#dattatreya

[awarenessisnondual]

Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj (1888–1936)

[tsultrimpawo]

1.35

The subject and object are unseparated and inseparable;

That undivided One is you.

When this is so, when no "other" exists,

How then could the Self be objectively perceived?

1.36

Non-duality is taught by some;

Some others teach duality.

They don't understand that the all-pervading Reality

Is beyond both duality and non-duality.

1.37

There is no color or sound to the one Reality;

It has no qualities at all.

How can one even think or speak of That

Which is far beyond both mind and speech?

1.38

When you know all this universe of forms

To be as vacant as the sky,

Then you'll know Brahman;

Duality will forever cease to be.

1.39

To some the Self appears as other;

To me, the Self is I.

Like undivided space, One alone exists.

How, then, could the subject and object of meditation be two?

1.40

Nothing of what I do or do not eat,

Exists for me.

I am Purity itself, beyond birth and death.

1.41

Know that the whole of the universe is without any form.

Know that the whole of the universe is forever unchanging.

Know that the whole of the universe is unstained by its contents.

Know that the whole of the universe is of the nature of God.

1.42

You are the ultimate Reality; have no doubt.

The Self is not something known by the mind.

The Self is the very one who knows!

How, then, could you think to know the Self?

— Sri Dattatreya, "Avadhuta Gita ("Song of the Free Soul")" 1.35-1.42

[sanskriticollection]

Hello friends 👋

Today it is Dattatreya Jayanti, a day dedicated to celebrating the birth of Lord Dattatreya.

Lord Dattatreya was born in the Margashirsha Purnima Tithi. Lord Dattatreya is know to be a combination of Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma.

On this day, devotees observe fasting and they offer prayers to Lord Dattatreya.

So let us pray to Lord Dattatreya on this auspicious day and be blessed by happiness

||Om Varaabhayakaram Devam Sacchidaanandvigraham ||

|| Dattatreyam Gurum Dhyaatvaa Maalaamantram Patheeechuchihi ||

[hinducosmos]

Shri Dattatreya 1970s Indian print (via ebay: oldbollywoodposters)

[katirabhavesh05-blog]

[shiva-artwork]

🌺 SHRI DATTATREYA ॐ 🌺 “Dattatreya is at once the incarnation of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma.”

[arjuna-vallabha]

Dattatreya

[ritish16]

Sri Guru Dattatreya Swamy.