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
8. After the mind has obtained its union with the supreme One, we know
not whither the mind is fled; and where our wishes and actions, our joys
and griefs, and all our knowledge fly away.
9. The yogi is seen to be solely absorbed in his meditation, and sitting
steadfast in his contemplation, like a wingless and unmoving mountain.
10. Loathe to his sensual enjoyments, and blunt to all sensibilities;
averse to the various sights and objects of senses, the yogi is pleased
only with himself.
11. With his sensations numbed by degrees, and his soul resting in
tranquility; and his mind dead to the enticements of wealth and
sensible objects; the yogi is pleased with himself.
12. All men of right understanding, are fully aware of the tastelessness
of the objects of sense; and remain like human figures in painting,
without doting or looking upon them.
13. The man that is master of himself, and has mastery over his soul and
mind; disdains to look upon earthly treasures, for his want of desire
for them; he is firmly fixed in his abstraction, as if he were compelled
to it by force of another.
14. The soul immerged in meditation, becomes as full as a river in the
rainy season; and there is no power that can restrain the mind, which is
fixed in its meditation.
15. When the mind is immerged in deep meditation, by its cool apathy to
all sensible objects, and feels an utter indifference to all worldly
affairs, it is then said to be in its samádhi and no other.
16. It is a settled distaste to the objects of sense, that constitutes
the pith and marrow of meditativeness; and the maturity of this habit,
makes a man as compact as adamant.
17. It is therefore the distaste to worldly enjoyments, that is the germ
of meditation, while it is the taste for such pleasures, which binds a
man fastly to it.
18. Full knowledge of truth, and the renunciation of every desire at all
times; lead men to the nirvána meditation, and to the infinite joy of
the divine state.
19. If there is inappetency of enjoyments, why think of anything else?
and if there be no such inappetency, what avails any other thought or
meditation?
20. The well intelligent sage who is freed from his relishing the
visibles, is situated in his position of unflinching meditation, and in
the enjoyment of his continuous reveries.
21. He whom the visibles do not delight, is known as the most
enlightened man; and he who takes no delight in the enjoyables, is
deemed as the full wise man.
22. He who is disposed to repose by nature, can have no inclination to
enjoyments; it is unnatural to indulge in carnal enjoyments, but the
subdued nature needs nothing to enjoy.
23. Let men resort to their reflection, after their hearing of a
lecture, reciting the scripture, and muttering the mantras and uttering
their prayers; and when tired with meditation, let them return to their
lectures and recitals.
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