SHANKARACHARYA

 

1) 

 Just as a stone, a tree, a straw, grain, a mat, a cloth, a pot, and so on, when burned, are reduced to earth (from which they came), so the body and its sense organs, on being burned in the fire of Knowledge, become Knowledge and are absorbed in Brahman, like darkness in the light of the


2) 

I am not detachment nor salvation,
Nor anything reached by the senses;
I am behold all thought and form.
I am everywhere, and nowhere at all-
I am Consciousness and Bliss.
I am Shiva! I am Shiva!


3)

It is a fool who blames the sun for his own blindness….The scriptures even proclaim aloud: “There is in truth no creation and no destruction; no one is bound, no one is seeking Liberation, no one is on the way to Deliverance. There are none Liberated. This is the absolute truth.” My dear disciple, this, the sum and substance of all the Upanishads, the secret of secrets, is my instruction to you.

4)

It is a fool who blames the sun for his own blindness….The scriptures even proclaim aloud: “There is in truth no creation and no destruction; no one is bound, no one is seeking Liberation, no one is on the way to Deliverance. There are none Liberated. This is the absolute truth.” My dear disciple, this, the sum and substance of all the Upanishads, the secret of secrets, is my instruction to you.

5) Neither attachment nor aversion can touch me;

Neither greed, delusion, pride, nor jealousy are mine at all.

I am not duty, nor wealth, nor happiness—

I am Consciousness and Bliss.

I am Shiva! I am Shiva!

 

6) Illness is not cured by saying the word "medicine," but by taking medicine. Enlightenment is not achieved by repeating the word "God" but by directly experiencing God.

 

7) I am neither the mind, the intellect, nor the silent voice within;

Neither the eyes, the ears, the nose, nor the mouth.

I am not water, fire, earth, nor ether—

I am Consciousness and Bliss.

I am Shiva! I am Shiva!

 

8) I am not detachment nor salvation,

Nor anything reached by the senses;

I am behold all thought and form.

I am everywhere, and nowhere at all-

I am Consciousness and Bliss.

I am Shiva! I am Shiva!

 

9) How can I accept or reject anything? Is there anything apart or distinct from Brahman? Now, finally and clearly, I know that I am the Atman, whose nature is eternal joy. I see nothing. I hear nothing. I know nothing that is separate from me.

 

10) I am neither the mind, the intellect, nor the silent voice within;

Neither the eyes, the ears, the nose, nor the mouth.

I am not water, fire, earth, nor ether—

I am Consciousness and Bliss.

I am Shiva! I am Shiva!

 

11) It is a fool who blames the sun for his own blindness….The scriptures even proclaim aloud: “There is in truth no creation and no destruction; no one is bound, no one is seeking Liberation, no one is on the way to Deliverance. There are none Liberated. This is the absolute truth.” My dear disciple, this, the sum and substance of all the Upanishads, the secret of secrets, is my instruction to you.

 
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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