Avadhuta Gita of Dattatreya (two translations available)

The Avadhuta Gita, ascribed to the sage Dattatreya, is a Vedanta text that represents "extreme" Advaita. An Avadhuta is one who has shaken off all worldly attachments and has attained a spiritual state equivalent to the existence of God. The text is a small book of eight chapters, which breathes the atmosphere of the highest experience of Brahman. This is not a philosophical treatise establishing the tenets of Advaita, but gives expression to its highest conclusions, as realized in the life of the great sage. Swami Ashokananda, now deceased, was one of the spiritual giants of the Ramakrishna Order and the minister-in-charge of the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco, has transliterated and translated the text. The translation by Swami Chetanananda is also very good, and perhaps easier reading.