The Ashtavakra Gita

The Ashtavakra Gita is what is referred to as a nididhyāsana text in the tradition of Advaita Vedanta. After hearing the truth from the mouth of a living teacher, and meditating on it by reading introductory texts and removing doubts, the seeker of liberation then rests in the experiential realization they have gained through continual and effortless meditation.

Texts like this one facilitate that meditation by providing prompts for sinking deeply into the ocean of contemplation that is our own self-knowledge.

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