Dattatreya

“ Tantra is a developmental spiritual system of rites and ceremonies. "This" denotes the truth as enunciated in the whole discourse. The intention of this needs to be made clear. The avadhuta is released from ritual observance. But there are examples of Avadhuta that sing mantra continuously in meter. The importance of this verse is the rhetoric of 'evenness' or 'sameness' and it is this same pervasive doctrine of sacredness permeating all that is that fuels the intestinal oblation of the aghori of which Dattatrya is reputed to have engaged in this sadhana as part of his pastime. ”

“ Humanity indeed all sentient beings in the 'Wheel of Becoming' (Bhavachakra) kill to live. To place a gradation of sentience upon certain types of animal species and plants, and to devalue and denigrate the aliveness of plants and other forms of supposed 'non-sentience' is to misunderstand the rite of the Ganachakra and any Mystery Rite per se. It is also non-scientific to categorically deny that which we may neither affirm nor deny, and similarly it is non-Buddhist. ”

“ Know the Self always to be everywhere, one and unintercepted.
I am the meditator and the highest object of meditation. Why do you divide the Indivisible?
Unintercepted - See note on "Continuous," verse 10. Divide, etc. - Even the act of meditation is an expression of ignorance because it implies duality.
[1:13] न जातो न मृतोऽसि त्वं न ते देहः कदाचन । na jāto na mṛto'si tvaṁ na te dehaḥ kadācana / सर्वं ब्रह्मेति विख्यातं ब्रवीति बहुधा श्रुतिः ।। १३।। sarvaṁ brahmeti vikhyātaṁ bravīti bahudhā śrutiḥ //13//
You are not born nor do you die. At no time do you have a body. ”

“ How can the ego be That which is aware of Itself?
[1:29] अनन्तरूपं न हि वस्तु किंचि- anantarūpaṁ na hi vastu kiṁci- त्तत्त्वस्वरूपं न हि वस्तु किंचित् । ttattvasvarūpaṁ na hi vastu kiṁcit / आत्मैकरूपं परमार्थतत्त्वं ātmaikarūpaṁ paramārthatattvaṁ न हिंसको वापि न चाप्यहिंसा ।। २९।। na hiṁsako vāpi na cāpyahiṁsā //29//
There is no substance whatever which is by nature unlimited. There is no substance whatever which is of the nature of Reality. The very Self is the supreme Truth. ”

“ I know that all, in every way, is the one indivisible "I" which is self-sustained and full, while the five elements, beginning with ether, are empty.
[1:47] न षण्ढो न पुमान्न स्त्री न बोधो नैव कल्पना । na ṣaṇḍho na pumānna strī na bodho naiva kalpanā / सानन्दो वा निरानन्दमात्मानं मन्यसे कथम् ।। ४७।। sānando vā nirānandamātmānaṁ manyase katham //47//
The Self is neither eunuch, man, nor woman: it is neither idea nor imagination. How can you think the Self to be full of joy or joyless?
Full of joy - Here "joy" is used in the sense of relative joy as perceived by the senses and the mind. ”

“ Avadhuta - a liberated soul, one who has "passed away from" or "shaken off" all worldly attachments and cares, and has realized his identity with God.
[1:74] त्रितयतुरीयं नहि नहि यत्र tritayaturīyaṁ nahi nahi yatra विन्दति केवलमात्मनि तत्र । vindati kevalamātmani tatra / धर्माधर्मौ नहि नहि यत्र dharmādharmau nahi nahi yatra बद्धो मुक्तः कथमिह तत्र ।। ७४।। baddho muktaḥ kathamiha tatra //74//
Where there are neither the three states of consciousness nor the fourth, there one attains the Absolute in the Self. How is it possible to be bound or free - where there is neither virtue nor vice? ”

“ In the highest state of realization, sense perception is no longer distinguishable from spiritual intuition.
[1:36] अद्वैतं केचिदिच्छन्ति द्वैतमिच्छन्ति चापरे । advaitaṁ kecidicchanti dvaitamicchanti cāpare / समं तत्त्वं न विन्दन्ति द्वैताद्वैतविवर्जितम् ।। ३६।। samaṁ tattvaṁ na vindanti dvaitādvaitavivarjitam //36//
Some seek nonduality, others duality. They do not know the Truth, which is the same at all times and everywhere, which is devoid of both duality and nonduality. ”

“ The Dharmic Traditions are living traditions and the Self of Advaita Vedanta and this text particularly, is more profitably embraced in the Buddhadharma as an analogue of the indivisible Trikaya.
[1:66] नाहं कर्ता न भोक्ता च न मे कर्म पुराऽधुना । nāhaṁ kartā na bhoktā ca na me karma purā'dhunā / न मे देहो विदेहो वा निर्ममेति ममेति किम् ।। ६६।। na me deho videho vā nirmameti mameti kim //66//
I am not the doer nor enjoyer. Work have I none, now nor formerly. I have neither body nor am I bodiless. ”

“ Unrestricted, think of day and night?
"You": Dattatreya now addresses the disciple to whom he is imparting he highest truth. "Night": There can be no perception of any time or condition in perfect Self-realization. ”

“ Similarly Maya is also personified as a Goddess that is represented throughout Dharmic Traditions in different forms and guises. Sometimes demonized, she fulfills her function and is to be honoured. For me Maya has always been somewhat denigrated and disfavored like Lucifer, the angel of light who fell. ”

“ There is no pot; there is no pot's interior space. Neither is there an individual soul nor the form of an individual soul. Know the absolute Brahman, devoid of knowable and knower.
discuss correlate in Nirvana shatakam ”

“ They are liable to possess human beings, and may need propitiation. The related adjective, paiśācī, is applied to various categories of things thought to be ghoulish or uncouth" [6]
[1:15] संयोगश्च वियोगश्च वर्तते न च ते न मे । saṁyogaśca viyogaśca vartate na ca te na me / न त्वं नाहं जगन्नेदं सर्वमात्मैव केवलम् ।। १५।। na tvaṁ nāhaṁ jagannedaṁ sarvamātmaiva kevalam //15//
Union and separation exist in regard neither to you nor to me.
There is no you, no me, nor is there this Universe. All is verily the Self alone. ”