Ashtavakra-Gita
Ashtavakra-Gita
Ashtavakra-Gita
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Janaka said:<br />
7.1<br />
In me, the shoreless ocean,<br />
the ark of universe<br />
drifts here and there<br />
on the winds of its nature.<br />
I am not impatient.<br />
7.2<br />
In me, the shoreless ocean,<br />
let the waves of the universe<br />
rise and fall as they will.<br />
I am neither enhanced nor diminished.<br />
7.3<br />
In me, the shoreless ocean,<br />
the universe is imagined.<br />
I am still and formless.<br />
In this alone I abide.<br />
7: Nature of Self-Realization<br />
7.4<br />
The Self is not in objects,<br />
nor are objects in the pure and infinite Self.<br />
The Self is tranquil,<br />
free of attachment and desire.<br />
In this alone I abide.<br />
7.5<br />
I am Awareness alone.<br />
The world is passing show.<br />
How can thoughts arise<br />
of acceptance or rejection?<br />
And where?