Ashtavakra Gita —
14. Tranquillity

Natural Dissolution of the Mind

By nature my mind is empty.
Even in sleep, I am awake.
I think of things without thinking.
All my impressions of the world
Have dissolved. (14.1)

My desires have melted away.
So what do I care for money
Or the thieving senses,
For friends or knowledge or holy books? (14.2)

Liberation,
Bondage,
What are they to me?
What do I care for freedom?
For I have known God,
The infinite Self,
The witness of all things. (14.3)

Without, a fool.
Within, free of thought.
I do as I please,
And only those like me
Understand my ways. (14.4)

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INSTRUCTION ON SELF-REALIZATION — ASHTAVAKRA GITA

 

* Translated by Thomas Byrom