Once Brahma the creator asked Lord Narayana about the efficacy of the taaraka-mantra to which the latter replied: “Always think of Me and My glory, and be in commune with Me in the att... Read more
Chapter 7 1. The enlightened one nude or clad in a patched garment of rags gathered from roads follows the path which is devoid of virtue and stays in an empty abode – absorbed in the... Read more
Chapter 6 1. The srutis declare in various ways that this – the ether and its like, and we ourselves are like a mirage. If there is only one indivisible, all-comprehensive Absolute... Read more
17. Here verily is the conscious Being who is completely the All. Here is the conscious Being who is the all-comprehensive and undivided. Here is the conscious Being, alone and immutable. Wh... Read more
11. There is nothing dividing, nothing to be divided. I have nothing to know with and nothing to be known. How shall I then speak of coming and going? I am free from disease – my form... Read more
35. Why dost weep thou friend? Thou hast no natural form. Why dost thou weep friend? Thou hast deformity. Why dost thou weep friend? Thou hast no age. I am the nectar of knowledge, homogenou... Read more
12. It is not my ignorance that the one beyond Illusion seems to be positioned in illusion. It is not my ignorance that the griefless one appears to be positioned in grief. It is not my igno... Read more
Chapter 3 1. The distinction of quality and absence of quality does not exist in the least. How shall I worship Siva The Absolute who is devoid of attachment and detachment who is of the for... Read more
31. He attains to the supreme Self, who is eternal, pure, fearless, formless, and supportless, who is without body, without desire, beyond the pairs of opposites, free from illusion and of u... Read more
21. There is only one very clear moon on the full moon night. One should perceive That (the Self) like the moon seeing duality is perversion. 22. It is indeed in this way that intelligence b... Read more