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
30. As the meaning of the word bracelet, is nothing different from the
gold (of which it is made); so the sense of thy false egoism, is no
other than that of the tranquil soul. (The soul, self, and ego are all
the one and same thing).
31. The anaesthetic sage, that is cold-blooded and sober minded as a
silent muni, is no voluntary actor of any act, although he may be
physically employed in his active duties; and the quiet saint carries
with him an empty and careless mind, although it may be full of learning
and wisdom. (Lit. the knower of God is as quiet, as the calm vacuum of
heaven).
32. The wise man manages himself as a mechanical figure or puppet, never
moving of its own motion but moving as it is moved, and having no
impulse of his desire within him, he sits as quiet as a doll without its
mobility.
33. The wise man that knows the soul, is as quiet as a babe sleeping in
a swinging cradle, and which is moved without moving itself; or he moves
the members of his body like a baby, without having any cause for his
doing so.
34. The soul that is intent on the thought of the one (Supreme) only,
and is as calm and quiet as the infinite spirit of God; becomes
unconscious of itself and all other things, together with all its
objects of desire, and expectations of its good and bliss.
35. He that is not the viewer himself, nor has the view before him, and
is exempt from the triple condition (_triputi bhába_) of the subjective,
objective and action; can have no object in his view; which is
concentrated in the vision of the invisible one.
36. Our view or regard of the world, is our strict bondage, and
disregard of it, is our perfect freedom; he who rests therefore in his
disregard of (or indifference to) whatever is expressed by words, has
nothing to look after or desire.
37. Say, what is it that is ever worth our looking after, or worthy of
our regard; when these material bodies of ours, are as evanescent as our
dreams, and our self-existence is a mere delusion. (There is nothing
therefore worthy of our inquiry beside the divine intellect. Gloss).
38. Therefore the wise man rests only in his knowledge of the true one,
by subjection of all his efforts and desires, and quelling all his
curiosity; and being devoid of all knowledge, save that of the knowable
one.
39. Hearing all this, Manki was released from his great error; as a
Snake gets loose from its slough by which it has been fast bound.
40. He retired from there to a mountain, on which he remained in his
deep meditation for a century of years; and discharged the duties that
occurred to him of their own accord, without his retaining any desire of
any (or expectation of fruition).
41. He resides there still, unmoved and insensible as a stone, quite
callous in all his senses and feelings, and wakeful with his internal
sensibility by the light of his yoga contemplation.
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