Avadhuta Gita

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Avadhuta Gita

Song of the ever-free

 

Chapter 3

Verse 33

 

O Self, you do not have any name or form,

even to the extent of mere allusion (figurative language).

There is no substance which is different or nondifferent from you.

Why then, O shameless mind, are you grieving?

I am Existence-Knowledge-Bliss and boundless as space.

 

 

Commentary:-

Mind is the shameless one not the Self!

Strong stuff!

Useful ideas about the 'Self' in Advaita Vedanta for A level students

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advaitin , "Vivekananda Centre" <vivekananda@b...>

wrote:

> Avadhuta Gita

> Song of the ever-free

>

> Chapter 3

> Verse 33

>

> O Self, you do not have any name or form,

> even to the extent of mere allusion (figurative language).

> There is no substance which is different or nondifferent from you.

> Why then, O shameless mind, are you grieving?

> I am Existence-Knowledge-Bliss and boundless as space.

>

>

> Commentary:-

> Mind is the shameless one not the Self!

 

Then where does shame arise from? If there is an experience

of shame, it is within the mind that it is experienced.

 

Here is the same verse in Sw. Ashokananada's translation:

 

Thou has no name and form even to the extent of allusion,

nor any substance differentiated or undifferentiated. Why

dost thou grieve, O thou of shameless mind? I am the nectar

of Knowledge, homogeneous Existence, like the sky!

 

The "thou" referred to is the disciple of Dattatreya. In this

context the "shameless mind" is recognition given to the disciple

for his deep inquiry and discipline.

> Strong stuff!

> Useful ideas about the 'Self' in Advaita Vedanta for A level students

 

Ideas about the Self are the whole problem. Hook, line, and sinker.

 

--jody.