Cidakriya, Cid-akriya: 1 definition
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Alternative spellings of this word include Cidakriya.
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: Wikisource: Ashtavakra GitaCidakriya (चिदक्रिय) refers to “actionless consciousness” and is used to describe the Ātman (one’s own self), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] You are the one witness of everything, and are always totally free. The cause of your bondage is that you see the witness as something other than this. [...] Your real nature is as the one perfect, free, and actionless consciousness (cidakriya), the all-pervading witness—unattached to anything, desireless and at peace. It is from illusion that you seem to be involved in saṃsāra. Meditate on yourself as motionless awareness, free from any dualism, giving up the mistaken idea that you are just a derivative consciousness, or anything external or internal. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
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Partial matches: Chid, Cit, Akriya.
Full-text: Akriya.
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