Turiyatitavadhuta Upanishad

The text is structured as a discourse from Narayana (Vishnu) to Brahma, about the monastic life and state of Avadhutas (highest liberated Hindu monks).^[4] Such liberated persons are rare, states the text.^[19] They, asserts the Upanishad, are an incarnation of knowledge, of detachment, of inner purity.^[19][20] He alone is the man of the Vedas, translates Olivelle.^[19]

The monastic life of the Avadhuta starts as Kutichaka monk, who then becomes Bahudaka monk, thereafter reaching the Hamsa state of monastic life.^[19] Beyond that, he becomes Paramahamsa monk, wherein he has deeply contemplated on his own nature and thus has discovered the entire universe, states the text.^[19] Thereafter, he becomes Avadhuta where he abandons everything, he gives up shaving, vertical line symbols on his forehead and outer symbolism of any sort.^[21]

He never blames anyone, states the Upanishad, neither praises nor criticizes anyone, he is free of deceit and arrogance, he has no hate or love for anyone, he neither gets angry nor excited by anything, he just eats if he finds something and goes hungry if he does not, asserts the Upanishad.^[21][22] There is no superior or inferior for such a liberated man, states the text, he sees everything as nondual, he understands and lives by the divine secret and ancient value that "there is no one else different from me".^[18] He fears no one, he fears no pain, he fears no pleasure, he has no longing for love, he is at rest in his innermost core, states the Upanishad.^[18][23]

The Avadhuta wanders, alone. He appears like a fool to others, asserts the text, but he doesn't care. He meditates on his own nature to find the ultimate truth Brahman, states the text; he is lost in the Brahman, his own self is all he is, he is one with Om.^[24] Such is the Avadhuta, states the Upanishad, he has done all there is to do.^[24][23] Thus ends the Upanishad.^[23]

• Jabala Upanishad
• Nirvana Upanishad
• Paramahamsa Upanishad
• Yogatattva Upanishad

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