Fwd: Ashtavakra Samhita

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Thank you Christiane. This is a classic work. I will be

happy to comment now and then. If there are particular verses that you

would like for me to say something please, let me know.

I appreciate your posting these here.

Love to all

Harsha

christiane cameron wrote:

Dear Harsha,

I am happy to post the verses of Ashtavakra Gita on satsangh.

Due to some confusion here the forwarding is chaotic, but I think

members will be able to figure out right sequence of verses. Anyway we

did not get very far.

If somebody would like to comment and maybe go through the verses

together, most welcome.

Om Arunachala Shiva

Chris

 

 

christiane

cameron <christianecameron (AT) mac (DOT) com>

May 17,

2005 23:25:47 GMT+02:00

To:

atma_vichara

Cc:

RamanaMaharshi

Ashtavakra

Samhita

Dear friends,

tonight, without apparent reason, a little booklet fell from the

shelve down at my feet. It turned out to be Ashtavakra Gita, a text

loved by our Bhagavan, which he always recommended for study to

seekers. He copied out the Sanscrit version of the Kannada text in his

own hand, which makes the original very valuable indeed. Maybe we

should read it together.

It starts with King Janaka asking Sage Ashtavakra: How can knowledge

be acquired? How can liberaton be attained. How is renunciation

possible?- Tell me this, oh Lord.

Ashtavakra: If you aspire after liberation, my child, shun the objects

of the senses as poison and seek forgiveness, sincerity, kindness,

contentment and truth as nectar.

You are neither earth, nor water, nor fire, nor air, nor ether. In

order to attain liberation realize yourself as the knower of all these

and consciousness itself.

If you detach the body and rest in Intelligence, you will at once be

happy , peaceful and free from bondage.

to be continued

from

Ashtavakra Samhita

translation 1931 by Swamy Nityaswarupananda

Ramakrishna Mission

Om Arunachala Shiva

Chris

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Dear Yossile

thank you so much for this links!

in love in GD

michaelyosyflug <yosyflug (AT) isdn (DOT) net.il> wrote:

dear friends, there are two versions of the ashtavakra gita on the net:

http://www.realization.org/page/doc0/doc0004.htm (john richards translation)

and

http://www.swcp.com/~robicks/gita00.htm (thomas byrom translation)

my personal favorite for many years is dr. byrom's version.

yosy

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

14 The Fool By nature my mind is empty.

1 Even in sleep, I am awake. I think of

things without thinking. All my impressions of the world Have

dissolved. My desires have melted away.

2 So what do I care for money Or the

thieving senses, For friends or knowledge or holy books? Liberation,

3 Bondage, What are they to me? What do I care

for freedom? For I have known God, The infinite Self, The witness of

all things. Without, a fool.

4 Within, free of thought.

I do as I please, And only those like me Understand my ways.

-

Harsha

Sunday, May 22, 2005 5:27 PM

Re: Fwd: Ashtavakra Samhita

Thank you Christiane. This is a classic work. I will be happy to

comment now and then. If there are particular verses that you would

like for me to say something please, let me know.I appreciate your

posting these here.Love to allHarshachristiane cameron wrote: Dear

Harsha, I am happy to post the verses of Ashtavakra Gita on Harsha

Satsangh. Due to some confusion here the forwarding is chaotic, but I

think members will be able to figure out right sequence of verses.

Anyway we did not get very far. If somebody would like to comment and

maybe go through the verses together, most welcome. Om Arunachala

Shiva Chris

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is the actual form of God."Sri RamanaIn "Letters from Sri

Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma

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[Guest guest]

dear friends, there are two versions of the ashtavakra gita on the net:

http://www.realization.org/page/doc0/doc0004.htm (john richards translation)

and

http://www.swcp.com/~robicks/gita00.htm (thomas byrom translation)

my personal favorite for many years is dr. byrom's version.

yosy

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

14 The Fool By nature my mind is empty.

1 Even in sleep, I am awake. I think of

things without thinking. All my impressions of the world Have

dissolved. My desires have melted away.

2 So what do I care for money Or the

thieving senses, For friends or knowledge or holy books? Liberation,

3 Bondage, What are they to me? What do I care

for freedom? For I have known God, The infinite Self, The witness of

all things. Without, a fool.

4 Within, free of thought.

I do as I please, And only those like me Understand my ways.

-

Harsha

Sunday, May 22, 2005 5:27 PM

Re: Fwd: Ashtavakra Samhita

Thank you Christiane. This is a classic work. I will be happy to

comment now and then. If there are particular verses that you would

like for me to say something please, let me know.I appreciate your

posting these here.Love to allHarshachristiane cameron wrote: Dear

Harsha, I am happy to post the verses of Ashtavakra Gita on Harsha

Satsangh. Due to some confusion here the forwarding is chaotic, but I

think members will be able to figure out right sequence of verses.

Anyway we did not get very far. If somebody would like to comment and

maybe go through the verses together, most welcome. Om Arunachala

Shiva Chris