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Nisargadatta , " coolasafool "

<coolasafool> wrote:

> I see that the Ajatavada view of Gaudapada (the uncausal view or

non-

> creation view saying there is no soul,no world,no sadhana..no

nothing

> and that we are already THAT)is quite popular ..owing to its

> inherently simple and elegant nature.

>

> Those who truly feel themselves upto it can refer the Mandukya

> Karika.This is the gloss written by Gaudapada on the the Mandukya

> Upanishad and further there is a commentary on it by shankaracarya.

>

> all this some thousands of years back.....match your wits against

> it ..it wud be rewarding....some paras attached below-

>

> (Causation is the Result of Attachment to a Causal View)

> IV-55. As long as there is fascination for cause and effect, so

> long do cause and effect come into existence. When the fascination

> for cause and effect ceases, there is no further springing up of

> cause and effect.

> IV-56. As long as one is completely absorbed in cause and

effect,

> so long does transmigration continue. When the absorption in cause

> and effect ceases, one does not undergo transmigration.

> IV-57. From the relative plane (of thinking) everything seems

to

> be born and is not, therefore, eternal. From the absolute plane

(of

> perception) everything is the unborn (Self) and there is,

therefore,

> nothing like destruction.

> IV-58. The souls that are thus born are not born in reality.

Their

> birth is like that of an object through Maya. And that Maya again

is

> non-existent.

>

> but its like enjoying it by BEING IT....wot joy is there in

> talk...????

>

>

> another great work which is somewhat akin to Mandkya Karika is the

> Astavakra Gita.....this also says that what effort can be made to

> reach it ?/since we already are IT.

>

>

> rgds,

> devendra

 

Astavakra gita is absolutly beautiful. I red it and it is soo true.

Try to find a lie in there? :0) It is one of my references in my

understanding of the Way! Then after having red it! Trow it aside.

What is Astavakra gita? I don't remember!

 

the fish!

Alberto,

 

P.S. I'm soo impatiant to read it again and again! There is the

truth! The fun part with the truth is when you throw it in the

garbage you still " Are " the truth!

 

Alberto,