Part 12 in an ongoing commentary on the Ashtavakra Samhita. This week: How does an enlightened person act? Are they affected by their deeds? Is the self really the lord?
Month: November 2018
A Conversation with Ashtavakra Pt. 11
Part 11 in an ongoing commentary on the Ashtavakra Samhita. This week: Does an enlightened mind feel emotion? Is there reason to seek meaning in the universe after enlightenment? Do the enlightened feel pleasure or pain?
A Conversation with Ashtavakra Pt. 10
Read Part 9 Have a question? Ask here. Support the work of End of Knowledge: Donate here. CHAPTER THREE Chapter Three is usually characterized as Ashtavakra testing Janaka after the latter makes a statement of self-knowledge in Chapter Two. But there doesn’t appear to be a coherent line of questioning. And some of the verses [...]
A Conversation with Ashtavakra Pt. 9
Part 9 in an ongoing commentary on the Ashtavakra Samhita. This week: the self not an individual soul; no multiplicity of selves; ignorance not really produced