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12 Fulfillment

First I gave up action, 1 Then idle words, And lastly thought itself. Now I am here. Ridding my mind of distraction, 2 single-pointed, I shut out sound and all the senses, And I am here. Meditation is needed 3 Only when the mind is distracted By false imagining. Knowing this, I am here. Without joy or sorrow, 4 Grasping nothing, spurning nothing, O Master, I am here. What do I care 5 If I observe or neglect The four stages of life? Meditation, Controlling the mind, These are mere distractions! Now I am here. Doing, or not doing, 6 Both come from not knowing. Knowing this fully, I am here. Thinking 7 Of what is beyond thinking Is still thinking. I gave up thinking, And I am here. Whoever fulfills this 8 Fulfills his own nature And is indeed fulfilled.

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11 Stillness

All things arise, 1 Suffer change, And pass away. This is their nature. When you know this, Nothing perturbs you, Nothing hurts you. You become still. It is easy. God made all things. 2 There is only God. When you know this, Desire melts away. Clinging to nothing, You become still. Sooner or later, 3 Fortune or misfortune May befall you. When you know this, You desire nothing, You grieve for nothing. Subduing the senses, You are happy. Whatever you do 4 Brings joy or sorrow, Life or death. When you know this, You may act freely, Without attachment. For what is there to accomplish? All sorrow comes from fear. 5 From nothing else. When you know this, You become free of it, And desire melts away. You become happy And still. "I am not the body, 6 Nor is the body mine. I am awareness itself" When you know this, You have no thought For what you have done Or left undone. You become one, Perfect and indivisible. "I am in all things, 7 From Brahma to a blade of grass." When you know this, You have no thought For success or failure Or the mind's inconstancy. You are pure. You are still. The world with all its wonders 8 Is nothing. When you know this, Desire melts away. For you are awareness itself. When you know in your heart That there is nothing, You are still.

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10 Desire

Striving and craving, 1 For pleasure or prosperity, These are your enemies, Springing up to destroy you From the presumptions of virtue. Let them all go. Hold on to nothing. Every good fortune, 2 Wives, friends, houses, lands, All these gifts and riches. . . They are a dream, A juggling act, A traveling show! A few days, and they are gone. Consider. 3 Wherever there is desire, There is the world. With resolute dispassion Free yourself from desire, And find happiness. Desire binds you, 4 Nothing else. Destroy it, and you are free. Turn from the world. Fulfill yourself, And find lasting happiness. You are one. 5 You are pure awareness. The world is not real. It is cold and lifeless. Nor is ignorance real. So what can you wish to know? Life after life you indulged 6 In different forms, Different pleasures, Sons and kingdoms and wives. Only to lose them all. . . Enough of the pursuit of pleasure, 7 Enough of wealth and righteous deeds! In the dark forest of the world What peace of mind can they bring you? How you have toiled, 8 Life after life, Pressing into painful labor Your body and your mind and your words. It is time to stop. Now

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9 Dispassion

Seeing to this, 1 Neglecting that, Setting one thing against another. . . Who is free of such cares? When will they ever end? Consider. Without passion, With dispassion, Let go. My child, 2 Rare is he, and blessed, Who observes the ways of men And gives up the desire For pleasure and knowledge, For life itself. Nothing lasts. 3 Nothing is real. It is all suffering, Threefold affliction! It is all beneath contempt. Know this. Give it up. Be still. When will men ever stop 4 Setting one thing against another? Let go of all contraries. Whatever comes, be happy And so fulfill yourself. Masters, saints, seekers: 5 They all say different things. Whoever knows this, With dispassion becomes quiet. The true master considers well. 6 With dispassion He sees all things are the same. He comes to understand The nature of things, The essence of awareness. He will not be born again. In the shifting elements 7 See only their pure form. Rest in your own nature. Set yourself free. The world is just a set of false impressions. 8 Give them up. Give up the illusion. Give up the world. And live freely.

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8 The Mind

The mind desires this, 1 And grieves for that. It embraces one thing, And spurns another. Now it feels anger, Now happiness. In this way you are bound. But when the mind desires nothing 2 And grieves for nothing, When it is without joy or anger And, grasping nothing, Turns nothing away. . . Then you are free. When the mind is attracted 3 To anything it senses, You are bound. When there is no attraction, You are free. Where there is no I, You are free. Where there is I, 4 You are bound. Consider this. It is easy. Embrace nothing, Turn nothing away.

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7 The Boundless Ocean

I am the boundless ocean. 1 This way and that, The wind, blowing where it will, Drives the ship of the world. But I am not shaken. I am the unbounded deep 2 In whom the waves of all the worlds Naturally rise and fall. But I do not rise or fall. I am the infinite deep 3 In whom all the worlds Appear to rise. Beyond all form, Forever still. Even so am I. I am not in the world. 4 The world is not in me. I am pure. I am unbounded. Free from attachment, Free from desire, Still. Even so am I. O how wonderful! 5 I am awareness itself, No less. The world is a magic show! But in me There is nothing to embrace, And nothing to turn away.

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6 Knowledge

I am boundless space. 1 The world is a clay pot. This is the truth. There is nothing to accept, Nothing to reject, Nothing to dissolve. I am the ocean. 2 All the worlds are like waves. This is the truth. Nothing to hold on to, Nothing to let go of, Nothing to dissolve. I am the mother-of-pearl. 3 The world is a vein of silver, An illusion! This is the truth. Nothing to grasp, Nothing to spurn, Nothing to dissolve. I am in all beings. 4 All beings are in me. This is the whole truth. Nothing to embrace, Nothing to relinquish, Nothing to dissolve.

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5 Dissolving

You are pure. 1 Nothing touches you. What is there to renounce? Let it all go, The body and the mind. Let yourself dissolve. Like bubbles in the sea, 2 All the worlds arise in you. Know you are the Self. Know you are one. Let yourself dissolve. You see the world. 3 But like the snake in the rope, It is not really there. You are pure. Let yourself dissolve. You are one and the same 4 In joy and sorrow, Hope and despair, Life and death. You are already fulfilled. Let yourself dissolve.

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4 The True Seeker

The wise man knows the Self, 1 And he plays the game of life. But the fool lives in the world Like a beast of burden. The true seeker feels no elation 2 Even in that exalted state Which Indra and all the gods Unhappily long for. He understands the nature of things. 3 His heart is not smudged By right or wrong, As the sky is not smudged by smoke. He is pure of heart, 4 He knows the whole world is only the Self. So who can stop him From doing as he wishes? Of the four kinds of being, 5 From Brahma to a blade of grass, Only the wise man is strong enough To give up desire and aversion. How rare he is! 6 Knowing he is the Self, He acts accordingly And is never fearful. For he knows he is the Self, One without two, The Lord of all creation.

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3 Wisdom

You know the Self, 1 By nature one Without end. You know the Self, And you are serene. How can you still desire riches? When from ignorance 2 You see silver in mother-of-pearl, Greed arises. From ignorance of the Self Desire arises For the world where the senses whirl. Knowing yourself as That 3 In which the worlds rise and fall Like waves in the ocean, Why do you run about so wretchedly? For have you not heard? 4 You are pure awareness, And your beauty is infinite! So why let lust mislead you? The man who is wise 5 Knows himself in all things And all things in himself. Yet how strange! He still says, "This is mine." Determined to be free, 6 He abides in the oneness Beyond all things. Yet how strange! Indulging in passion, he weakens, And lust overwhelms him. Feeble with age, 7 Still he is filled with desire, When without doubt he knows That lust is the enemy of awareness. Indeed how strange! He longs to be free. . . 8 He has no care for this world Or the next, And he knows what is passing Or forever. And yet how strange! He is still afraid of freedom. But he who is truly wise 9 Always sees the absolute Self. Celebrated, he is not delighted. Spurned, he is not angry. Pure of heart, 10 He watches his own actions As if they were another's. How can praise or blame disturb him? With clear and steady insight 11 He sees this world is a mirage, And he no longer wonders about it. How can he fear the approach of death? Pure of heart, 12 He desires nothing, Even in despair. He is content In the knowledge of the Self. With whom may I compare him? With clear and steady insight 13 He knows that whatever he sees Is by its very nature nothing. How can he prefer one thing to another? He is beyond all duality. 14 Free from desire, He has driven from his mind All longing for the world. Come what may, Joy or sorrow, Nothing moves him.

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2 Awareness

I lived bewildered, In illusion. But now I am awake, Flawless and serene, Beyond the world. From my light The body and the world arise. So all things are mine, Or nothing is. Now I have given up The body and the world, I have a special gift. I see the infinite Self. As a wave, Seething and foaming, Is only water So all creation, Streaming out of the Self, Is only the Self. Consider a piece of cloth. It is only threads! So all creation, When you look closely, Is only the Self. Like the sugar In the juice of the sugarcane, I am the sweetness In everything I have made. When the Self is unknown The world arises, Not when it is known. But you mistake The rope for the snake. When you see the rope, The snake vanishes. My nature is light, Nothing but light. When the world arises I alone am shining. When the world arises in me, It is just an illusion: Water shimmering in the sun, A vein of silver in mother-of-pearl, A serpent in a strand of rope. From me the world streams out And in me it dissolves, As a bracelet melts into gold, A pot crumbles into clay, A wave subsides into water. I adore myself. How wonderful I am! I can never die. The whole world may perish, From Brahma to a blade of grass, But I am still here. Indeed how wonderful! I adore myself. For I have taken form But I am still one. Neither coming or going, Yet I am still everywhere. How wonderful, And how great my powers! For I am without form, Yet till the end of time I uphold the universe. Wonderful! For nothing is mine, Yet it is all mine, Whatever is thought or spoken. I am not the knower, Nor the known, Nor the knowing. These three are not real. They only seem to be When I am not known. For I am flawless. Two from one! This is the root of suffering. Only perceive That I am one without two, Pure awareness, pure joy, And all the world is false. There is no other remedy! Through ignorance I once imagined I was bound. But I am pure awareness. I live beyond all distinctions, In unbroken meditation. Indeed, I am neither bound nor free. An end to illusion! It is all groundless. For the whole of creation, Though it rests in me, Is without foundation. The body is nothing. The world is nothing. When you understand this fully, How can they be invented? For the Self is pure awareness, Nothing less. The body is false, And so are its fears, Heaven and hell, freedom and bondage. It is all invention. What can they matter to me? I am awareness itself. I see only one. Many men, One wilderness. Then to what may I cling? I am not the body. Nor is the body mine. I am not separate. I am awareness itself, Bound only by my thirst for life. I am the infinite ocean. When thoughts spring up, The wind freshens, and like waves A thousand worlds arise. But when the wind falls, The trader sinks with his ship. On the boundless ocean of my being He founders, And all the worlds with him. But O how wonderful! I am the unbounded deep In whom all living things Naturally arise, Rush against each other playfully, And then subside. Yesterday 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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1 Ashtavakra Gita by Thomas Byrom

1 The Self O Master, 1 Tell me how to find Detachment, wisdom, and freedom! Child, 2 If you wish to be free, Shun the poison of the senses. Seek the nectar of truth, Of love and forgiveness, Simplicity and happiness. Earth, fire and water, 3 The wind and the sky - You are none of these. If you wish to be free, Know you are the Self, The witness of all these, The heart of awareness. Set your body aside. 4 Sit in your own awareness. You will at once be happy, Forever still, Forever free. You have no caste. 5 No duties bind you. Formless and free, Beyond the reach of the senses, The witness of all things. So be happy! Right or wrong, Joy and sorrow, 6 These are of the mind only. They are not yours. It is not really you Who acts or enjoys. You are everywhere, Forever free. Forever and truly free, 7 The single witness of all things. But if you see yourself as separate, Then you are bound. "I do this. I do that." 8 The big black snake of selfishness Has bitten you! "I do nothing." This is the nectar of faith, So drink and be happy! Know you are one, 9 Pure awareness. With the fire of this conviction, Burn down the forest of ignorance. Free yourself from sorrow, And be happy. Be happy! 10 For you are joy, unbounded joy. You are awareness itself. Just as a coil of rope Is mistaken for a snake, So you are mistaken for the world. If you think you are free, 11 You are free. If you think you are bound, You are bound. For the saying is true: You are what you think. The Self looks like the world. 12 But this is just an illusion. The Self is everywhere. One. Still. Free. Perfect. The witness of all things, Awareness Without action, clinging or desire. Meditate on the Self. 13 One without two, Exalted awareness. Give up the illusion Of the separate self. Give up the feeling, Within or without, That you are this or that. My child, 14 Because you think you are the body, For a long time you have been bound. Know you are pure awareness. With this knowledge as your sword Cut through your chains. And be happy! For you are already free, 15 Without action or flaw, Luminous and bright. You are bound Only by the habit of meditation. Your nature is pure awareness. 16 You are flowing in all things, And all things are flowing in you. But beware The narrowness of the mind! You are always the same, 17 Unfathomable awareness, Limitless and free, Serene and unperturbed. Desire only your own awareness. Whatever takes form is false. 18 Only the formless endures. When you understand The truth of this teaching, You will not be born again. For God is infinite, 19 Within the body and without, Like a mirror, And the image in a mirror. As the air is everywhere, 20 Flowing around a pot And filling it, So God is everywhere, Filling all things And flowing through them forever.

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