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अवधूत गीता Avadhūta Gītā 'Song of the divinely mad' or 'Hymn of the Sacred Fool'

Invocation and dedication
In the beginning, undertaking, journey, execution and completion of this work I entrust my activity to my guiding daemon which has always been The Fool. I invoke The Fool's station on the wheel of the Major Arcana as The Hanged Man, this avatar of The Fool is none other than the great vagabond Wodin, though not only.

I dedicate this work to the relevance of spirituality in lived experience, especially in its true sense of wholeness and integration, inclusion: that which is otherwise than sin and separation. Even though separation which is an illusion gives us the experience of longing which is so exquisite, so c

Chapters
Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Music

 * Camille Saint-Saens 'Danse Macabre' arrangement by Liszt, performed by Tamara Anna Cislowska (1999, 2008).

Print

 * Putney, David (1991). 'Identify and the unity of experience: A critique of Nishida's theory of self.' Asian Philosophy. Volume 1, Number 2, 1991, pp.141-161.
 * Vivekachudamani of Sri Sankaracharya (microform): Sanskrit text, with English translation, notes and an index (1921) NB: the version on Wikisource does not have Sanskrit for probity