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What is the state of the liberated one? || Acharya Prashant on Ashatavakra Gita (2014)
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Ashtavakra Gita
Liberation
Ego
Conditioning
Senses
Turiya
Attachment
Aversion
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that the battlefield of life is already set, and while one should initially strive to prevent war, once on the battlefield, one must act with the precision of an eagle rather than a dove. He delves into the state of a liberated mind as described by Ashtavakra, noting that for such a person, the ocean of worldly existence has dried up. This individual lives beyond the reach of attachment and aversion, which are merely products of a conditioned mind and limited life experiences. By negating these states, the speaker points toward a vastness that transcends the ego's narrow subjectivity.