Ashtavakra-Samhita Chapter 1

Janaka said: 1.1 How can knowledge be acquired, how can liberation be obtained? How is detachment to be achieved? Tell me this oh Lord. Ashtavakra said: 1.2 If you aspire after liberation my child, shun the objects of the senses as poison. Seek forgiveness, sincerity, compassion, contentment and truth as nectar. 1.3 You are neither…