Chapter
12
Janaka
First
of all I was averse to physical activity,
then to lengthy speech, and finally to
thinking itself, which is why I am now
established. 12.1
In
the absence of delight in sound and the
other senses, and by the fact that I am
myself not an object of the senses, my
mind is focused and free from distraction
- which is why I am now established. 12.2
Owing
to the distraction of such things as wrong
identification, one is driven to strive
for mental stillness. Recognising this
pattern I am now established. 12.3
By
relinquishing the sense of rejection and
acceptance, and with pleasure and
disappointment ceasing today, brahmin, I
am now established. 12.4
Life
in a community, then going beyond such a
state, meditation and the elimination of
mind-made objects - by means of these I
have seen my error, and I am now
established. 12.5
Just
as the performance of actions is due to
ignorance, so their abandonment is too. By
fully recognizing this truth, I am now
established. 12.6
Trying
to think the unthinkable, is doing
something unnatural to thought. Abandoning
such a practice therefore, I am now
established. 12.7
He
who has achieved this has achieved the
goal of life. He who is of such a nature
has done what has to be done. 12.8
Swami Veet Chintan T'Zorba-Krsna
Jyotish
Shastracharya
& Vedic Astrologer of India
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