Ashtavakra Gita Quotes
- You are neither earth, water, fire, air or even ether.
For liberation know yourself as
consisting of consciousness, the witness of these.
- You are unconditioned
and changeless, formless and immovable,
unfathomable awareness and unperturbable,
so hold to nothing but consciousness.
- 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.
- Truly I am but pure consciousness,
and the world is like a conjuror's show,
so how could I imagine there is anything there
to take up or reject?
- Liberation is when the mind does not long for anything,
grieve about anything, reject anything,
or hold on to anything, and is not pleased about anything
or displeased about anything.
- The essential nature of bondage is nothing other than desire,
and its elimination is known as liberation.
It is simply by not being attached to changing things that the
everlasting joy of attainment is reached.
- Happiness belongs to no-one but that supremely lazy man
for whom even opening and closing his eyes is a bother.
- Realising that pleasure and pain,
birth and death are from fate,
and that one's desires cannot be achieved,
one remains inactive -
and even when acting does not get attached.
- Being pure consciousness -
do not disturb your mind with thoughts of for and against.
Be at peace and remain happily in yourself, the essence of joy.
- Desire springs from usage, and aversion from abstention,
but the wise man is free from the pairs of opposites like a child,
and becomes established.
- Abide as That in which there is neither desire nor anger, neither greed nor delusion, neither ill-will nor pride, no impurities of mind and no false notions of bondage and liberation - and be always happy, free from all traces of thought.
- Abide as That in which there are no concepts or anything else whatsoever, the ego ceases to exist, all desires disappear, the mind becomes extinct and all confusions come to an end - and with the firm conviction that you are That, be always happy.
- Abide as That in which there are no Holy Scriptures or sacred books, no one who thinks, no objection or answer to it, no theory to be established, no theory to be rejected, nothing other than one Self - and be always happy, free from the least trace of thought.
- Pure and impure thoughts are a feature of the mind. There are no wandering thoughts in the Supreme Being. Therefore, abide as That and, free from the pure and impure thoughts of the mind, remain still like a stone or a log of wood. You will then be always happy.
- By constantly thinking of the undifferentiated Supreme Being and forgetting thereby all thoughts, including the thought of the Supreme Being, you will become the all-comprehensive Supreme Being. Even a great sinner who hears and understands this teaching will get rid of all his sins and become the undifferentiated Supreme Being.
- Abide as That in which there is no debate, no success or failure, no word or its meaning, no speech, no difference between the soul and the Supreme Being, none of the manifold causes and consequences - and be always happy, without the least trace of thought.
- Abide as That in which there are no fears of hell, no joys of heaven, no worlds of the Creator God or the other Gods, or any object to be gained from them, no other world, no universe of any kind - and be always happy, without the least trace of thought.
- “Everything is the Supreme Being, which is Existence-Consciousness-Bliss, and I am That” By constantly cultivating this pure thought, get rid of impure thoughts. Then, my son, discarding even that thought and always inhering in the State of Fullness, you will become the non-dual and undifferentiated Supreme Being and attain liberation.
- Abide as That in which there are neither thoughts nor a thinker, neither the arising nor the preservation nor the dissolution of the world, nothing whatsoever at any time - and be always happy, free from all traces of thought.
· Actual heaven is the predominance of the mode of goodness, whereas hell is the predominance of ignorance
· The yogi who has taken shelter of Me remains free from hankering because he experiences the happiness of the soul within. Thus while executing this process of yoga, he is never defeated by obstacles.
· The material universe that you perceive through your mind, speech, eyes, ears and other senses is an illusory creation that one imagines to be real due to the influence of maya (illusion). In fact, you should know that all of the objects of the material senses are temporary.
· An enlightened person fixed in detachment engages his body in lying down, sitting, walking, bathing, seeing, touching, smelling, eating, hearing and so on, but is never entangled by such activities. Indeed, remaining as a witness to all bodily functions, he merely engages his bodily senses with their objects and does not become entangled like an unintelligent person.
· Happiness derived from the self is in the mode of goodness, happiness based on sense gratification is in the mode of passion, and happiness based on delusion and degradation is in the mode of ignorance. But that happiness found within Me is transcendental.
· Any person, whether man or woman, who worships Me with loving devotion, offering his or her prescribed duties unto Me without material attachment, is understood to be situated in goodness.
· One who is enriched with good qualities is actually said to be rich, and one who is unsatisfied in life is actually poor. A wretched person is one who cannot control his senses, whereas one who is not attached to sense gratification is a real controller. One who attaches himself to sense gratification is the opposite, a slave.
· When consciousness becomes clear and the senses are detached from matter, one experiences fearlessness within the material body and detachment from the material mind. You should understand this situation to be the predominance of the mode of goodness, in which one has the opportunity to realize Me.
· Faith directed toward spiritual life is in the mode of goodness, faith rooted in fruitive work is in the mode of passion, faith residing in irreligious activities is in the mode of ignorance, but faith in My devotional service is purely transcendental.
- Know Atman to be one, ever the same, changeless.
How canst though say: "I am the meditator, and this is the object of meditation?"
How can perfection be divided?
- On the destruction of a jar, the space therein unites with all space.
In myself and Shiva I see no difference when the mind is purified.
- O my mind, why dost thou cry?
Realize thy Atman, O Beloved; drink the timeless great nectar of non-duality.
- Why do the wise imagine the bodiless Brahman to be a body?
In It there is neither day nor night, neither rising nor setting.
- The Avadhut in unshakable equanimity, living in the holy temple of nothingness, walks naked, knowing all to be Brahman.
- There is but one antidote to the poison of passions, which beget infatuation and are highly dangerous, and that is to return to the state of Atman. Atman is unapproachable by the emotions, is ever formless and independent.
- Consciousness absolute has no body. It cannot be said that It is without a body or attributes. All that can be said is that It is bliss absolute, and that bliss am I. This is the height of worship, and this is the culmination of all prayer.
Upanishads Quotes
- Knowing that great and all-pervading Self by which one sees (the objects) both in the sleep and the waking states, the intelligent man grieves no more. - Katha Upanishad
- In order to realize the Self, renounce everything. Having cast off all (objects), assimilate yourself to that which remains. - Annapurna Upanishad
- Dissolve the self in the supreme Self as the pot-space is dissolved in infinite space; then, as the Infinite be silent for ever, O sage! – Adhyatma Upanishad
- Liberated from the grip of egoism, like the moon (after the eclipse), full, ever blissful, self-luminous, one attains one’s essence. – Adhyatma Upanishad
- It is indeed the mind that is the cause of men’s bondage and liberation. The mind that is attached to sense-objects leads to bondage, while dissociated from sense-objects it tends to lead to liberation. – Amrita-Bindu Upanishad
- When all longings that are in the heart vanish, then a mortal becomes immortal and attains Brahman (infinite consciousness) here. - Katha Upanishad
- Oneness with the beyond is his message of salvation.
The non-duality of eternal bliss is his god.
Mastery of the inner senses is his guiding light. - Nirvana Upanishad
- Those who are clever in arguments about Brahman, but are without the action pertaining to Brahman (infinite consciousness) and who are greatly attached to the world – those certainly are born again and again (in this world) through their Ajnana (ignorance). – Tejo-Bindu Upanishad
- Whether the body perishes now or lasts the age of moon and stars, what matters it to me having Consciousness alone as my body ? What matters it to the sky in the pot, whether it (the pot) is destroyed now or exists for a long time. – Varaha Upanishad
Quotes from Tripura Rahasya
(Tripura Rahasya is an ancient prime text on Advaita in Sanskrit
and was highly commended by Ramana Maharshi for study by seekers.)
and was highly commended by Ramana Maharshi for study by seekers.)
- The Self is always peaceful.
- As long as the ignorance of the self lasts, so long will there be misery.
- You are not the body, nor the senses, nor the mind, because they are all transient. The body is composed of food, so how can you be the body?
- The Self is pure unblemished consciousness. Be quick! Realize it quickly and
gain transcendental happiness!
- The sole necessity for Self-realization is purity of mind. The only impurity
of the mind is thought. To make it thought-free is to keep it pure.
- Unbroken supreme awareness even in the dream
state is the mark of the highest order.
- Moksha (liberation) is not to be sought in heavens,
on earth or in the nether regions. It is synonymous with
Self-realisation.
- Moksha (liberation) is not anything to be got afresh, for it is
already there only to be realized. Such realization arises with
the elimination of ignorance.
- Retire into solitude, analyse and see what those
things are which are cognized as mine; discard them all and
transcending them, look for the Real Self.
- Dispassion for the pleasures of life arises in a devotee
who gradually begins to long for knowledge of the truth and
becomes absorbed in the search for it.
- Has anyone ever got anything great, without
contact with the wise? In any case, it is the company
which determines the future of the individual.
- The ignorant are not aware of the pure Self; they
see it as always blemished and hence they believe in the
reality of objective knowledge. They are therefore affected
by the pleasures and pains of life.
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