Avadhuta gita

Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah

Dattatreya Avadhuta gita

A wonderful work describing the state of a jnani. This entire book is dedicated to the description of transcendental state. I will give few examples below,

1) Chapter-I verse-2 : How shall I salute the being who is formless (nirakaram) , indivisible, auspicious (shivam), immutable (avyayam) and one who pervades all, including individual self (jiva).

My commentary : Knowing/Experiencing Self (shivam) is being Self. One cannot salute oneself.

Chapter II verse-10 : Lord is subtler than the subtlest, supreme, beyond mind, intellect, senses, spotless, and beyond words.

Chapter-II verse-15 : Form and Formless is percieved by mind, that which is neither with form nor formless is known as Intermediate.

My commentary: Universe and its forces are percieved by mind. It can percieve the formless also by meditation. But when situated in Self, the state is neither with form nor without form, it cannot be described.

Chapter-II verse-35: There, neither is knowledge nor ignorance, no pranayama, no asana, no meditation using gazing, no nerve-current.

Chapter-II verse-36: No manifoldness, no oneness, neither both, nor other state, devoid of minuteness, length, largeness, nothingness, devoid of knowledge, knowableness, and sameness. That is Isam, atma, and eternal.

Chapter-III verse-4 : How can I say it is not advaita (one whole), and how can I say it is not dvaita (existence of duality in universe). How can I say about it which is eternal and non-eternal. I am homogeneous nectar of jnana, I am like sky.

My commentary : Entire universe is one undivided entity, hence advaita. There is duality within the advaita , which is felt by Jiva. hence this cant be called advaita nor dvaita. But, 'I' is like sky( gaganam ), which is sivam.

Hari OM

In Guruseva