In The Gnosticon (which means “The Book of Knowledge”),Avatar Adi Da Samraj examines the Transcendentalist Teachings of the Great Sages, in light of His own Revelation of the Transcendental Spiritual Reality-Way of Adidam.
The Gnosticon was begun by Adi Da Samraj at the end of 2005, when He was moved to make His own rendering, or “interpretive translation”, of a traditional Advaitic text, The Ribhu Gita,in order to elucidate (and thereby honor) its full meaning.
Adi Da Samraj then did the same with other great texts from the traditions of Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism. In each case, He brought the essence of the instruction to the fore, with elegance and Illumined understanding. Texts whose meanings were only partially (or cryptically) expressed even in the original—let alone in translation—suddenly shone forth, like rough gems cut by an expert hand.
Such was the original kernel of The Gnosticon—an anthology of these masterful “translations”, together with Discourses about the traditional texts, given by Adi Da Samraj.
In the course of 2006, Avatar Adi Da transformed the nature of the book by adding many of His own Teachings relative to “Perfect Knowledge” of Reality—such as “Eleutherios” and “The Teaching Manual of Perfect Summaries”—as well as essays on “radical” devotion and right life. In order to present these Reality-Teachings in their full context as the apex of human wisdom, Adi Da Samraj also added essays He had written over the years about the more preliminary stages of human understanding, including commentaries on popular “God”-religion.
Avatar Adi Da’s final work on The Gnosticon (only months before His passing in November 2008) included the addition of the essays “Atma Nadi Shakti Yoga” and “The Boundless Self-Confession”.
A beautifully written introduction, by Carolyn Lee, offers an invaluable orientation and in-depth understanding of why this book is a Masterwork of Truth.
