Utility of Ashtavakra Gita

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Dear Jay

 

Since the day I d to the onelist, I had been reading every line of the

AshtaVakra Gita (AVG), which you had been posting on the list.

 

Most verses in the AVG related to the Description of the State of Realisation of

a Jnani, i.e. embodied the 'Ajaatha' Siddhantha. This state does not admit of

any duality of any kind, not even as a matter of practical fact, i.e. as a

'Vyavahaarika Sathyaa'.

 

Such verses serve the purpose of inspiring us to do the Vedantic Saadhanaa,

giving us in detail the Glories of the State of Realisation, promised to be

experienced by us, by virtue of our Vedantic Saadhanaa.

 

However, in such Vedaantic Texts, there will be verses, indicating the procedure

of meditation or other mental processes to be followed by the Saadhakaa, to

attain the final goal of Self-Realisation.

 

These verses assume that the Self is not yet realised, and therefore admit of

some kind of duality and on the basis of that supposed duality,-not even a trace

of which, exists for a Jnani,-prescribe something that can be done to remove the

delusion of not apprehending the ever-present Self.

 

These verses are based on the 'Vivartha' Siddhantha. These verses indicate the

'practical' side of the Vedantic Saadhanaa. These will be very useful for

spiritual aspirants pursuing Vedanthic Saadhanaa.

 

Mr. Ramana Sarma, has requested Ashtavakra Gita to be posted again, since he

d to the onelist recently. If you consider reposting the same, or any

other similar Vedaantic Text, like say, AshtaVakra Samhitha, you may consider

discriminating on the above lines, and grouping the verses that portray the

'Ajaatha Siddhantha' and the verses that detail the 'mental operations based on

the 'Vivartha Siddhantha'.

 

You may,-

(a) post only one of these two groups of verses, or

(b) post these two different groups of verses separately, or

© if you post the verses in the order in which they appear in the text, you

may show them as belonging to a particular group, for the convenience and

clarity of understanding.

 

Incidentally, the separate postings of the verses pertaining to the 'Vivartha

Siddhantha', will enable the readers to understand clearly the Vedanthic

Sadhanaa and practice accordingly, and gradually their thought processes will

automatically be tuned to the 'Vedanthic Thought Process' set out in the

'Vaiseshika Shaasthraa', which is one of the pre-requisites before one begins to

read the Vednathic Texts. The other pre-requisite is the 'Meta-physical Logic'

set out in the 'Nyaaya Shaasthraa'.

 

Kind regards.