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

41.  Where is control of mind for the deluded
one who strives for it? It is indeed always natural
with the wise one who delights in the Self.

42.  Some think that existence is, and others that nothing is.
Rare is the one who thinks neither and is thus calm.

43.  Those of dull intellect think that the Atman is pure and
One without a second, but, through delusion,
they do not know It and are unhappy as long as they live.

44.  The intellect of one who longs for liberation cannot
function without depending on the object; but the intellect
of the liberated one is indeed ever independent and free from desire.

45.  Seeing those tigers the sense-objects, the frightened ones,
seeking refuge, at once enter a cave for
the attainment of control and concentration.

46.  Seeing the desireless lioness (woman), those elephants,
the sense-objects, quietly take to their heels,
or, if unable to run away, serve her like flatterers.

 47.  She who is free from doubts and has her mind
identified with the Self, does not resort to practices of
control as a means to liberation. Seeing, hearing, touching,
smelling, and eating, she lives happily.

48.  Established in Pure Knowledge, and calm by the mere
hearing of the Real, the wise one does not see what
is proper or improper action or even inaction.

49.  The wise one does freely whatever comes to be done,
whether good or evil; for her actions are like those of a child.

50.   Through freedom one attains to happiness,
though freedom to the highest, through freedom to tranquility,
and through freedom to the Supreme State.
relations.

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