Moment to Speak

Ashtavakra Gita , a dialogue between Sage Ashtavakra and King Janaka, emphasises that true freedom comes from detaching oneself from the material world and its transient nature. It addresses those seeking direct, non-dual insight into Absolute Truth. Sage Ashtavakra's teachings articulate the fundamental principles of the exclusivity of Jnana marg (path of knowledge), Advaitavada (non-duality), Atma-vichara (self-enquiry), Atma-sakshatkara (self-realisation), Santosha (contentment), Karuna (compassion), Arjava (simplicity and straightforwardness), Satyatvam (truthfulness) and Kshama (forgiveness), aiming to illuminate the intricate nature of the essentiality of our existence as one inseparable from Absolute Existence. It is the way to be happy and free forever. Ashtavakra Gita says and insists that you are nothing but Atman , or self of yours only. Recognise that you have your own identity, one with Cosmic Self or Brahman and nothing more or less. You are pure awareness; ...

Atman , or Self, is "I", the very essence of Brahman , the entirety of Existence , the Absolute, or the Ultimate Reality. Everything is myself, or All as Self; euphemisms for Atman is one with Paramatman , or Self with Supreme Self. This propounds that the world we perceive, which is filled with names and forms, is actually an illusion known as Maya . The more one moves outward, the deeper the chances of entrapment under the veil of Maya . Perception through sensual organs is the illusionary role of Maya that keeps everything under its veil of illusion. A practitioner of Self needs Self-experiencing to realise Self as well as eye consciousness to visualise the real and unreal. Ashtavakra Gita teaches that Self is pure, unbound consciousness, and that liberation is achieved by recognising this inherent oneness, thereby transcending the distractions of the phenomenal world and the insatiable desires of the mind. This perceptive idea dissolves the limitation of duality emana...