On Ashtavakra Gita and Bhagawad Gita: The man beyond the world

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

There is no aggression nor compassion, no pride nor humility, no wonder nor confusion for the man whose days of samsara are over.

Ashtavakra Gita (Chapter 17, Shlok 6)

Acharya Prashant (AP): Whose days in Samsara are over.

Must be closer to death, some terminal disease. Must be dying.

It is a good point to begin with. It’s a good word to use. Live in the world, don’t be worldly. When Ashtavakra says that his days in the world are over, all he means is that his worldliness is over.

There is no aggression nor compassion, no pride nor humility, no wonder nor confusion for the man whose days in Samsara are over.

What is the world?

The world is Truth expressed as you can see it.

The world is just an expression of the Truth, nothing else.

What kind of expression it would be?

Depends on to whom it is being expressed; simple.