SELF REALIZATION

The Astavakra Gita systematically deals with the mystical experiences of an 

individual in his flight towards transcendental peace and b.liss. The subtle philosophical truths are expounded in the form of a lucid dialogue between the Raja Rishi or King Seer Janaka as the disciple and Astavakra as the teacher. The thoughts of this Gita are compatible with the “Dialoues of Pluto” and “The Bhagavad Gita” as all of them truthfully record the universal insight and the spiritual experiences which a seeker gathers during moments of intense meditation.

Like in the Holy Gita here too the teacher constantly directs the entire attention of the student towards the spiritual reality behind life and its expressions.     

As an unrelenting non dualist rooted in the vivid experience of the transcendental spiritual oneness, Saint Astavakra completely rejects the worlds of objects, emotions and thoughts perceived through the delusory body, mind and intellect. As such he totally rejects the principle of Maya.

According to Astavakra there is no ego(Jiva), no creator(Isvara) no delusion (Maya) and no universe(Jagat).

There is only one infinite consciousness – The Self.

According to Astavakra there is only one goal to be aspired for and reached, and that is self knowledge through direct mystical intuition- Vijnana.

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