Ashtavakra Samhita - Ashtavakra Gita English

Ashtavakra Gita Verses with word Atma 1.12, 2.7, 2.19, 3.2, 3.4, 3.9, 4.6, 15.9, 15.20, 18.8, 18.23, 18.35. 1.12 आत्मा साक्षी विभुः पूर्ण एको मुक्तश्चिदक्रियः । असङ्गो निःस्पृहः शान्तो भ्रमात्संसारवानिव ॥ १-१२॥ The Self is witness, all-pervading, perfect, One, free, Consciousness, actionless, unattached, desireless, and quiet. Through illusion It appears as if It is of the world (i.e. subject to the ever-repeating cycle of birth and death). 1.12 आत्माज्ञानाज्जगद्भाति आत्मज्ञानान्न भासते । रज्ज्वज्ञानादहिर्भाति तज्ज्ञानाद् भासते न हि ॥ २-७॥ The world appears from the ignorance of the Self and disappears with the knowledge of the Self, just as the snake appears from the non-cognition of the rope and disappears with its recognition. 2.7 सशरीरमिदं विश्वं न किञ्चिदिति निश्चितम् । शुद्धचिन्मात्र आत्मा च तत्कस्मिन् कल्पनाधुना ॥ २-१९॥ I have known for certain that the body and the universe are nothing and that the Self is Pure Consciousness alone. So on what is it now possible to base imaginat...