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Ashtavakra-Gita

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<strong>Ashtavakra</strong> said:<br />

9.1<br />

Opposing forces,<br />

duties done and left undone—<br />

when does it end<br />

and for whom?<br />

Considering this, be ever desireless,<br />

let go of all things,<br />

and to the world turn an indifferent eye.<br />

9.2<br />

Rare and blessed is one<br />

whose desire to live,<br />

to enjoy and to know,<br />

has been extinguished by observing<br />

the ways of men.<br />

9.3<br />

Seeing all things as threefold suffering,<br />

the sage becomes still.<br />

Insubstantial, transient, contemptible--<br />

the world is fit only for rejection.<br />

9.4<br />

Was there an age or time<br />

men existed without opposites?<br />

Leave the opposites behind.<br />

Be content with what comes.<br />

Perfection.<br />

9: Detachment<br />

9.5<br />

The greatest seers, saints and yogis<br />

agree on very little.<br />

Seeing this,<br />

who could not be indifferent to knowledge<br />

and become still?

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