Ashtavakra Gita - Verse 2 : • If Interested in Liberation Decide to Give up All External Factors As on Object of 21 Dependence
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Chapter 1 to 4 Volume – 01 Index Chapter Title Verses Page No Introduction 1 to 9 1 Self - Witness in all 20 9 to 62 2 The Marvellous Self 25 63 to 142 3 Self in All - All in Self 14 143 to 174 4 Glory of Realisation 6 175 to 194 5 Four Methods - Dissolution of Ego 4 195 to 208 6 The Self Supreme 4 209 to 224 7 That Tranquil Self 5 225 to 236 8 Bondage and Freedom 4 237 to 242 9 Indifference 8 243 to 259 10 Dispassion 8 260 to 275 11 Self As Pure Intelligence 8 276 to 293 12 How to Abide in the Self 8 294 to 305 13 The Bliss Absolute 7 306 to 325 14 Tranquillity 4 326 to 339 i Chapter Title Verses Page No 15 Brahman - The Absolute Reality 20 340 to 385 16 Self-abidance - Instructions 11 386 to 405 17 Aloneness of the Self 20 406 to 468 18 The Goal 100 469 to 570 19 The Grandeur of the self 8 20 The Absolute state 14 Total 298 ii Index S. No. Verses Page No 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 1 - Self witness in all 2 Verse 1 10 3 Verse 2 14 4 Verse 3 23 5 Verse 4 25 6 Verse 5 32 7 Verse 6 34 8 Verse 7 35 9 Verse 8 42 10 Verse 9 47 11 Verse 10 49 12 Verse 11 49 13 Verse 12 50 14 Verse 13 52 iii S. No. Verses Page No 15 Verse 14 52 16 Verse 15 52 17 Verse 16 54 18 Verse 17 55 19 Verse 18 57 20 Verse 19 58 21 Verse 20 61 Chapter 2 - The Marvellous Self 22 Verse 1 64 23 Verse 2 67 24 Verse 3 73 25 Verse 4 74 26 Verse 5 76 27 Verse 6 77 28 Verse 7 84 29 Verse 8 86 iv S. No. Verses Page No 30 Verse 9 88 31 Verse 10 90 32 Verse 11 95 33 Verse 12 97 34 Verse 13 99 35 Verse 14 102 36 Verse 15 113 37 Verse 16 117 38 Verse 17 119 39 Verse 18 121 40 Verse 19 126 41 Verse 20 128 42 Verse 21 129 43 Verse 22 135 44 Verse 23 137 45 Verse 24 137 iv S. No. Verses Page No 46 Verse 25 138 Chapter 3 - Self in All - All in Self 47 Verse 1 144 48 Verse 2 147 49 Verse 3 148 50 Verse 4 149 51 Verse 5 151 52 Verse 6 152 53 Verse 7 154 54 Verse 8 157 55 Verse 9 158 56 Verse 10 162 57 Verse 11 164 58 Verse 12 170 59 Verse 13 171 60 Verse 14 173 v S. No. Verses Page No Chapter 4 - Glory of Realisation 61 Verse 1 176 62 Verse 2 180 63 Verse 3 182 64 Verse 4 187 65 Verse 5 191 66 Verse 6 193 vii INTRODUCTION Lecture 1 1) Part of Mahabharata : Rishi / Jnani Ashtavakra Student Janaka 20 Chapter 298 Verses • Independent work for “Nididhyasanam”, not teaching Vedanta. Knowledge: • I in my real nature am Atma and free. The world can’t affect me. • Philosophically, above is truth. Psychologically: • Helps me to get rid of samsara sense of helplessness and loneliness. Deliberately entertain thought daily: • I am not alone - Na Ekoham • I am not helpless - Asaya Aham • I am not weak - Krishaha Aham • I am not Supportless - Aparichedaha • Be like a lion (Subhashitam as above) and roar like a lion - I am free • 4 thought patterns of a lion have to be brought in us. • Not bleet like a Goat - I am helpless / Alone / Weak / Supportless. 1 Entertain positive thoughts : • Use Vedanta to change language and thought pattern - This process is called ‘Nididhyasanam’ 2) : Life Teaching - shouldn’t be separated Roar like a lion I am free not Cry / Not to be in Cassettes / notebooks Complain • Normally Vedanta in Notebook (Mechanically preserve notes) and life of Cry - Successful Co-existence • Philosophically true - Psychologically works 2 Angles of thought Philosophically Psychologically Truth - Aham Brahmasmi Never complain sense of weakness / helplessness / Loneliness • Remove sense of loneliness and claim I am free 2 Repeatedly entertain thought : • I am independent / Strong / World - Karma cant affect me - I have inner resources. • Aham Svantara Asmi - Have strength to confront all situation of life. • Aham Atma Asmi - This should be 1st thought every morning and night. 3) Every human being - Samsari - Subject to Karma - Prarabda - Goes through favorable / unfavorable situation - and one cant avoid challenging situations. 4) Self confidence is most important. Virtue required : • 1st Thing knocked off is challenging situations is self confidence. 5) Self diffidence is direct experience in trying situation : • Physical illness / Situational problems - need help from outside • When everything fine, self confidence is there. Karma Shapa : • Forgets archery in war. • Looks for support from outside and experts • Others to give confidence - Often we don’t get confidence 6) Get wisdom lecturer - shouldn’t have done / Should have done. 7) At trying situation - must say : • Have inner resources to tide over the problem. 3 8) Tell : • I am with you - Don’t worry • Will together face situation • Need confidence - But get lecture 9) Confidence weaned and adding to Guilt : • I am not intelligent to take right decision. • Every human feels utter helpless. • I don’t have confidence to face situation and others criticize my bad action. 10) Power of Samsara - Expresses an helplessness and loneliness : • Even though Many around - I am lonely 11) Physically and Mentally become weaker in old Age : • How to tackle loneliness and Helplessness. • I Seek Help from others - Need confidence and Support not Advice 12) Known people, don't know how to help me, Scriptures give CBM - Confidence Building measures. 4 13) : Veda gives 2 Methods Veda Purva Vedanta - Seek help from Ishvara - I am Atma - Ever free - Throughout Gita, Krishna tells - World can’t touch me about this Gita - Chapter 18 : Fixing your mind upon me, you shall, by my grace, overcome all obstacles; but if, from egoism, you will not hear me, you shall perish. [Chapter 18 - Verse 58] • If only person seeks help / Confidence / Strength from me - I will Give him confidence. • Remember - I always have used God with me to support / To Give confidence. 5 • I am not Anaatha - Helpless - I have Anantha Nathaha, I have got lord to help me. • This thought boosts any confidence. I do not require actual help. Psychological Fact : • What human needs is not help, but thought - I have someone to help me. • What I require is offer of help. Example : • cataract mother, son says I can walk down… • If he had not said, I would have felt bad! • Offer enough to give moral support (important lesson in life) 14) Psychologically : • Require offer to help - Not help. • Gives me confidence / I find enough resources to handle situation. 15) Veda Purva: • You have God to help you. • With God - Face situation • One method to solve loss, if self confidence / Self diffidence = Bakti / Concept of God…6 Definition of God : • I Don’t know if you are Vishnu / Shiva… Whatever be your form - I need help • Seeking help when you need help from right source is intelligent. Whatever be your concept of God : Gita - Chapter 7 : Whatsoever form any devotee desires to worship with faith, that (same) faith of his I make (firm and) unflinching. [Chapter 7 – Verse 21] People lecture - Don’t help : • Don’t be world / People Dependence - They lecture - Better to depend on God • Shift from Relative / Truly Dependent to God Dependence. • Instead of outsourcing - insourcing 16) 2nd Method - Vedanta method gives another support : • What you really need - Do not want help. • It is thought that Gives confidence • Instead of thought - Say differently - I don’t require help. 7 Say : • There is someone to help me Discover Fact : • I don’t require help from outside I have got strength and Power to handle any situation. 17) I drop all seeking for help outside, more from god - to self dependence : • Start entertaining powerful thought • I don’t require help - I am not Anaatha / I am source of my own strength / To develop this thought pattern, Vedanta given. 18) God - is Anatma - External source : • Gaining self knowledge and Developing thought pattern - I am truly free of entire world. • I don’t have to depend in world but entire world of Anatma is dependent on me the Atma. • Therefore I am independent - have all strength in my self. Even if I seek help - Mithya world cant help. 19) Use knowledge and always thought pattern. 20) Samsara not caused by event, but event born thought Pattern... Samanya Karanam Visesha Karanam - Events, Cause - Specific Cause - Our thought Pattern 8 - Going to hospital - Son will come if required 21) Nididhyasanam : • Use Vedantic teaching to change thought Process. • Lion doesn’t entertain 4 thought Patterns, I am Alone / helpless / Weak / Supportless 22) Think Deliberately : • I am ever free from helplessness / Weakness • Silar Ashwar • Silar giripaar • Silar Ashudukonde Sirippar - Co-existence - Complain and Aham Brahman Asmi… 9 CHAPTER 1 SELF - WITNESS IN ALL 20 Verses Chapter 1 - Verse 1 : How is knowledge to be acquired? how is liberation to be attained? And how is dispassion to be reached? tell me this, Sir [Chapter 1 – Verse 1] Janakas Question : a) Grihastha’s - can we Acquired spiritual knowledge, Sanyasa not essential? b) Must have interest and value for Spiritual knowledge - Brihadaranyaka Upanishad : Janaka - Students finds time for Yajnavalkya Question : • How to go from world - God - to self dependence = Independence = Moksha / Liberation.