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NIRVANSHATKAM OR ATMASHATAKAM : SONG OF THE SELF

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The great Adi Shankara (first Shankaracharya) of the eighth century summarized the entirety of Advaita Vedanta (non-dualistic philosophy) in six stanzas. When a young boy of eight, while wandering in the Himalayas, seeking to find his guru, he encountered a sage who asked him, "Who are you?" The boy answered with these stanzas, which are known as "Nirvana Shatakam" or "Atma Shatakam." "Nirvana" is complete equanimity, peace, tranquility, freedom and joy. "Atma" is the True Self. The sage the boy was talking to was Swami Govindapada Acharya, who was, indeed, the teacher he was looking for.

NIRVANSHATKAM  OR  ATMASHATAKAM : SONG OF THE SELF

These few verses can be of tremendous value to progress in contemplation practices that lead to Self-Realization.

The great Adi Shankara (first Shankaracharya) of the eighthcentury summarized the entirety of Advaita Vedanta (non-dualistic philosophy)in six stanzas. When a young boy of eight, while wandering in the Himalayas, seekingto find his guru, he encountered a sage who asked him, "Who are you?"The boy answered with these stanzas, which are known as "NirvanaShatakam" or "Atma Shatakam." "Nirvana" is completeequanimity, peace, tranquility, freedom and joy. "Atma" is the TrueSelf. The sage the boy was talking to was Swami Govindapada Acharya, who was,indeed, the teacher he was looking for.

These few verses can be of tremendous value to progress incontemplation practices that lead to Self-Realization.

 



 


 

I am neither the mind nor the intellect nor the ego nor the mind-stuff;

I am neither the body nor the changes of the body;

I am neither the senses of hearing, taste, smell, or sight,

Nor am I the ether, the earth, the fire, the air;

I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute

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I am He, I am He (Shivoham, Shivoham).

I am neither the prana nor the five vital airs;

I am neither the materials of the body nor the five sheaths;

Neither am I the organs of action nor the object of the senses;

I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute

–

 

I am He, I am He (Shivoham, Shivoham).

 

I have neither aversion nor attachment, neither greed nor delusion;

Neither egotism nor envy, neither dharma nor moksha;

I am neither desire nor the objects of desire;

I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute

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I am He, I am He (Shivoham, Shivoham).

I am neither sin nor virtue, neither pleasure nor pain,

Nor temple nor woeship nor pilgrimage nor scriptures,

Neither the act of enjoying, the enjoyable, nor the enjoyer;

I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute

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I am He, I am He (Shivoham, Shivoham).

I have neither death nor fear of death nor caste;

Nor was I ever born, nor had I parents, friends, and relations;

I have neither guru nor disciple;

I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute

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I am He, I am He (Shivoham, Shivoham).

 

I am untouched by the senses; I am neither mukti nor knowable;

I am without form, without limit, beyond space, beyond time;

I am in everything; I am the basis of the universe; everywhere am I.

I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute

 

 

 Composed by Shankaracharya (twelve centuries ago)

 Translation by Swami Vivekananda

 

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