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Nirvana Shatakam

1) The document is a passage from the Nirvana Shatakam, a Hindu scripture, in which the speaker describes themselves as Shiva, the formless divine consciousness. 2) It states that Shiva is not the mind, senses, ego or physical elements of the body and has no desires, duties, or attributes of the material world. 3) Shiva claims to be the eternal, formless consciousness pervading all things yet detached from all experiences of pleasure, pain, virtue or vice.

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Nirvana Shatakam

1) The document is a passage from the Nirvana Shatakam, a Hindu scripture, in which the speaker describes themselves as Shiva, the formless divine consciousness. 2) It states that Shiva is not the mind, senses, ego or physical elements of the body and has no desires, duties, or attributes of the material world. 3) Shiva claims to be the eternal, formless consciousness pervading all things yet detached from all experiences of pleasure, pain, virtue or vice.

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NIRVANA SHATAKAM: mano buddhi ahankara chittani naaham na cha shrotravjihve na cha ghraana netre na cha vyoma bhumir

na tejo na vaayuhu chidananda rupah shivoham shivoham 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 na cha prana sangyo na vai pancha vayuhu na va sapta dhatur na va pancha koshah na vak pani-padam na chopastha payu chidananda rupah shivoham shivoham

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

na me dvesha ragau na me lobha mohau na me vai mado naiva matsarya bhavaha na dharmo na chartho na kamo na mokshaha chidananda rupah shivoham shivoham 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 na punyam na papam na saukhyam na duhkham na mantro na tirtham na veda na yajnah aham bhojanam naiva bhojyam na bhokta chidananda rupah shivoham shivoham

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 na me mrtyu shanka na mejati bhedaha pita naiva me naiva mataa na janmaha

na bandhur na mitram gurur naiva shishyaha chidananda rupah shivoham shivoham

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 aham nirvikalpo nirakara rupo vibhut vatcha sarvatra sarvendriyanam na cha sangatham naiva muktir na meyaha chidananda rupah shivoham shivoham

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 conciousness and bliss, I am the eternal Shiva

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