tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035191782563014372024-03-08T11:57:18.959-08:00Ashtavakra Gita: I Am ShivaA selection of translations of the last chapter of the Ashtavakra GitaMichael Holshouserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270094801824803661noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803519178256301437.post-90289665856024350162015-08-17T13:07:00.017-07:002021-09-08T18:29:29.013-07:00Preface<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br />The Ashtavakra Gita (Sanskrit in Devanagari: अष्टावक्रगीता; IAST: aṣṭāvakragītā) or the Song of Ashtavakra is a classical Advaita Vedanta scripture. It is written as a dialogue between the sage Ashtavakra and Janaka, king of Mithila.<br /><br />Radhakamal Mukerjee, an Indian social scientist, dated the book to the period immediately after the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita (c. 500–400 BC). J. L. Brockington, emeritus professor of Sanskrit at the University of Edinburgh, places the Ashtavakra Gita much later, supposing it to have been written either in the eighth century CE by a follower of Shankara, or in the fourteenth century during a resurgence of Shankara's teaching. Sri Swami Shantananda Puri suggests that since the book contains the seed of the theory of non-creation Ajata Vada developed later by Gaudapada in Mandookya Karika, this book comes from a period prior to that of Gaudapada and hence prior to Adi Shankara.<br /><br />Ashtavakra is probably identical to the holy sage with the same name who appears in Mahabharata, though the connection is not clearly stated in any of the texts. Mukherjee identifies Janaka as the father of Sita and disciple of the sage Yajnavalkya in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Janaka is also depicted as a king who has attained perfection in the Bhagavad Gita.<br /><br />Ashtavakra Gita is a dialogue between Ashtavakra and Janaka on the nature of soul, reality and bondage. It offers a radical version of non-dualistic philosophy. The Gita insists on the complete unreality of external world and absolute oneness of existence. It does not mention any morality or duties, and therefore is seen by commentators as 'godless'. It also dismisses names and forms as unreal and a sign of ignorance.<br /><br />In a conversation between Janaka and Ashtavakra, pertaining to the deformity of his crooked body, Ashtavakra explains that the size of a Temple is not affected by how it is shaped, and the shape of his own body does not affect himself (or Atman). The ignorant man's vision is shrouded by names and forms, but a wise man sees only himself:<br /><br />You are really unbound and action-less, self-illuminating and spotless already. The cause of your bondage is that you are still resorting to stilling the mind. (I.15)<br /><br />You are unconditioned and changeless, formless and immovable, unfathomable awareness, imperturbable- such consciousness is un-clinging. (I.17)<br /><br />You are not bound by anything. What does a pure person like you need to renounce? Putting the complex organism to rest, you can go to your rest. (V.1)</span></div>
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Michael Holshouserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270094801824803661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803519178256301437.post-37663846655784660602015-08-17T13:07:00.016-07:002021-09-08T18:28:57.995-07:00The Heart of Awareness by Thomas Byrom <div style="text-align: left;">
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What are joy or sorrow,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Distraction or
concentration,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Understanding or delusion?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">10.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I am always without thought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is happiness or grief?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is here and now,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Or beyond?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">11.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I am forever pure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is illusion,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Or the world?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is the little soul,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Or God Himself?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">12.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">One without two,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I am always the same.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I sit in my heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">13.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What need is there<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For striving or stillness?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is freedom or bondage?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What are holy books or
teaching?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is the purpose of life?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Who is the disciple,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">And who is the master?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">14.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For I have no bounds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I am Shiva.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Nothing arises in me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In whom nothing is single,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Nothing is double.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Nothing is,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Nothing is not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What more is there to say?</span></div>
Michael Holshouserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270094801824803661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803519178256301437.post-68567930552830649782015-08-17T13:07:00.015-07:002021-09-08T18:28:16.748-07:00Ashtavakra Gita by Bart Marshall<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<b><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Liberation-in-Life<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Janaka said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where are the elements,
the body, the organs, the mind?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the void?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is despair?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">My nature is transparent
clearness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is scripture?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is Self-knowledge?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is no-mind?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is contentment and
freedom from desire?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I am empty of two-ness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is Knowledge and
ignorance?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is “I”?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is “this”?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is “mine”?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is bondage and
liberation?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Self has no attributes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the unfolding of
karma?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is
liberation-in-life,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">or even liberation at
death?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is only One.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the doer or
enjoyer?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the origin or end
of thought?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is direct or
reflected knowledge?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is no person here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the world?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the seeker of
liberation?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the
contemplative?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the man of
knowledge?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the soul in
bondage?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the liberated
soul?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">My nature is Unity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where are creation and
destruction?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the end and the
means?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the seeker?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is attainment?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I am One.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the knower?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is knowing?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the known, or
knowledge itself?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is anything?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is nothing?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I am pure Awareness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is distraction,
concentration, knowledge, or delusion?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is joy or sorrow?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I am Stillness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the relative?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where the transcendent?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is happiness or
misery?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I am empty of thought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is illusion?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is existence?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is attachment or
non-attachment?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is person?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is God?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I am Awareness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is activity or
inactivity?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is liberation or
bondage?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I am timeless,
indivisible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I am Self alone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.13<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where are principles and
scriptures?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the disciple or
teacher?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the reason for
life?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I am boundless, Absolute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is existence or
non-existence?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is Unity or duality?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">No-thing emanates from me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">No more can be said.</span></div>
Michael Holshouserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270094801824803661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803519178256301437.post-45594862999784594832015-08-17T13:07:00.014-07:002021-09-08T18:27:31.968-07:00Bitten by the Black Snake by Manuel Schoch<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b>
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>The Sixth Sutra</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">You are the clear space of
awareness, pure and still, in whom there is no birth, no activity, no I.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">You are one and the same,
you cannot change or die.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The world only arises from
ignorance, you alone are real.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is no one, not even
God, separated from yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">You are pure awareness; the
world is an illusion, nothing more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">When you understand this
fully, desire falls away, you find peace, for indeed there is nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In the ocean of being there
is only one, there was and there will be only one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">You are already fulfilled,
how can you be bound or free?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Wherever you go, be happy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Never upset your mind with
yes or no.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Be quiet, you are awareness
itself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Live in the happiness of
your own nature, which is happiness itself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is the use of thinking?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Once and for all, give up
meditation, hold nothing in your mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">You are the self, and you
are free.</span></div>
Michael Holshouserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270094801824803661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803519178256301437.post-39383888691556068662015-08-17T13:07:00.013-07:002021-09-08T18:26:44.068-07:00Ashtavakra Gita by John Richards<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Chapter Twenty</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Janaka said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In my
unblemished nature there are no elements, no body, no faculties, no mind. There
is no void and no despair. 20.1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For me, free
from the sense of dualism, there are no scriptures, no self-knowledge, no mind
free from an object, no satisfaction and no freedom from desire. 20.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is no
knowledge or ignorance, no "me," "this," or
"mine," no bondage, no liberation, and no property of self-nature.
20.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For him who is
always free from individual characteristics there is no antecedent causal
action, no liberation during life, and no fulfillment at death. 20.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For me, free
from individuality, there is no doer and no reaper of the consequences, no
cessation of action, no arising of thought, no immediate object, and no idea of
results. 20.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is no
world, no seeker for liberation, no yogi, no seer, no one bound and no one
liberated. I remain in my own nondual nature. 20.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is no
emanation or return, no goal, means, seeker or achievement. I remain in my own
nondual nature. 20.7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For me who am
forever unblemished, there is no assessor, no standard, nothing to assess, and
no assessment. 20.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For me who am
forever actionless, there is no distraction or one-pointedness of mind, no lack
of understanding, no stupidity, no joy and no sorrow. 20.9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For me who am
always free from deliberations there is neither conventional truth nor absolute
truth, no happiness and no suffering. 20.10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For me who am
forever pure there is no illusion, no samsara, no attachment or detachment, no
living organism, and no God. 20.11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For me who am
forever unmovable and indivisible, established in myself, there is no activity
or inactivity, no liberation and no bondage. 20.12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For me who am
blessed and without limitation, there is no initiation or scripture, no
disciple or teacher, and no goal of human life. 20.13<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is no
being or non-being, no unity or dualism. What more is there to say? There is
nothing outside of me. 20.14</span></div>
Michael Holshouserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270094801824803661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803519178256301437.post-53351790476303821972015-08-17T13:07:00.012-07:002021-09-08T18:26:05.298-07:00A Duet of One by Ramesh S. Balsekar<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Chapter Ten</b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Janaka says:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where are the elements,
where is the body, where are the organs, and where is the mind? Where, indeed, is the void, or despair? – for
Me who am without the slightest taint by nature? (285)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where are the scriptures,
and the knowledge of the Self? Where is
the mind detached from the sense objects, and where is contentment? Where is desirelessness? – for Me who has
transcended the duality of opposites?
(286)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the knowledge, and
where is ignorance? Where is I, and
where is ‘this is mine’? Where is
bondage, and where is liberation? How
can there be any attribute to my Self-nature?
(287)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is
prarabdha-karma? Where is the question
of liberation whether in life or at death? – for Me, the ever
undifferentiated? (288)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the doer or the
enjoyer, where is the cessation of thought, or the rising of thought? Where is the question of true perceiving or
faulty perceiving? – for Me who am ever impersonal? (289)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the world, and
where is the seeker, where is the question of yoga as knowledge, who is in
bondage, or who is liberated? – for Me
who am non-dual by his very nature?
(290)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is creation and where
is destruction? What is the end, and
what is the means? Where is the question
of seeking or achieving? – for Me abiding in my non-dual nature? (291)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the ‘knower’, and
where the ‘means-to-knowledge’? Where is
the ‘object of knowledge’, and where ‘objective knowledge’? What is any thing, and what is no thing? –
for Me who am ever pure? (292)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">How can there ever be
distraction or concentration, knowledge or delusion, joy or sorrow? – for Me
who am ever without action? (293)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the relative or the
absolute, happiness or misery? – for Me who am ever beyond any
conceptualizations? (294)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is maya, where is
samsara, where is attachment or detachment, how can there be any question of
jiva or Brahman? – for Me who am ever pure?
(295)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is activity or
inactivity, where is liberation or bondage? – for Me who am ever immutable,
indivisible and established in the Self?
(296)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where are spiritual
instructions or scriptural injunctions?
Where is the disciple, and where is the guru? Where, indeed, is the question of any duty? –
for me, the subjective, potential plenum, free from all limitations? (297)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the existence or
non-existence? Where is the unicity or
duality? In short, it is needless to say
anything more, other than that nothing, indeed, emanates from me. (298)</span></div>
Michael Holshouserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270094801824803661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803519178256301437.post-46201681642463319242015-08-17T13:06:00.014-07:002021-09-08T18:25:09.521-07:00Astavakra Samhita by Ananda Wood<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
<b><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Liberation-in-Life</span></b></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where are the five world elements,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">where are the senses, where the mind?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where blank and empty nothingness,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">where hopelessness of dark despair?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">No trace of them is ever present<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">in my own true nature, found<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">uncompromised by any taint<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">of world or personality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What are the scriptures, and their
many<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">schools of analytic thought?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is discernment of
self-knowledge?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What then mind bereft of objects?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What contentment is thus found,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">in freedom from desiring?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Now that I’ve lost all sense of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">opposites, what can these be to me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is true knowledge, and what<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">ignorance? What this called ‘I’ or
‘mine’?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What then is bondage, and from it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">what liberation can be found?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Of my true nature, what one form<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">defines it in particular,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">so that it’s rightly recognized?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What are these chains of causal
action<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">found to carry on from past,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">through present, into future times?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">And how can anyone be free<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">at heart, while yet found living in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">this driven personality?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What meaning can there be in freedom<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">which is thought to be attained<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">by body’s death, into a state<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">where personality and all<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">its acts (of sensing, thinking,
feeling,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">speaking) seem to be destroyed?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For one who knows no differences,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">knows nothing in particular,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">how can we rightly understand<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">that such a one has now attained<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">to an undying state of life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">where peace shines positively free?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is there any doer? Where is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">some personal enjoyer found<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">engaged in doing anything?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is there any ceasing of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">activity? If ceasing thus,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">where does activity subside?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">How does it keep on sparkling out,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">how found to rise in seeming show?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is immediate knowing? What<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">to me are its results – from where<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I’m always found to stand,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">unchanged and utterly impersonal?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is the world? Where is the one<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">who would be free? Where is the yogi?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where the sage who knows correctly?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is someone bound or freed –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">to me, who in my own true nature<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">am beyond duality?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is creation issued forth,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">and where retraction back to source?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is achievement to be found?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where any striving to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is the seeker, where success –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">to me, who in my own true nature<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">am beyond duality?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Who is the one correcting knowledge,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">where the means of such correction,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">what conclusion thereby reached?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">And where can there be anything<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">or otherwise not anything,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">for me who am forever pure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is distraction, or what<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">concentration? What dull apathy,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">or what enraptured fantasy?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is excitement or despair?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What can these oppositions be,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">to me who’s always actionless?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is this world of compromise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">that trades for objects of desire?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What is that true reality<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">which stands beyond all wish and want<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">found driven by mind’s fancying?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What happy or unhappy state<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">that pulls or pushes mind can be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">more than a hollow fantasy –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">to me who always am devoid<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">of calculations in the mind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">concocted by such fantasies?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where are the world’s illusory<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">appearances? Where is the ebb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">and flow of driven change, in which<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">our personalities seem caught<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">as they pass through this made-up
world?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is affection pulling us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">to get involved with changing things?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where does dislike push us away?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is there any living person<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">seen as part of larger world?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where any great reality<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">in which all things of world take
part?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What can such put together show<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">of partial seemings be to me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">who am unchanging purity?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where could activity be found<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">to bring about some change? And where<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">could such activity be stopped?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where could it end, producing thus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">a state of inactivity?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Just where could there be freedom
then?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where any sense of being bound?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What could be action or inaction,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">feeling bound or feeling free –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">for me who stands in self alone,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">forever found unlimited<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">by any change or difference?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.13<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is there any teaching taught?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where any scriptures, schools of
thought?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where a disciple seeking truth?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where any teacher showing truth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">beyond all personality?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where any purpose served by living,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">in the world or free of it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What aim or meaning can there be,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">for me who stands unlimited<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">by any dubious compromise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">of good shown always mixed with bad<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">in personality and world?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">20.14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is what’s taken to exist?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Just where can be what’s found
unreal?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where is what’s one and one alone?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Just where can there be that same one<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">plus something else, thus making
‘two’?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What more is there to say? For me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">there truly is no rising up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">of anything at all. No sense<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">in fact gives rise to any sight,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Twentieth Chapter</span></b></span></div>
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stainless Self, there are no five matter-elements or body, no sense organs or
mind, no emptiness or despair. 1 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For me who is ever free from
dualism, there are no scriptures or self-knowledge, no attached mind, no
satisfaction or desire-lessness. 2 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is no knowledge or
ignorance, no 'me', 'this' or 'mine', no bondage or liberation, and no
characteristic of self-nature. 3 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In unchanging me, there is
no fateful actions or liberation during life and no bodiless enlightenment. 4 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Without a nature, there is
no doer or reaper of actions, no inaction or action, nothing visible or
invisible. 5 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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reality, there is no world or desire for liberation, no yogi or seer, no one
bound or liberated. 6 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Established as non-dual
reality, there is no creation or annihilation, what is to be achieved or what
are the means, who is seeker and what is achievement. 7 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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evidence, nothing knowable or knowledge, nothing less or non-less in forever
pure Self. 8 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is no distraction or
focus, no right discrimination or delusion, no joy or sorrow in always
action-less Self. 9 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There is not this world or
the other, no happiness or suffering for Self, who is eternally free from
thoughts. 10 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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no attachment or detachment, no living beings or that God for forever pure
Self. 11 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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unmovable and indivisible, established in Self, there is no tendency or
renunciation, no liberation or bondage. 12 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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scripture, no disciple or guru, nothing is to be achieved for ever blissful and
non-special Self. 13 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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non-existence, no non-duality or duality. What more is there to say? Nothing
arises out of me. 14</span></div>
Michael Holshouserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12270094801824803661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-803519178256301437.post-85105718379436471082015-08-17T13:06:00.012-07:002021-09-08T18:23:33.150-07:00Ashtavakra Gita by Hari Prasad Shastri<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">1. In my perfect being (Atman), neither the elements, nor the body, nor the sense-organs, nor the thinking principle, nor the void, nor despondency, exist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">2. What need is there for desirelessness or contentment, or what meaning have the Scriptures, Self-Knowledge, and the mind and its objects, to me, who am without a sense of duality?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">3. What is Knowledge, what is ignorance, what is the limited ego, or “I”, “This”, or “Mine”, what is bondage or freedom, to me, where is the definition of the Self?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">4. What is prarabdha Karma, what is liberation in life, or liberation at the time of death, to the undifferentiated?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">5. Where is the doer or the enjoyer, and where is the rising or vanishing of thought? Where is direct perception of Reality, for me, who have cast off individuality?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">6. For me, who am free and above unity and multiplicity, there is no world and no candidate for release. Neither do I recognize the state of contemplation nor the state of Knowledge. The state of bondage and liberation are one to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">8. Neither am I Knowledge, the vehicle of Knowledge, nor the object of Knowledge. What is entity or non-entity, to me, who am eternal perfection?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">9. What are joy and grief, distraction and concentration, dullness and delusion, to me, who am actionless?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">10. Being freed from all mental activity, where is relativity, where is transcendence, where is joy, and where is grief, for me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">11. Being ever perfect, neither Maya nor the world, neither attachment nor detachment, neither Jiva nor Brahman exist in me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">12. For me, who am immutable, indivisible, and rooted in the Self, there is neither the path of action, nor of renunciation, neither bondage nor release.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">13. I am Shiva, the unconditioned, the absolute Good. What need is there for instruction or scriptural injunction? I am neither Guru nor disciple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">14. What need for further declarations? Nothing emanates from me, nor does existence or non-existence, unity or duality. abide in me.</span></div>
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