MEETING POINT HARMONY

SAMAYASARAM

Acharya Kund Kunda (1^st AD)

• Know ye that the pure Self is without taste, colour, without smell, imperceptible to touch, without any definite bodily shape, and is characterised by chetana (consciousness).  .. (49)
• In the (pure) soul there is no colour, no smell, no taste, no touch, no visible form, no body, no bodily shape, and  no skeletal structure.  .. (50)
• In the (pure) soul there is no varga (atomic potency), no vargana (molecules or group of atoms), no spardhaka (aggregates of molecules). There is no ego-consciousness of different types and no (karmic) manifestations (resulting in pleasure-pain experience). .. (52)
• In the (pure) soul there is no activity of yoga (through manas, vachana, kaya), no (karmic bondage) no effective manifestation of karma, and no variations according to method of inquiry into the nature of the soul (based upon the principle of classification).  .. (53)
• In the (pure) soul there is no stage of the duration of bondage, or of emotional excitement or of self-purification or of the acquisition of self-control.  .. (54)
• A shackle made of gold is as good as one made of iron for the purpose of chaining a man. Similarly karma whether good or bad equally binds the jiva.  (146)
• Those who are outside the presence of paramartha or Supreme Self even though observe vows, restraints, and rules of conduct and practice austerities are devoid of right knowledge. .. (153)
• Absolutely pure, having the nature of perception and knowledge, always non-corporeal, I am indeed unique. Hence not even an atom of alien things whatsoever (whether living or non-living) is related to me as mine.  ..(38)

NIRVANA SATHAKAM



Adhi Sankara (8^th AD)

I am not the mind, the intellect, the ego or the memory,
I am not the ears, the skin, the nose or the eyes,
I am not space, not earth, not fire, water or wind,
I am the form of consciousness and bliss,
I am the eternal Shiva…






I am not the breath, nor the five elements,
I am not matter, nor the 5 sheaths of consciousness
Nor am I the speech, the hands, or the feet,
I am the form of consciousness and bliss,
I am the eternal Shiva…


There is no like or dislike in me, no greed or delusion,
I know not pride or jealousy,
I have no duty, no desire for wealth, lust or liberation,
I am the form of consciousness and bliss,
I am the eternal Shiva…


No virtue or vice, no pleasure or pain,
I need no mantras, no pilgrimage, no scriptures or rituals,
I am not the experienced, nor the experience itself,
I am the form of consciousness and bliss,
I am the eternal Shiva…


I have no fear of death, no caste or creed,
I have no father, no mother, for I was never born,
I am not a relative, nor a friend, nor a teacher nor a student,
I am the form of consciousness and bliss,
I am the eternal Shiva…


I am devoid of duality, my form is formlessness,
I exist everywhere, pervading all senses,
I am neither attached, neither free nor captive,
I am the form of consciousness and bliss,
I am the eternal Shiva…

(Samayasaram, A Jaina work by Acharya Kunda Kunda and Nirvana Sathakam by Adi Sankara showed me the confluence of ancient Indian ways of looking inward. )

English Translation source: Samayasaram –Prof. A. Chakravarthy Nainar / Nirvana Sathakam - Isha Yoga.