The Rope was Never a Snake (Ashtavakra Gita 5.3) - 1st November 2016

Name: The Rope was Never a Snake (Ashtavakra Gita 5.3) - 1st November 2016
Uploaded: 2016-11-01
Duration: 3 min 37 s
Description: Ananta explores the illusory nature of the world using the rope and snake analogy from Ashtavakra Gita, revealing that the immaculate Self remains unchanged.

November 1, 20163:3737 views

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Ananta explains that the universe is an illusory appearance within the immaculate Self, much like a snake imagined in a rope. He teaches that once the world's dream-like nature is recognized, one realizes nothing ever truly needs to be dissolved.

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The world is a play of Maya, appearing real just as silver appears in mother of pearl.

Once we see there is no distinction between this world and a dream, nothing in reality changes.

To see the illusory nature of all that changes is to realize there is nothing to dissolve.

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