Chapter
11
Ashtavakra
Unmoved
and undistressed, realising that being,
non-being and transformation are of the
very nature of things, one easily finds
peace. 11.1
At
peace, having shed all desires within, and
realising that nothing exists here but the
Lord, the Creator of all things, one is no
longer attached to anything. 11.2
Realising
that misfortune and fortune come in their
turn from fate, one is contented, one's
senses under control, and does not like or
dislike. 11.3
Realising
that pleasure and pain, birth and death
are from fate, and that one's desires
cannot be achieved, one remains inactive,
and even when acting does not get
attached. 11.4
Realising
that suffering arises from nothing other
than thinking, dropping all desires one
rids oneself of it, and is happy and at
peace everywhere. 11.5
Realising,
I am not the body, nor is the body mine. I
am awareness, one attains the supreme
state and no longer remembers things done
or undone. 11.6
Realising,
It is just me, from Brahma down to the
last clump of grass, one becomes free from
uncertainty, pure, at peace and
unconcerned about what has been attained
or not. 11.7
Realising
that all this varied and wonderful world
is nothing, one becomes pure receptivity,
free from inclinations, and as if nothing
existed, one finds peace. 11.8
Swami Veet Chintan T'Zorba-Krsna
Jyotish
Shastracharya
& Vedic Astrologer of India
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