The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol. 3 (of 4), Part 1 (of 2)Valmiki
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The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol. 3 (of 4), Part 1 (of 2)
Valmiki
Hinduism -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800; Religious life -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800
14. Whatever actions are done by the waking man, in his hypnotic
state in this world, they do not recur to him with their good or evil
results, anymore than a dancing puppet, to have the sense of any
pleasure or pain in it. (The want of egoism in a man as in a doll, is
the cause of his impassivity in either state) (of waking or sleep).
15. The mind possesses the pains-giving power, of giving us the
perception of our pain and pleasure, and the sense of our want and
bitter sorrow; but when the mind is assimilated with the soul, how can
it have the power of annoying us anymore?
16. The man in the hypnotic state of his mind, does his works as
insensibly as he did them in his sleep; and by reason of no exertion on
his part, for his doing them from his former and habitual practice. The
living soul that is insensible of its actions, is said to rest in his
state of living liberation.
17. Do you rely in this state of hypnotism, and either perform or
refrain from your actions as you may like: for our actions are no more
than what arise of our nature, and pass for the results of the deeds of
our past lives, and are enacted by ordinances of eternal laws.
18. The wise man is neither pleased with the acts of charity or penury;
he is delighted with his knowledge of the soul, and lives content with
whatever may fall to his lot.
19. All that you do with your mind, by remaining as still as in your
sleep, is reckoned as no doing of yours; and though doing nothing with
your body, you are the doer thereof if you do it with your mind. Do
therefore your acts with your body or mind as you may like.
20. As the baby lying in the cradle, moves its limbs to no other
purpose than its mere pleasure; so Ráma, do your duties for pleasure’s
sake (as a labour of love), and not for reward.
21. Whoever has his mind fixed in his intellect, and not in any object
of intellection, and remains dormant in his waking state; is said to be
master of his soul, and all he does is reckoned as no deed of his doing.
22. The wiseman (Gno or Gnostic), who obtains the state of
hypnotism—_Susupta_, and has his mind free from desires; gets a calm
coolness within himself, which is equal to the cooling moisture of the
humid moon.
23. The man of great valour, remains coolly dormant in himself, and is
as full as the orb of the moon in the fulness of her digits; and has
the evenness of his mind, like the steadiness of a hill at all times
and seasons.
24. The man of the sedate soul, is pliable in his outer conduct, though
he is inflexible in his mind. He resembles a mountain, which waves its
trees with the breeze, without shaking or being shook by it.
25. The hypnotism of the mind purifies the body of all its impurity;
and it is the same whether such a person perishes sooner or later, or
lasts forever as a rock. (Because its purity is its strong shield,
against the power and torments of life and death).
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