100 Verses of Peace
(Vedic text excerpts from the "Astavakra Samhita")
Words found in the   illuminated manuscript  "Unbound Prayers", by artist Carolyn Goodridge

21.  Blown by the wind of the samskaras,
the desireless, independent, free,
and liberated person moves about like a dry leaf.

22.  There is no joy or sorrow for one who has
transcended worldly existence.
Ever with a serene mind, she lives like one without a body.

23.  The wise woman delights in the Self and whose
mind is calm and pure, has no desire to renounce anything whatsoever,
nor does she feel any loss anywhere.

24.  Naturally of a vacant mind and doing what comes of itself,
the wise one, unlike an ordinary woman,
is not affected by honor or dishonor.

25.  One who acts in conformity with such thoughts as
"this is done by the body and not by me,
the pure Self''--such a one, even though acting, does not act.

26.  The jivanmukta acts like one who does not say
that she is acting so; but she is not, therefore, a fool.
Even though in the world, she is ever happy and blessed.

27.   The wise one who, weary of diverse reasoning,
has attained repose, neither thinks
nor knows nor hears nor sees.

28.  As the wise one who has no distraction and does
not practice meditation, she is neither an aspirant
for liberation nor is she in bondage.
Having known the universe to be a figment even though she sees it,
she exist as Brahman Itself.

29.  She who has egoism in her acts even though
she does not act. Surely the wise one who is free
from egoism does not act even though she acts.

30.  The mind of the liberated one is neither troubled
nor pleased; it is actionless, motionless,
desireless, and free from doubts.

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