A collection of teachings from Vichar Sagar of Nishchal Das (1791-1863)
I am that undiluted Infinite Bliss that is eternal, self-effulgent, and all-pervading substratum of name and form; which the intellect conceives not but which conceives the intellect.
I am that undiluted Infinite Bliss that is eternal, self-effulgent, and all-pervading substratum of name and form; which the intellect conceives not but which conceives the intellect.
Of the nature of an infinite ocean am I and like its waves
are Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, Surya, Chandra, Varuna, Yama, Shakti, Kubera, and
Ganesh.
The gracious omniscient Ishvara, conditioned by adjuncts,
who becomes the object of meditation of sages is also reflected as an illusion
in me.
Just as a rope appears as a snake when the knowledge of the
former is absent, and the latter disappears with the knowledge of reality,
similarly this world [of names and forms] disappears when the realization of ‘I
am He’ dawns.
That Rama [without attributes], whom the pious sages worship
without motive in order to attain enlightenment, is my Self. Whom then may I
salute?