Chapter
9
Ashtavakra
Knowing
when the dualism of things done and undone
has been put to rest, or the person for
whom they occur has, then you can here and
now go beyond renunciation and obligations
by indifference to such things. 9.1
Rare
indeed, my son, is the lucky man whose
observation of the world's behaviour has
led to the extinction of his thirst for
living, thirst for pleasure and thirst for
knowledge. 9.2
All
this is impermanent and spoilt by the
three sorts of pain. Recognising it to be
insubstantial, comtemptible and only fit
for rejection, one attains peace. 9.3
When
was that age or time of life when the
dualism of extremes did not exist for men?
Abandoning them, a person who is happy to
take whatever comes attains perfection.
9.4
Who
does not end up with indifference to such
things and attain peace when he has seen
the differences of opinions among the
great sages, saints and yogis? 9.5
Is
he not a guru who, endowed with dispassion
and equanimity, achieves full knowledge of
the nature of consciousness, and leads
others out of samsara? 9.6
If
you would just see the transformations of
the elements as nothing more than the
elements, then you would immediately be
freed from all bonds and established in
your own nature. 9.7
One's
inclinations are samsara. Knowing this,
abandon them. The renunciation of them is
the renunciation of it. Now you can remain
as you are. 9.8
Swami Veet Chintan T'Zorba-Krsna
Jyotish
Shastracharya
& Vedic Astrologer of India
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