Avadhuta Gita

The Avadhuta Gita (Sanskrit, f, अवधूत गीत, avadhuta Gita, literally, "The Song of an enlightened ") is a sacred scripture of Hinduism. In it an attempt is made by means of paradoxical statements to move the reader to a task of "thinking in preconceived categories ", which - should lead to a more direct, intuitive knowledge of reality - as in Buddhism.

Text Example: THERE are not here for short or long discussions. Geometric concepts such as circular or triangular are not applicable to it. " ( Avadhuta Gita 5.7)

The divided into seven chapters Avadhuta Gita is an extension and compression in the Upanishads taught, systematized by Shankara philosophy of Advaita Vedanta. In this sense, the Avadhuta Gita comes largely " without God " from; nevertheless it is regarded as manifestation of a Hindu deity called Dattatreya.

  • Hinduism
  • Literature ( Sanskrit )
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