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.
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