The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol 4 (of 4), Part 1 (of 2) — John Shaqi
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol 4 (of 4), Part 1 (of 2)Valmiki
Religion
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
41. He who has less of earthly thoughts in him, is said to be liberated
in the world; and though living in it, he is as clear and free in his
mind as the open air (no earthly affections, tie down his rising soul).
42. The egoism which is bred in the pith, grows into intelligence
extending from head to foot; and circulates throughout the whole body,
as the sun beams pervade all over the sphere of heaven.
43. It becomes the sight of the eyes, the taste of the tongue and
hearing in the ears; then the five senses being fastened to the desires
in the heart, plunge the _ego_ into the sea of sensuality.
44. Thus the omnipresent intellect, becomes the mind after losing its
purity; and is employed with one or other of the senses, as the common
moisture of the earth, grows the sprout in the vernal season.
45. He who thinks on the various objects of the senses, without knowing
their unreality and the reality of the only one; and does not endeavour
for his liberation here, has no end of his troubles in life. (Because
sensible objects, afford no intellectual or spiritual happiness).
46. That man reigns as an emperor, who is content with any kind of food
and raiment; and with any sort of bedstead at any place. (And is not
confined to any particular mode of life).
47. Who with all his desires of the heart, is indifferent to all the
outward objects of desire; who with his vacant mind is full with his
soul, and being as empty vacuum is filled with the breath of life.
48. Who whether he is sitting or sleeping, or going anywhere or
remaining unmoved, continues as quiet as in his sleeping state; and
though stirred by any one, he is not awakened from his slumber of
_nirvána_, in which his mind and its thoughts, are all drowned and have
become extinct. (This is the state of the sixth stage of Yoga
meditation).
49. Consciousness though common to all, resides yet in each breast, like
fragrance in flowers and flavour in fruits.
50. It is self-consciousness only, that makes an individual person, and
its extinction is said to form the wide world all about; but being
confined to the soul or one’s self, it vanishes the sight of the world
from view. (_i.e._ The subjective consciousness is the soul or self, and
its objectivity makes the world; and this is the abstract of this
doctrine).
51. Be unconscious of the objects on earth; and remain insensible of all
your prosperity and affluence: make your heart as hard as impenetrable
as stone, if you will be happy forever.
52. O righteous Ráma! convert the feeling of your heart to
unfeelingness, and make your body and mind as insensible as the hardest
stone (upala or opal).
53. Of all the positive and negative acts, of the wise and unwise sets
of men, there is nothing that makes such a marked difference between
them, as those proceeding from the desire of the one, and those from
want of the desire of the other.
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