Ashtavakra-Gita
Ashtavakra-Gita
Ashtavakra-Gita
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18.19<br />
He who is beyond existence and non-existence--<br />
who is wise, satisfied, free of desire--<br />
does nothing,<br />
though the world may see him in motion.<br />
18.20<br />
The wise one<br />
is not troubled by action or inactivity.<br />
He lives happily,<br />
doing whatever gets done.<br />
18.21<br />
Like a leaf in the wind<br />
the liberated one<br />
is untethered from life--<br />
desireless, independent, free.<br />
18.22<br />
For one who has transcended the world<br />
there is no joy or sorrow.<br />
With a stilled mind,<br />
he lives on with no body.<br />
18.23<br />
One who knows Self,<br />
whose mind is serene and spotless,<br />
does not desire to give up anything,<br />
nor does he miss what is not there.<br />
18.24<br />
His mind being in a natural state<br />
of emptiness,<br />
the wise one knows nothing<br />
of honor and dishonor.<br />
He does what comes to be done.<br />
18.25<br />
One who acts knowing<br />
“This is done by the body, not by I, pure Self,”<br />
indeed does nothing--<br />
no matter how much acting takes place.
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