Avadhuta Gita

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Continuing with Avadhuta Gita

Song of the Ever-free (text of Self Knowledge)

 

Chapter 4 Verse 8

 

I am neither the worshipper nor the object of worship.

Instructions and rituals are not meant for me.

How can I describe the nature of absolute Consciousness?

I am by nature blissful and free.

 

Commentary:

Out go all the quaint ideas of worshipping;

Out go all formal rituals and instructions;

Focus shifts to the idea of 'Consciousness'

But take care!

Use of 'Absolute' suggests that 'What we think

of as 'consciousness' is just the relative aspect of

something grander.