Guest guest Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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