Guest guest Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 na jAyate mriyate vA kadAcin nA 'yam bhUtvA bhavitA vA na bhUyah | ajo nityah SaSvato 'yam purANo na hanyate hanyamAne SarIre || (2.20) 6 --- He (the Self) is neither born nor does He die. Nor having been will He cease to be any more. Unborn, eternal, everlasting ...the Self, the Ancient One. He is not slain when the body is slain. --- Notes: 'The wise one-- he is not born, nor does he die; he has not come from anywhere; he has not become anyone. He is unborn and eternal, primeval and everlasting. And he is not killed, when the body is killed. (Katha Upanisad, 2.18; trans. Olivelle; 1996) I have neither father nor mother, neither caste nor family, neither birth nor death; how, then, can I speak of attachment or non-attachment? I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills. (Avadhuta Gita, IV, 21) Birth through to death belong to mind and body not to the Self. They shift, like the phases of the moon caused imperceptibly by the power of time. Though apparently in the body, the wise one is never of the body, like one awakened from a dream. Although not in the body, the foolish one is of the body, like one seeing in a dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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