Avadhuta - Chapter 1 verse 8

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(translator - Swami Chetanananda)

 

For me there is no mental action - good or bad;

For me there is no physical action - good or bad;

For me there is no verbal action - good or bad.

I am undying consciousness, pure, and transcendental.

 

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Action - The Atman is actionless. To perform any action three things are

necessary - the doer, the instrument, and the object. These divisions are

possible in the domain of maya and not in the Atman. According to Vedanta

philosophy, avidya-kama-karma (ignorance, desire, and action) are rotating in

a cyclic order. If there is no ignorance then there is no desire, and

without desire no action is possible.