The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol 4 (of 4), Part 1 (of 2)Valmiki
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The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol 4 (of 4), Part 1 (of 2)
Valmiki
Hinduism -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800; Religious life -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800
11. As it is the humidity of the vernal season, that produces and
diffuses itself in the verdure of the ground; so it is the pith and
marrow of the intellect, which fills and exhibits itself in the form of
creation.
12. If this appearance of the world, is no other than reflection of the
intellect; why then speak of its unity or duality than knowing its
identity with the sole entity, and holding your peace and tranquility.
13. Be full with the vacuous intellect, and drink the sweet beverage of
spirituality (_i.e._ be an intellectual and spiritual being); and sit
without any fear and full of joy in the blissful paradise of
_nirvána_-extinction.
14. Why do ye men of erroneous understandings, rove about in the desert
ground of this earth like the vagrant stags, that wander about the sandy
deserts (appearing as sheets of sweet water).
15. O ye men of blinded understandings! Why do ye run so hurriedly with
your insatiable thirst after the mirage of the world; only to be
disappointed in your most sanguine expectations.
16. Why do ye, O foolish men! thirst after the mirage of the appearances
and the fancies of your minds; do not waste your lives in vain toils,
nor fall victims to your desires like the deluded deer.
17. Demolish the magic castle of worldly enticements, by the stronger
power of your reason; and see how you can destroy the train of evils,
which appear as pleasure at the first sight. (All apparent good is
latent evil).
18. Do not look at the blue vault of heaven as a reality by thy error,
it is a mere show amidst the great void of Brahma, wherefore thou
shouldst fix the sight on its true aspect of vacuity (which is the real
form of Brahma).
19. O ye men that are as frail and fickle and liable to fall down, as
the tremulous dewdrop hanging on the edge of a leaf on high; do not
sleep regardless of your fates, in the womb of this frail and mortal
world (or in this world of mortality).
20. Remain always from first to last, in your true nature of calmness,
without ever being unmindful of thyself; and remove the faults of the
subjective and objective from thy nature.
21. The world known as a reality to the ignorant, is an utter nihility
to the wise; the other one which is the true reality bears no name for
itself (being called a nullity and void).
22. Break the iron fetters of appetency, which bind you fast in this
world; and rise high above the heaven of heavens, as the lion mounts on
the towering tops of mountains, by breaking loose from his imprisoning
cage by force.
23. The knowledge of self and meity (or selfishness) is an error, and it
is the peace of mind only which makes liberation; it is the essence of
the yogi, wherever and however he may be situated.
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