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''Avadhuta Gita'' (Devanagari: अवधूत गीता, IAST: ) is a Hindu text based on the principles of Advaita Vedanta (nondualism). It has been dated to approximately the 9th or 10th century.〔 Abhayananda (1992, 2007: p. 10) opines as to the dating of the ''Avadhuta Gita'' through its terminology and style and importantly implies that it may be the subject if not product of an oral lineage: "The actual date of authorship of the ''Avadhut Gita'' is unknown, but, judging by its terminology and style, it appears to have been written, not in the millennia prior to the Current Era, as legend would have it, but sometime around the 9th or 10th centuries of our Current Era. This does not, of course, preclude the possibility of an oral transmission to that point in time." Swami Abhayananda (1992, 2007). ''Dattatreya: Song of the Avadhut: An English Translation of the 'Avadhuta Gita' (with Sanskrit Transliteration)''. Classics of mystical literature series. ISBN 978-0-914557-15-9 (paper), Source: (Song of the Avadhut by Dattatreya trl by Swami Abhayananda ) (accessed: Monday February 22, 2010) p.10〕 The singer of the ''Avadhuta Gita'' is Dattatreya, an Avadhuta, and according to the Nath Sampradaya, the work was heard and transcribed by two of Dattatreya's disciples—Swami and Kartika.〔International Nath Order () (April 2008). 'Avadhuta Gita'. Source: (Avadhuta Gita - International Nath Order ) (accessed: Tuesday February 9, 2010)〕 Ashokananda (1893–1969) in Katz (2007: p. 47) holds that "()he ''Avadhuta Gita'' is a text of Vedanta representing extreme Advaita or Nondualism...", that is Advaita Vedanta with an emphasis on "extreme".〔Katz, Jerry (2007). ''One: essential writings on nonduality''. Sentient Publications. ISBN 978-1-59181-053-7, ISBN 978-1-59181-053-7. Source: () (accessed: Sunday February 7, 2010)〕 As such, this text may also be considered a forerunner of Tantric literature as the themes, motif and orientation of this 'song' (Sanskrit: gita) are common to Shaivite Tantras, Buddhist Tantras and Vaishnava Agamas (which are also tantric literature) and ancient Yoga philosophy. Vivekananda (1863–1902) held the ''Avadhuta Gita'' in esteem and he translated aspects of it in the following talk he gave on July 28, 1895, transcribed by his disciple Waldo:
==Content== The brief introduction with attendant English translation of the ''Avadhuta Gita'' by Ashokananda (1893–1969) from the Sanskrit is reproduced in Katz (2007: p. 48) and Ashokananda with a flair of hyperbole provides an overview of the ''Avadhuta Gita'' a song of the "experience of Brahman" which he invests with metaphorical language of 'lifebreath' ("spirited"; "breathes") metonymic of Prana and Vayu and the Air 'process' of the Mahabhuta: "The ''Avadhuta Gita'' is a small book of only eight chapters and is written in spirited Sanskrit verse, which breathes the atmosphere of the highest experience of Brahman. It goes into no philosophical argument to prove oneness of reality, but is content to make the most startling statements, leaving the seeker of truth to imbibe them and be lifted from illusion into the blazing light of Knowledge (jnana)."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avadhuta Gita」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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