Astavakra II

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<<< Vivekananda Centre wrote:

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> Continuing on the theme of Astavakra Samhita

> In Verse 7 Astavakra says:

> You are the one seer of all and are really ever free. Verily this alone is

your bondage that you see yourself not as the seer but as something other.>>>

 

Dr c s shah replies:

Dear Everybody,

 

When total freedom - liberation - is kept as our goal, and attempts

made accordingly, values like pure love and selflessness are generated

as desirable by-products of this sadhana. Welfare of the world, though

not an aim in itself, is a natural fragrance of this endeavor.

Spiritual growth is not 'all or none' phenomenon; it is a gradual

process of realizing the blissful essence of everything in and around

us. Attempts to reach this highest stage brings about more and more

perfected state of being and becoming. Individual is benefited along

with the society and the world. The atmosphere is made conducive to

reach the highest state of Bliss. The glory of Atman shines through the

cultivated and cultured body-mind complex of the aspirant.

By necessity, now, the personality of the sadhaka becomes all pervasive

and all encompassing. He starts seeing the same divinity within himself

as well as in all beings around him.

 

dr c s shah

 

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