblemished nature there are no elements, no body, no faculties no mind. There is no void and no anguish. 4| 7||-| 4|||l|7||| 4| || l|l||| || 4| |l| 4| l||'||| ||-| | -|| 20.2 For me, free from the sense of dualism, there are no scriptures, no self-knowledge, no mind free from an object, no satisfaction and no freedom from desire. 4| l|u| 4| | ||l|u| 4|| 4| || 4| || 4| || 4| | || ||+| -||-| 4| l||| 20.3 There is no knowledge or ignorance, no me, this ormine,nobondage,noliberation,andno property of self-nature. 4| ||||l| ||l'| ||||ll| 4| || 4| | l||| l|l|7||-| -||| 20.4 Forhimwhoisalwaysfreefromindividual characteristicsthereisnoantecedentcausalaction, no liberation during life, and no fulfillment at death. 4| || 4| | || +||| l|l+| -+'| 4| || 4||||+| +| || 4| l|-|+|||-| | -|| 20.5 For me, free from individuality, there is no doer and noreaperoftheconsequences,nocessationof action,noarisingofthought,noimmediateobject, and no idea of results. 4| || 4| ||+||| 4| |||| 7|||||| 4| || 4| |7 4| | || | -|-|||| 20.6 There is no world, no seeker for liberation, no yogi, noseer,no-oneboundandno-oneliberated.I remain in my own non-dual nature. 4| -|l2 4| | -|| 4| -||| 4| | -|||| 4| -||| 4| l-|l7|| -|-|||| 20.7 Thereisnoemanationorreturn,nogoal,means, seeker or achievement. I remain in my own non-dual nature. 4| ||||| |||'| || 4| ||| 4| | ||| 4| ll|| 4| | ll| || -||| l|||-| | 20.8 Formewhoamforeverunblemished,thereisno judge,nostandard,nothingtojudge,andno judgement. 4| l|+|| 4| |||| 4| l|||| 4| |7|| 4| | 4| l|||| || -||| l|l+|-| | 20.9 Formewhoamforeveractionless,thereisno distractionorone-pointednessofmind,nolackof understanding, no stupidity, no joy and no sorrow. 4| || |||| || 4| | -|| |||||| 4| -|| 4| | || | l|l||7|-| | -|| 20.t0 For me who am always free from deliberations there isneitherconventionaltruthnorabsolutetruth,no happiness and no suffering. 4| |||| 4| | -|-|| 4| ||l|l|l| 4| || 4| ||| 4| | ||8 -||| l|||-| | 20.tt For me who am forever pure there is no illusion, no samsara,noattachmentordetachment,noliving being and no God. 4| ||l|l||l||| 4| |l 4| | ||| -|l|l|+|||-| -|-|-| || -||| 20.t2 Formewhoamforeverunmovableandindivisible, establishedinmyself,thereisnoactivityor inactivity, no liberation and no bondage. 4|||7| 4| || 7||-| 4| l7|| 4| | || | 4| ||l-| ||||| || l|||| l7||-| | 20.t3 For me who am blessed and without limitation, there isnoinitiationorscripture,nodiscipleorteacher, and no goal of human existence. 4| ||l-| 4| | || ||l-| 4||l-| | 4| | | |||| l|| ll|||l|0| || 20.t4 There is no being or non-being, no unity or dualism. What more is there to say? Nothing arises out of me. |-|| |-|| |-|| |-||