That perfect awakening is attained by a careful investigation of the scripture constantly, day and night, not by pilgrimage nor by charity, nor by acquiring knowledge nor by the practice of meditation or yoga, not by austerity (penance) nor by religious rites. By none of these methods does illusion come to an end. They only lead to heaven and such other rewards, not to liberation. Delusion ends only when self-knowledge arises in one who has carefully studied and investigated this scripture.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
February 16
When the truth is realized, this objective universe ceases to bother you even if it continues to be seen and even if it is full of restlessness.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
February 18
Only when one severs the very root of the mind with the weapon of non-conceptualization, can one reach the absolute Brahman, which is omnipresent, supreme peace.
February 19
By intense self-effort it is possible to gain victory over the mind; and then without the least effort the individualized consciousness is absorbed in the infinite consciousness when its individuality is broken through.
February 20
Even as one who is bound to a pillar, he attains to the supreme being by constant meditation.
February 24
When the mind continually dwells on deluded or stupid ideas it becomes deluded; and when the mind continually dwells on enlightened and magnanimous ideas it is enlightened.
February 25
To remain established in self-knowledge is liberation; when this is disturbed, there arises egotism and bondage. The state of self-knowledge is that in which there is no mental agitation, neither distraction nor dullness of mind, neither egotism nor perception of diversity.
February 26
The seven states or planes of wisdom:
1. Pure wish or intention
2. Enquiry
3. Subtle mind
4. Establishment
5. Freedom from attachment or bondage, conviction in the nature of truth
6. Cessation of objectivity, diversity ceases, rejoicing in the self
7. Transcendence, turiya.
1. Pure wish or intention
2. Enquiry
3. Subtle mind
4. Establishment
5. Freedom from attachment or bondage, conviction in the nature of truth
6. Cessation of objectivity, diversity ceases, rejoicing in the self
7. Transcendence, turiya.
February 27
It is like the ocean, but without ocean's movement. It is self-luminous like the sun, but without activity....Everything is self-luminous, without requiring a perceiving intelligence.
February 28
When the division between the seer, the sight and the seen is abolished, that is the supreme.
March 1
Your true nature is distinct from the limited wakeful, dreaming and sleep consciousness; it is eternal, unknowable, not inert--remain as that always. Remove dullness and be established in the truth in your heart: and then, whether you are busily engaged in activity or contemplation, remain as that always, without cravings and hatred and without getting tangled in body-consciousness. Even as you do not busy yourself with the affairs of a future village, do not get tangled with the moods of your mind, but be established in truth.
March 3
O Rama, renounce all cravings and longings and do what needs to be done, in the realization that you are the pure infinite consciousness.
March 4
They who contemplate the absolute Brahman, become Brahman, Hence, one should not resort to that which is limited, conditioned or finite.
March 5
During the period of the dream, it takes on the characteristic of the waking state; and when the waking state is realized to be of a fleeting nature, it gets the characteristic of a dream. Otherwise the two are the same.
March 6
However, that consciousness which is awake even in deep sleep and is also the light that shines in waking and dreaming, is the transcendental consciousness, turiya.
March 8
He sees the truth who sees that non-dual consciousness which indwells all beings is omnipotent and omnipresent.
March 9
Abandon the ego-sense with all the strength that lies within; and by being established in the conviction 'I is nothing', be happy. The one infinite consciousness, which is of the nature of pure bliss, is eclipsed by the shadow of the ego-sense.
March 10
But, when the mind gives up the subject-object relationship it has with the world, it is instantly absorbed in the infinite.
March 11
As long as the mind is swayed by thoughts of pleasure and happiness, so long is it unable to comprehend the truth. If the mind is pure, then it instantly comprehends the truth.
March 13
When you realize that which is indicated by the words, then naturally you will abandon the jugglery of words....So long as this truth is not directly experienced by you, you will have to accept my word for it....This ignorance will not go away without self-knowledge and self-knowledge arises only when the scriptures are studied deeply.
March 14
Rest in what remains after all [notions, thoughts, desires, ideation] have been given up and renounce the renouncer of these notions. When even the notion of the ego-sense has ceased, you will be like the infinite space....O Rama, I have examined all the scriptures and investigated the truth; there is no salvation without the total renunciation of all notions or ideas or mental conditioning.
March 15
It is impossible to abandon enjoyment of pleasure, and it is not possible to end sorrow without abandoning such enjoyment: this indeed is a problem, but since the mind is the crucial factor in all this, surely if the mind once tastes the supreme peace, freed of all world-illusion, it will not abandon that and run after sense-pleasure.
March 16
That which was not in the beginning and which will cease to be after a time, How can that be regarded as truth? That alone can be regarded as truth which has always been and which will always be.
March 17
The one self perceives itself within itself as the infinite consciousness. Therefore, there is no sorrow, no delusion, no birth (creation), nor creature: whatever is, is. Be free from distress, O Rama. Be free of duality; remain firmly established in the self, abandoning even concern for your own welfare. Be at peace within, with a steady mind. Let there be no sorrow in your mind. Rest in the inner silence. Remain alone, without self-willed thoughts.
Friday, September 11, 2015
March 18
Be brave, having conquered the mind and the senses. Be desireless, content with what comes to you unsought. Live effortlessly, without grabbing or giving up anything. Be free from all mental perversions and from the binding taint of illusion. Rest content in your own self. Thus, be free from distress. Remain in an expansive state in the self like the full ocean. Rejoice in the self by the self, like the blissful rays of the full moon....Becoming constantly aware of the inner light, such a blessed one instantly ascends into the utterly pure state.
Monday, August 31, 2015
March 19
He did not brood over the past, nor did he worry over the future: he lived in the present moment, smiling happily all the time.
March 20
When thus the infinite self is realized, sorrows come to an end--even the seeds of delusion are destroyed, the shower of misfortune ceases and the perception of evil ends.
March 21
This ocean of world-appearance can be crossed only when you are firmly established in supreme wisdom, when you see the self with the self alone and when your intelligence is not diverted or colored by sense-perception.
March 22
When the limited and conditioned "I am so-and-so" ceases, there arises consciousness of the all-pervading infinite.
March 23
Consciousness minus conceptualization is the eternal Brahman the absolute; consciousness plus conceptualization is thought. Cut the mind down with the mind and dismiss the thought of the mind, which thus negates the mind.
March 26
The wise man sees the self all the time; and he knows that all movement arises from the movement of life-force; he knows, too, that the senses perform their respective functions. What then is known as the mind? All motion belongs to life-force and all consciousness belongs to the self, and the senses each have their own power: which is the one that binds them all together?
March 28
In the middle between the self as the seer and the world as the seen, you are the seeing (sight). Always remain in this realization. Between the experiencer and the experience you are the experiencing: knowing this, remain in self-knowledge.
March 30
Give up the desire that tends to be bondage and the desire for liberation, too. Remain still like the ocean.
April 1
When the mind is free from movements of thought (which are motivated by hopes or cravings), then it becomes no-mind: and that is liberation....Hence, for restoring peace to the mind, remove the disturbing cause, which is hope or craving.
April 2
With your mind utterly one-pointed
Established in the supreme state
By intense self-effort and by steady practice
Liberation is very easy for one
Who is earnest in his effort
Established in the supreme state
By intense self-effort and by steady practice
Liberation is very easy for one
Who is earnest in his effort
April 5
Establish your mind, which flits from one thing to another, firmly in your heart....In whatever the mind tends to sink, retrieve it from it and direct it towards the truth.
April 6
Again they asked, "What is the highest teaching of the path?"
Atisha replied,"The highest skill lies in the realization of selflessness. The highest nobility lies in taming your own mind. The highest excellence lies in having the attitude that seeks to help others. The highest precept is continual mindfulness. The highest remedy lies in understanding the intrinsic transcendence of everything. The highest activity lies in not conforming with worldly concerns. The highest mystic realization lies in lessening and transmuting the passions. The highest charity lies in non-attachment. The highest morality lies in having a peaceful mind. The highest tolerance lies in humility. The highest effort lies in abandoning attachment to works. The highest meditation lies in the mind without claims. The highest wisdom lies in not grasping anything as being what it appears to be."
"And what is the ultimate goal of the teaching?"
"The ultimate goal of the teaching is that emptiness whose essence is compassion."
Atisha replied,"The highest skill lies in the realization of selflessness. The highest nobility lies in taming your own mind. The highest excellence lies in having the attitude that seeks to help others. The highest precept is continual mindfulness. The highest remedy lies in understanding the intrinsic transcendence of everything. The highest activity lies in not conforming with worldly concerns. The highest mystic realization lies in lessening and transmuting the passions. The highest charity lies in non-attachment. The highest morality lies in having a peaceful mind. The highest tolerance lies in humility. The highest effort lies in abandoning attachment to works. The highest meditation lies in the mind without claims. The highest wisdom lies in not grasping anything as being what it appears to be."
"And what is the ultimate goal of the teaching?"
"The ultimate goal of the teaching is that emptiness whose essence is compassion."
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
April 7
I am pure consciousness. I am peace beyond thought.....I am the self which is omnipresent in which there is no conceptualization.
April 8
This vision of the infinite consciousness is pure and is of the nature of supreme peace: and it is surely the very best among the visions that are possible in this universe.
April 9
When consciousness abandons the perception of the three modes of time, when it is freed from the bondage of objectivity or conceptualization, it rests in utter tranquility....They who are sunk in the mire of attraction and repulsion are unable to reach this realization. They are caught in the net of thoughts.
April 10
It is ever dynamic and active; yet it is more inactive than a rock and it is more unaffected by such activity than even space.
April 11
This self alone is to be sought, adored and meditated upon....It is attained in one's own body, without even the need to call upon it: it manifests itself and reveals ityself even if it is contemplated an instant.
April 13
I neither entertain craving for pleasure, nor do I wish to get rid of it, Whatever comes let it come; whatever goes let it go.
April 14
Now that that wall has collapsed you are seen to be not distant at all....The distinction is unreal and imaginary, like the verbal distinction between the water and the water in the wave.
April 15
If they have nothing to fear or hate, they will soon rise to the transcendental state of consciousness, beyond the pairs of opposites, and attain liberation!
April 16
For, in all conditions he is firmly established in self knowledge....Thus when both notions of "I do" and "I experience" have ceased, there remains only peace; when that peace is firmly grounded, there is liberation.
April 17
I was naturally enquiring of myself in myself, and rested just for a moment without any notions of being or non-being, of acquisition or rejection. I have attained self knowledge now.
April 18
No, nothing whatsoever is gained with the help of God or guru or wealth or other means, but only by self-effort at a complete mastery of the mind. What cannot be attained by the resolute practice of self mastery coupled with uncoloredness (freedom from every form of self-conditioning) cannot be attained by any other means in the three worlds.
April 20
When the hub's motion is stopped, the wheel does not revolve: when the mind is stilled, illusion ceases.
April 21
Live in the present, with your consciousness externalized momentarily but without any effort: when the mind stops linking itself to the past and the future, it becomes no-mind. If from moment to moment your mind dwells on what is and drops it effortlessly at once [choiceless awareness], the mind becomes no-mind, full of purity.
April 22
Consciousness free from the limitations of the mind is known as the inner intelligence: it is the essential essence of no-mind, and therefore it is not tainted by the impurities of concepts and percepts.
April 23
O mind, I am the egoless infinite and homogeneous consciousness; I have nothing to do with you who are the cause of ego.
April 24
"I am all this" or "there is no I"--both are expressions of the same truth; naught else is truth.
April 25
After having abandoned the very root of the ego-sense, I rest in the self, which is of the nature of peace.
April 26
Even as ocean exists in the past, present and future as ocean and the same water temporarily assumes the form of a wave, all this is forever the cosmic being at all times.
Monday, August 3, 2015
April 27
He who rests in this [pure consciousness] is not again deluded and is no longer caught in the subject-object relationship. He is fully awakened and never again entertains the notion of objectivity or conceptualization. Of course, this is not an "attainment."
April 28
His inner vision was directed neither inward nor outward, neither above nor below, neither in substantiality nor void. He was established in pure consciousness and he experienced pure bliss within himself. The unconditioned mind is firm, and that in itself is meditation, freedom and peace eternal.
April 29
To that householder whose mind has attained utter quiescence his house itself is the forest. If the mind is at peace and if there is no ego-sense, even cities are as void.
April 30
Not until one renounces everything is self-knowledge gained: when all points of view are abandoned, what remains is the self.....it (omnipotent consciousness) is free from the defect of objectivity. It is beyond being and not-being, though it is the reality in all being. It pervades all being in the universe. It is the beauty in all, it is the light of all. It is the essence of all forms and all modifications: yet it is beyond all these. At all times it is all in all.
May 1
The anxiety caused by thoughts like "I have got this now," "I shall get that too," burns the ignorant. "This is" and "that is not"--such notions cause restlessness in the egoist. But if the ego-sense ceases to be then the illusive world-appearance does not germinate again and all cravings come to an end.
May 2
When the pure heart contemplates the infinite space (dimension) of consciousness which is the source of all bliss and which is within easy reach of all, it rests in the supreme self.
May 3
That is known as the state of samadhi in which there is eternal satisfaction, clear perception of what is, egolessness, not being subject to the pairs of opposites, freedom from anxiety and from the wish to acquire or reject....even if you engage yourself in the activities relating to your daily life and even if likes and dislikes arise in you, your inner being will never be impure....even as the eyes of fish are not affected by sea-water.
May 4
Only on those days on which the light of self-knowledge shines brightly in one's heart does one live truly.
May 5
Just as the sweetness of sugar is known only by direct experience, the nature of enlightenment is known only by direct experience....It is comparable in some respects to deep sleep: but it is truly incomparable, indescribable.
Friday, June 12, 2015
May 6
The conditioned mind creates bondage even in ascetics; the unconditioned mind is pure even in a householder. The mind that is thus conditioned is bondage; liberation is freedom from conditioning (inner contact, attachment or identification).
May 7
That mind which is unattached to anything, which is established in the peace of infinite expansion, is conducive to delight. He who stands rooted in self-knowledge is liberated here and now.
May 8
The mind should rest in pure consciousness as pure consciousness, with just a little externalized movement of thought, as if aware of the utter vanity of the objects of this world.
May 9
Let this truth be firmly established in you: there is no bondage or liberation at any time for anyone anywhere.
May 10
In the unlimited and unconditioned vision of the knower of the truth, all this is but the one self, the infinite consciousness, and there is nothing that can be regarded as the not-self....Be not deluded. Abandon false perception and behold the truth; you will never again be deluded.
May 11
This self-knowledge is not gained by explanations and descriptions, nor by the instructions of others. At all times everything is known only by direct experience....the consciousness devoid of the duality of the experiencing and the experience.
May 12
There is no liberation in the sky or on the earth or in the netherworld,; liberation is but a synonym for pure mind, correct self-knowledge and a truly awakened state. The complete absence of all desires and hopes is liberation. Until one realizes, reaches this true inner awakening or self-knowledge, one considers oneself bound and strives for liberation.
May 13
Hence, instead of entertaining the notion of bondage and that of liberation, abandon all cravings and through wisdom and dispassion bring about the cessation of the mind.
May 14
Just as a lamp utterly dispels darkness, the knowledge of truth completely uproots concepts and conditioning.
May 15
I am the eternal self that is omnipresent and subtle. I have reached the state of reality which is unreflected in anything, which is beginningless and endless and which is utterly pure. Whatever is and whatever is not, the mind and the inner reality are all the one infinite consciousness, which is supreme peace beyond comprehension and by which all this is pervaded.
May 16
If, however, you enter into the state of samadhi or utter equanimity, you will remain firmly established in consciousness, without distraction or diversity, without the notions of either many or one, and realize that there is but one self, the infinite consciousness, which shines as these countless beings....He who would avoid entanglement in delusion once again, rests in self-knowledge constantly.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
May 18
It is a state of bliss that is not its description, which is both "is" and "is not", both something and not-something, light and darkness. It is full of non-consciousness and (objectless) consciousness, it can only be indicated by negation (not this, not this). He became that which is beyond description.
May 19
He in whom the very notions of calamity, poverty, elation, pride, dullness and excitement do not arise--his mind is dead and he is liberated while living.
May 20
Therefore, you will realize the unborn state of consciousness if you either restrain the movement of prana in your own psychological ground (of concepts and notions), or refrain from disturbing the homogeneity in consciousness.
May 21
When one, established in non-becoming, contemplates that which has not changed into becoming and when one thus perceive what is as it is, then the mind becomes no-mind.
May 22
When diversity is abandoned and unity prevails, there is also non-experience: and hence unity is not a "thing" nor an object of experience. This unity is therefore eternal and imperishable....Contemplation of division does not lead to purity of vision.
May 23
That pure existence is heaviness in all heavy things; that is lightness in all that is light. That is grossness and that alone is subtlety. It is first among the first, last among the last. It is the light of the luminous and the darkness of the dark. It is substantiality of all substances and it is the space too. It is seen and it is unseen. That I am and that I am not.
May 24
O Rama, therefore, by every means in your power, strive to get established in that supreme state and then do what is appropriate. They who reach that state, which is pure and undecaying and which is the truth of one's own self, attain to supreme peace. By reaching it, you will forever be freed from the fear of this worldly existence.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
May 25
If one has achieved even a little bit of control over the mind by self-inquiry, such a person has attained the fruit of his life. For that self-inquiry will expand in his heart.
May 26
O Rama, this world-appearance has been experienced as truth for a very long time and it needs persistent practice of all these three [realization of truth, cessation of mind, ending of conditioning] simultaneously to overcome it.
May 27
Again, if you conceptualize this teaching for your intellectual entertainment and do not let it act in your life, you will stumble and fall like a blind man.
May 28
He who has the vision of the infinite and into whose heart the world-appearance has merged, does not entertain the deluded notion of a jiva, etc....Recollect your essential nature as the infinite consciousness. Abandon the notions of diversity. You are what you are: nay, not even that as a concept but beyond it you are the self-luminous being.
May 30
The truth or Existence-Consciousness-Bliss is beyond thought and understanding, it is supreme peace and omnipresent, it transcends imagination and description....It is omnipotent, it is more empty than space and yet it is not empty because it is full of consciousness.
June 1
Liberation is attained when one arrives at the state of supreme peace after intelligent inquiry into the nature of the self and after this has brought about an inner awakening.
June 2
The sweetness one tastes is not experienced by another: listening to someone's description of the cessation of ignorance does not give rise to your enlightenment. Each one has to realize it....It arises when the senses and the mind, which is the sixth sense, cease.
June 3
Continuous and homogeneous in waking, dreaming, deep sleep and in the fourth (transcendental) state of consciousness, it shines when all thoughts have ceased, when all excitements have ceased and when all hate has ceased....Let this world be an illusion or substantial. I am free from the fever of distress.
June 4
The best of all states, O sage, is indeed the vision of the one infinite consciousness. Even the contemplation of the self which is infinite consciousness banishes sorrow, terminates the long-dream vision of the world-appearance, purifies the mind and the heart, and dispels worries and misfortunes. That contemplation of the self is devoid of mentation.
June 5
What is the right understanding? It is to realize that this world is nothing but the reflection (and therefore appearance) of pure consciousness and thus is neither real nor unreal [as the substance or absence of substance of a reflection in a mirror is neither real nor unreal].
June 6
Live happily and playfully in this world without considerations of desirable and undesirable....When there is right understanding of the truth that even if the body is real, "I" is different from it and that "I" is but the reflection of the infinite consciousness, there is no sorrow.
June 7
They who have laid this ghost are the good people who render some service to this world. Hence, one should uplift oneself from this ignorance by laying this ghost known as egosense.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
June 8
Your constant remembrance, O Lord, is like the pot of nectar and is the ever open door to liberation.
June 9
The lord fit to be worshiped is indeed the one who upholds the entire creation, who is beyond thought and description, who is beyond the concepts of even the "all" and the "collective totality." He alone is referred to as "God" who is undivided and indivisible by space and time, whose light illumines all the objects, who is pure and absolute consciousness.
June 10
He dwells in the cave of one's own heart. He transcends the mind and the five senses of cognition; therefore he cannot be comprehended nor described by them--yet for the purpose of instruction, he is indicated by "consciousness."
June 11
This consciousness is like a mirror which holds a reflection within itself, as it were, without undergoing any modification in itself; this consciousness appears as all these countless beings in this universe.
June 12
The infinite consciousness alone exists, naught else exists. Consciousness alone has risen in consciousness.
June 13
Merely by forgetting one's true state, the consciousness undergoes great troubles and sorrows and experiences pitiable downfalls.
June 14
This infinite consciousness, which is unmodified and non-dual, can be realized by one in the single, self-luminous light. It is pure and eternal, it is ever-present and devoid of mind, it is unmodified and untainted, it is all the objects....It is omnipresent without being divided by the particulars constituting the all.
June 18
The realization of this infinite consciousness (which is totally effortless) is alone the best form of worship.
June 19
This is the supreme meditation, this is the supreme worship: the continuous and unbroken awareness of the indwelling presence, inner light or consciousness. While doing whatever one is doing--seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping, breathing or talking--one should realize one's essential nature as pure consciousness. Thus does one attain liberation.
June 20
Equanimity is sweetness itself and this sweetness is beyond the sense and the mind. Whatever is touched by that equanimity instantly becomes sweet, whatever its description or definition may be. That alone is regarded as worship which is performed when one is in a state of equanimity like that of space, when the mind has become quiescent without the least movement of thought, when there is effortless absence of perversity.
June 21
Be at peace, pure, free from cravings. Consider that all your experiences and expressions are the worship of the self.
June 22
If the real nature of the infinite consciousness is allowed to slip even for one-half of a hundredth part of a second, then all these unfortunate illusory creations take place....However, if one does not slip from that state of cosmic consciousness, one realizes that the truth is ever-present everywhere.
June 23
Just as liquidity is in liquids, motion in wind, emptiness in space, even so is omnipresence in the self.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
June 25
The bliss that is experienced in a state of no-mind, that bliss which is uncaused...is inexpressible and indescribable and should not even be called happiness!
June 26
After living with such no-mind for some time, there arises the state known as turiya-atita (the state beyond the transcendental or the turiya state).
June 27
The notion of Brahman and the world is therefore both dual and non-dual. That which is the substratum for all these notions of unity and diversity--that is the supreme state.
June 28
Even as all that is seen as water in the world is naught but hydrogen and oxygen gases, even so the world-appearance is but Brahman alone.
June 29
Just as water in a mirage is and is not simultaneously, even so is diversity in relation to the infinite consciousness.
June 30
Where nothing has arisen (been created), there everything is seen. Such a state of purity of the self, the true nature of the infinite consciousness, is not a vision (an experience of the mind and the senses). It is incapable of being taught. It is not very easy nor is it far distant or impossible. It is attained by direct experience alone.
July 2
The concept of unity is used to cancel the concept of the many; the concept of self (infinite consciousness) is used to cancel the conceptualization of unity. The self can neither be conceived of as existence or non-existence, it is what it is.
July 3
Be established in oneness. You are the single ocean of consciousness....Hence, in order to attain the realization of Brahman, fill your entire being with Brahman.
July 4
Whatever your inner being is, that you shall certainly attain. Hence, in order to attain the realization of Brahman, fill your entire being with Brahman.
July 5
What remains when all sense of duality has been abandoned, that is the self, that is the supreme truth.
July 6
If the mental modifications are pacified, then the mind is at peace. Sattva arises. Then the consciousness is freed from the object. There is pure inner consciousness.
July 7
The world-appearance is illusory. It exists in Brahman as an image exists in a mirror--intangible and without holes (breaks) and divisions--being non-different from Brahman.
Monday, April 6, 2015
July 8
But, if through constant endeavor the seed of vasana is burnt by the fire of correct understanding and self-knowledge, then the burnt seed will not give rise to further bondage.
July 10
That which is everything in the universe, that which is devoid of everything in the universe, that which is inexpressible, that which is the supreme truth--by what name can it be called?
July 11
He who is thus equipped with the spirit of non-duality (as if he is in deep sleep, though awake) is not disturbed though actively engaged in life. Such a person is liberated here and now.
July 12
Desire for limitation interferes with the fullness of the self; absence of such desire promotes bondage! Hence, constant awareness is to be preferred.
July 13
Realize: "All this is pervaded by me for I am omnipresent and devoid of body and such other limitations" and dwell in peace and supreme happiness.
July 14
The silence of deep sleep is conducive to liberation. In it the prana or life-force is neither restrained nor promoted, the senses are neither fed nor starved, the perception of diversity is neither expressed nor suppressed, the mind is neither mind nor non-mind. There is no division and hence no effort at abolishing it; it is called the silence of deep sleep and one who is established in it may not meditate. There is knowledge of what IS as it is and there is freedom from doubt. It is utter emptiness. It is supportless. It is of the nature of supreme peace of which it can neither be said that it is real nor that it is unreal. That state in which one knows "there is no I," nor another, no mind nor anything derived from the mind, in which one knows "I is but an idea in the universe, and it is really pure existence"--that is known as the silence of deep sleep.
July 15
The best method is by enquiring into the nature of the self which is infinite. Your mind will be completely absorbed. Then both the mind and the enquiry will cease. Remain firmly established in what remains after that.
July 16
This Brahman is referred to positively as the truth, Brahman, etc., and since it is beyond description it is also negatively indicated as emptiness and indescribable, etc....It is formless though it appears in all forms....This world-appearance is but the flesh in which the truth which is pure consciousness is clothed.
July 17
Consciousness, being non-dual and non-moving, is not grasped. However, it can be realized through its own reflection, the body.
July 18
There is but one consciousness which is pure, invisible, subtlest of the subtle, tranquil, which is neither the world or its activities.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
July 19
The instruction of a disciple by a preceptor is but a tradition: the cause of enlightenment is the purity of a disciple's consciousness.
July 21
If the self which is the reality and which is pure is forgotten even for a moment, the object of experience attains expansions. If there is unbroken awareness, this does not happen.
July 24
In that total renunciation does the highest wisdom or self-knowledge exist. The utter emptiness of a pot is where precious jewels are stored....Abandon even the notion "I have renounced all" and remain in a state of supreme peace.
July 25
...leaving only the essence which is neither light nor darkness. That is pure consciousness which is supreme peace and infinite. It is beyond logic and intellectual comprehension. it is known as Brahman or nirvana.
July 26
The essence of existence is pure experiencing, which is therefore the essence of consciousness.
July 27
Remain well established in peace and tranquility, free from mental conditioning whether you are embodied or disembodied. When the reality of Brahman is realized, there is no room for worry or anxiety.
July 29
When the egosense is non-existent, where is samsara (the cycle of birth and death)? When thus samsara does not exist, the supreme being alone remains. In it the universe exists as carvings in an uncarved stone. He who thus sees the universe without the intervention of the mind and therefore without the notion of a universe, he alone sees the truth. Such a vision is known as nirvana.
July 30
Even as the ocean alone exists when the word "wave" is deprived of its meaning, Brahman alone exists when the word "creation" is meaningless....That consciousness which is the basis and the substratum for all such notions and their awareness is known by the word "Brahman." When this truth is clearly realized and when the duality of knowledge and known is discarded, what remains is supreme peace which is indescribable and inexpressible.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
August 1
Now you are enlightened, liberated. Remain established in the infinite consciousness, free from sorrow, from striving and from all attachment.
August 2
Your mind has become like pure infinite space. You have reached that state of complete equilibrium which is the state of perfection. This is the total renunciation in which everything is abandoned without residue.
August 3
Reflecting over the words, enter into deep meditation, completely free from all desires and cravings and firmly established in the unconditioned state....When the mind is firmly established in equanimity, disturbances do not arise in one. He is like pure space.
August 4
Therefore, abandon even the concepts of liberation and bondage. Remain in the pure egoless state engaging yourself in natural activity.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
August 5
But this self-knowledge, once acquired, grows day by day....Behold the self-luminous self which pervades everything. The very moment this omnipresence of consciousness is realized, one crosses the ocean of samsara.
August 7
Abandon these two [the physical and the mental] and resort to the supreme which is the reality--pure unmodified consciousness. This is the cosmic being. Remain established in it, firmly rejecting the former two.
August 8
Rama asked: Pray, describe the state of turiya which runs through the waking, dream and deep sleep states without being recognized.
Vasistha continued: That pure and equanimous state which is devoid of egosense, of the real and the unreal, and which is free is known as turiya (the fourth state)....When the egosense is abandoned, there arises the state of perfect equilibrium in which turiya manifests itself.
Vasistha continued: That pure and equanimous state which is devoid of egosense, of the real and the unreal, and which is free is known as turiya (the fourth state)....When the egosense is abandoned, there arises the state of perfect equilibrium in which turiya manifests itself.
August 9
He is void within, void without void like an empty vessel; at the same time he is full within and full without, like a full vessel immersed in the sea.
August 10
This is the conclusion of all scriptures: there is no avidya (ignorance) and no Maya (illusion) in reality; Brahman alone exists. Some call it the void, others pure consciousness, others the Lord; and they argue among themselves. Abandon all these notions. Rest in nirvana without movement of thought, with the mind greatly "weakened" and the intelligence at peace; rest in the self as if you are deaf, dumb and blind. Inwardly abandon everything; externally engage in appropriate actions.
August 11
Enlightenment is characterized by the pure inner light....You are deluded because you do not recollect repeatedly and frequently the truth concerning the infinite consciousness, but you partake of the poison of self-limitation and the consequent psychological conditioning.
August 12
Dive deep into the inner peace, not into the sea of diversity....After that you will be established in the contemplation of the absolute. Then behold, even for an instant, the inner self with the self, in the inner light.
August 14
Investigate that method by which you know the source of the body, the senses, the mind, and the buddhi (intelligence) and let them return to their source. First rest in the cosmic manifest being. After this rest in the unmanifest and then in the supreme cause of it all.
August 16
For it is the will to do or not to do that binds, and its absence is liberation....Remain forever what you are in truth. The awareness of the "I" and "mine" is the root of sorrow; its cessation is emancipation. Do waht appeals to you.
Saturday, January 24, 2015
August 17
The knower of the self is totally unaffected by mental illness or distress....They are not perceived in the self any more than the feet of a snake are perceived in darkness.
August 18
Though he is the all, he is yet devoid of all these things....For the reality or the infinite consciousness is totally free from the subject-object division, from the least trace of gross substantiality; it is pure void, with the infinite unconditioned consciousness alone as its reality.
August 20
But veiled by its identification with the elements it does not see its true nature, even as a man born blind does not see his way. Emancipation or moksa is the destruction of this ignorance and the realization of the independence of the jiva from these elements and the egosense.
August 21
Who is a pseudo-jnani? He who studies the scriptures for pleasure or profit like a sculptor studying art, and does not live up to the teaching, is a pseudo-jnani. His scriptural knowledge is not reflected in his daily life.
August 22
One should work in this world as much as is needed to earn an honest living. One should live (eat) in order to sustain the life-force. One should sustain one's life-force only for the sake of acquiring knowledge. One should inquire into and know that which frees him from sorrow.
August 23
The wise one, however, restrains the senses and remains centered in the self....Emancipation is the removal of the concept of creation or manifestation.
August 24
Hence, O Rama, though you may still continue to entertain thoughts and feelings, if the I-ness or egosense ceases in you, you will remain like the space and there will be peace....He who lives like space here (which is unaffected by the activity that goes on within it) is freed of all bondage and is liberated.
August 25
The egosense is bondage and its cessation is liberation. It is so simple. Where is the difficulty?
August 26
Dependence alone is bondage; non-dependence is freedom or emancipation. He who rests in what is indicated by the "All," "Infinite," or "Fullness," does not desire anything. When the physical body is as unreal as the body seen in a dream, what will the wise man desire for its sake?
August 27
The one self exists--subtle and omnipresent like space. It is undivided by the birth and death of bodies. "I am the body" is delusion, not truth. You are the pure self or undivided consciousness. The subject (observer), the object (observed) and the predicate (observation) are but the modifications of the mind. The truth or the self is undivided by this division and hence it is beyond contemplation (dhyana).
Thursday, January 22, 2015
August 28
O Rama, regard all actions everywhere as pure consciousness and live with your vision introverted....With your gaze turned inward, swimming in the bliss of the self and with your heart and mind at peace, what you do you do not do....Lead an active life though remaining inwardly as if in the deep sleep state....Rest in self-knowledge with your awareness extending just a little outside....Thus, by the practice of self-awareness which is beginningless and endless, you will gradually reach that supreme state of consciousness in which there is no duality and which is beyond all materiality. In it there is neither diversity nor unity but supreme peace.
August 29
For some time there is bound to be a conflict between the old and the new, but if you put yourself absolutely on the side of the new, the strife will soon come to an end and you will realize the effortless state of being oneself, of not being deceived by desires and fears born of illusion. - Nisargadatta Maharaj
August 30
He who rests in total peace within though apparently engaged in diverse activities externally is a liberated one....One should rest in the inner peace.
August 31
The abandonment of egosense is the cessation of ignorance; this and nothing else is liberation.
September 1
There is neither an "I," nor the "world," nor even "Brahman." All these are words. The only reality is supreme peace.
September 2
Dualistic experience is bondage and liberation is its abandonment. If such experience is abandoned, all divisions between the seer (subject) and the seen (object), the observer and the observed, cease.
September 3
Whatever be the activity you are engaged in, remain established in the unconditioned self.
September 5
The whole world is a painting and this consciousness itself is the pure and colorless paint with which the world has been painted.
September 6
That is known as the supreme state in which no desire arises....The mind is desire and the cessation of desire is known as moksa (liberation)....If you cannot overcome desire completely, then deal with it step by step....Let, therefore, the seed of desire be burnt in one's own heart by the fire of peace, equanimity and self-control.
September 7
When one is firmly established in realization of the truth, then space rests in space, peace in peace, auspiciousness in auspiciousness, void in void, the world in Brahman. The false egosense vanishes.
September 8
But he is regarded as a candidate for liberation in whom desire is weakened day after day....In yogis notions are greatly weakened and, therefore, they see the truth and their statements are close to the truth.
September 9
When one moves away from one's real nature there is great sorrow; when one rests in the self there is great peace and self-control.
September 10
Contemplate the self and live in the waking state as if fast asleep, free from psychological distress.
September 11
When what exists is realized as it is (i.e., as the indivisible consciousness), the world-appearance ceases.
September 12
Remain firmly established like a rock in the realization of this truth, while functioning as an intelligent being here. Worship the self which is the supreme Lord with all your natural actions and experiences, including your wisdom. Worshiped with these articles, the self instantly bestows upon you the boon of spiritual unfoldment.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
September 14
Nirvana or liberation is the non-experience of egosense. Let this truth be clearly understood.
September 15
To abandon the notions of "my" and "mine" is liberation; nothing else is liberation. Liberation is peace. Liberation is extinction of all conditioning. Liberation is freedom from every kind of physical, psychological and psychic distress.
September 16
When these objects are dropped, what remains (consciousness) is indescribable, for to call it "consciousness" is to limit it.
September 17
When even division between the mind and the infinite consciousness drops away, then all division drops into nothingness. After this, one exists in the supreme being even as the unsculpted image exists in the marble slab.
September 18
When one is knocked about by the troubles and tribulations of earthly existence and is "tired of all this," he seeks refuge from all this....Then seeking to free himself from the cage of ignorance, he flies away from pleasure towards the unconditioned bliss.
September 19
The state of one who has transcended all division and whose mind has become no-mind is beyond description.
Monday, January 5, 2015
September 20
The world is not material; the void is not seen. What remains is the truth, indescribable but not non-being.
September 21
Unless and until both these (matter and mind, the gross and the subtle) are realized to be the one infinite consciousness, the wise seeker should endeavor to purify them and to investigate their real nature.
September 22
This truth is realized only by those who are established in the supreme state, not by those who rest in egosense....Consciousness alone appears as this gross universe. When this is realized, the belief in the existence of matter ceases. With it ceases desire to possess such matter. Then one remains in one's own inner peace. When the self is realized as neither the world nor the void, everything remains as it truly is. The sage of self-realization has crossed this samsara and has reached the end of all karma.
September 23
One alone is....the one self which is consciousness alone remains, and this is indescribable, being beyond thought and description. Only the sage of self-knowledge experiences this: others merely read these words. For it is neither time nor mind, neither being nor non-being, neither consciousness nor unconsciousness.
September 24
The reality is the infinite, undivided consciousness which, not being an object of observation, is unknowable.
September 26
Hence, even though the egosense seems to rise in me, it is inoperative, like a painting of fire....That which creates these notions of unity and diversity also creates the notions of Brahman and creation. When these notions have ceased, there is great inner peace even if one is engaged in activity. Everything is nirvana. The perceived creation is like the sky (void though appearing to have form and color). Behold the entire universe composed of you, I, mountains, gods and demons, etc., as you would behold the creations and happenings of a dream.
September 27
Hence, investigate the truth with the help of direct experience; behold the primordial truth by direct experience.
September 28
The form is but an illusory perception....For this universe has no form, no body, no materiality, though it seems to have a form.
September 29
It shines by its own light, it has no beginning nor middle nor end and it is omnipotent....He who is enlightened sees not the diversity, but the one infinite consciousness.
September 30
Consciousness is never without some movement within itself....Just as in a dream, the cities, etc., are all within the consciousness of the dreamer, consciousness becomes aware of its own movement within itself right from the moment this movement arises. Thus arise in it notions of a moment, an age, a world-cycle, etc., as also notions of "I" and "you", etc. Thus, there is neither a duality, nor a unity, nor a void, neither consciousness (as the subject), nor unconsciousness. There is pure silence, or not even that. The infinite consciousness alone exists.
October 1
However, motion or action cannot be regarded as the quality of consciousness because it has no qualities or characteristics: consciousness is pure and utterly tranquil, beyond all description. The notion of motion in consciousness is ignorance.
October 2
Just as the mirror reflects a real object that exists outside, this consciousness reflects within itself that which is in itself--hence, it is real.....This creation is real whether it is regarded as a reflection or a dream object or a fancy, because it is based on the truth which is the self--this is my opinion.
October 3
One roams this samsara with its birth and death only till one beholds the supreme. Having seen it, he is immediately immersed in the supreme. Who will again abandon that which frees him from all sorrow?
October 4
I am subtler and more empty than even the air....This truth cannot be seen by physical eyes which can only see material objects. When you see with your subtle (ativahika) eyes you will behold creation as it is, as the truth, as pure Brahman-nirvana.
October 5
When it is like a dream-city how can one affirm or deny its existence? ...Whether this world has form or no form, it is pure consciousness and immaterial void. O Rama, you are nothing, but you are not non-existent. You are pure and supreme consciousness.
October 6
If one wakes up to the truth about oneself, then the materiality of the body vanishes. ...I experienced being something and being nothing, the formless state as also form, while retaining awareness of all these as well as unaware of all these.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
October 7
We have eaten and drunk a lot, and we have experienced pleasure. What is left to be done? How shall we gain supreme peace?
October 8
Hence, even when I am engaged in diverse activities this realization of Brahman does not cease. Just as to a dreamer the unborn and bodiless dream-object is real, even so this world is real and material to me. Even so do all these creations and worlds shine as if real and material, but they have never been created....When the truth is realized all these scenes of so-called creations vanish, even as a mirage ceases to be seen as water when its true nature is understood.
October 9
The world-appearance or illusion is perceived; the supreme consciousness remains unseen....The reality of infinite consciousness remains incomprehensible. Hence there arises the notion of a complete void or sunya; this, too, is real.
October 10
Saintly men look upon all with equal vision; they who know the reality know that it is the self of all.
October 11
The notion that everything is void or sunya is right for it is the result of much investigation....The knowers of the truth have realized that this infinite consciousness is neither void nor non-void; it is omnipotent but not that which is seen or known....One should stand firm in one's own realization without being distracted or deflected.
October 12
When the wave subsides, water is not destroyed. When the body is destroyed, the consciousness remains unchanged.
October 13
Even as floating dust particles do not affect space, pleasure and pain do not touch one who is established in the realization of the one indivisible, infinite consciousness.
October 14
I know what I am and I know who you all are. I am but your own consciousness, seated here in order to instruct you: I am neither human nor celestial nor divine. I am here as the fruit of your merit. In fact I am neither this nor the other.
October 15
That "nothing" which remains after everything has been negated as "not this, not this" is pure consciousness (cidambaram). The entire universe is but pure consciousness as it was and as it is.....When its experience of its own inherent potentialities is continued, it appears as the world.....All external objects are reflected in the mirror of one's consciousness which when inquired into is seen immediately. When thus investigated, their true nature as pure consciousness is realized.
Friday, January 2, 2015
October 16
He could easily refrain from all this but what is to be gained by such restraint? Let all these be as they are. Such is the attitude of one who is established in the infinite consciousness....The distinction between bondage and liberation lies in the state of one's consciousness, which is conditioned in bondage and unconditioned in liberation.....The enlightened consciousness is unaffected by the rising and setting of likes and dislikes, mental action and supramental consciousness. When one is firmly established in the infinite and unconditioned consciousness, even these distinctions vanish. The diversity which people experience in this creation is but an appearance, like the colors of a rainbow....There is no difference or division in consciousness, just as there is no distinction between space and emptiness. The currents and whirlpools that appear on the surface of water are only water.
October 17
Within the smallest atom of the infinite consciousness exists the potentiality of all experiences, just as there are stones and rocks within the mountain. All these experiences exist, constantly experiencing their own particular modes of experience. In reality, of course, they do not exist as experiences but only as infinite consciousness.
October 18
Self-knowledge does not arise except through the investigation of the means for liberation. Hence by every means one should investigate the means for liberation.
October 19
Only the knowers of the truth (the sages of self-knowledge) experience no sorrow at all: they see their bodies being borne down the stream but without the false notion "I am that body"....When you know while dreaming that it is dream only, you are freed even from fire.
October 20
For us there is no appearance, nothing unreal or real, no space: but there is only one formless, beginning-less, endless, non-dual infinite consciousness....Consciousness always shines pure. Just as during dreaming the dream has the quality of wakefulness, even so wakefulness is also the nature of dream only. When all mental activity ceases, you are that which is.
October 21
"Waking" and "dreaming" are two words used to denote the movement in consciousness which brings about awareness....There is no distinction between consciousness and awareness of objects seen either in waking or in a dream, just as there is no distinction between wind and movement....The immeasurable space appears to have a blue color; the immeasurable consciousness appears to exist as this creation.
October 22
What is real to the sage is impenetrable illusion to the ignorant. What is unreal to the sage is the most obvious truth to the ignorant.
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