The Ashtavakra Gita is an ancient Hindu spiritual document of great purity and power. Pure, because it is relentlessly one-pointed. Every word in this complete and free pdf version of Ashtavakra Gita is aimed at triggering Self-realization -no suggestions for self-improvement, no rules for moral behavior, no practical wisdom for daily life. Powerful, because the mere reading—or repeated reading–of it can be enough to send a ripe mind reeling into Truth. Here we present the Ashtavakra Gita in English translated by Bart Marshall.
Ashtavakra Gita
Every word in this complete and free pdf version of Ashtavakra Gita is aimed at triggering Self-realization -no suggestions for self-improvement, no rules for moral behavior, no practical wisdom for daily life.
Written by: Translated by Bart Marshall
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Dear sushil,
You better read and grasp OSHO (there are some 500 books with talks from this spiritual master-no-mind) instead of superficial Wikipedia on Osho. Always take things from the first hand! Don’t relay upon what other people say about Osho, including me. ;) But I am telling you: you are completely wrong. Try harder!
Greetings, Cornelis Heijkant
OSHO turned out to be a hack. I’ll take J. Krishnamurti and Tich Naht Hahn over him any day.
Osho is a hack, Thich Nhat Hanh is a quack. If you want real change, hard hitting words that cut your heart are the solution. The real guru shows you the mirror. I am not instructing anyone here to follow anyone. My pick over anyone-J. Krishnamurti, Acharya Prashant’s books (over his videos). Reading books, watching videos with sincere disection on a diary. Not feel-good nonsense.
let us judge none. aim is to learn & wherevr you feel comfortable just Be.
https://youtu.be/mSK57dwN8SA
Bart is not wrong in 1:15. Infact ravishankar himself said that the cause of your bondage is that you are trying to quieten the mind, which in turn is meditation. Both Bart and ravishankar mean the same in their translation that when you are actually the self which is ever free from action and inaction, why do you try to force your mind to not to think(meditate) and lead it to bondage because you try and force something on your mind which is not the real you(self)
Barts translation is flawed and could mislead someone. In the verse 1:15 he writes in the second line “”The practice of meditation keeps one in bondage.” This is wrong interpretation. Please read the same verse translated by Ravishankar below. How can meditation be a bondage because in another verse Bart says in verse 1:13 “Meditate on this: I am Awareness…….etc.
Ravishakar translates 1:15 as:
You are unattached, actionless, self-effulgent and Without any blemish. The cause of your bondage is that you are trying to quieten the mind.
Hi Dan,
I agree with you. When I first read 1.15 in Bart’s translation, I too thought, “how can meditation be bondage”. Meditation is about being, just being the witnessing consciousness that we truly are. But people will endeavour to “think they are not thinking”, and this is something that comes from desire. To achieve a pure state of meditation is not bondage, it is liberation. To achieve a state of thinking we are not thinking is bondage; we remain trapped in a deceptive illusion and that deception is bondage. As you say, “Trying to quieten the mind is not the same as meditation”. One is doing, the other is being.
Thanks for the heads up on Ravishakar .
Cheers, Graham (UK)
People, Osho is a fraud. Read his whole story on Wikipedia, and the story of why he was thrown out of America and his fleet of 97 Rolls Royces, etc. These fake pseudo-new-age gurus are only after fame and money and power, only want to create their own cult, just like Prabhupada and his Iskcon.
whoever you are… try to invest n implement those words in your own real life which you share as your thoughts or as your posts…….
Wiki is not always correct. See his teachings, don’t take decisions depend on wealth of a guru. Read his teaching it will be in different level . If u r not in that level you won’t understand it.
OSHO….The ENLIGHTENED Master’s One Of The Greatest Gift To The Humans Of The Planet ,Is Simplifying The Message In The Language Of A Common Man;Made The ASHTRAVAKRA MAHAGEETA ,Easily Accessible To Any Human ,If Approached With The Simplest Humble Mindset.
Just Listening To The OSHO’s Discourses On The ASHTRAVAKRA MAHAGEETA ,Can Free The Mind Enslaved By The Past Conditionings,Can Remove The Blockages Existing In The Subconscious Mind Of Any Human,And Thus Making HIMSELF Experience The GLIMPSE Of The UNBOUNDED Sky WITHIN ,Which Reflects Into The Outer World Of His Daily Living ,As Being More CONSCIOUS ,More INTENSIVE, More HARMONIZED…..
ASHTRAVAKRA MAHAGEETA Discourses By OSHO ,Can Be Found As The ULTIMATE-Literature , To Comprehend By Any Human , To Result In The EXPANSION Of His CONSCIOUSNESS , To The UNLIMITED VASTNESS,And Thus Being A WITNESS To HIMSELF ,Can Fill His Life And Living ,With Fullness Of GLORY, FULFILLMENT & JOY…Leading To The State Of An ENLIGHTENED BEING…….
whoever you are… try to invest n implement those words in your own real life which you share as your thoughts or as your posts…….
You are absolutely Right.. OSHO is a gift
The Ashtravakra Geeta Discourse By OSHO ,Is The ULTIMATE …….Has Got The Capability ,If Read & Listened With The Most Humble Intent,Without Any Preoccupied Mindset,…And With Open …HEART;To Open The UNBOUNDEDNESS Hidden WITHIN Every Human BEING….My Vast Philanthropic Venture Is A Way To Materialize The VISION Of O S H O …….To Have A BLISSFUL Commune Of Humanity On The Earth…..To Explore The NEW MAN WITHIN…..
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Hello D D Saboo ,
I totally agree with you , after hearing OSHO’s speech reading his book , i have no more interest in reading / hearing anyone else.
came here to read .english translated Ashtavakra gita .
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