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

61. With the deluded, even inaction becomes action;
and with the wise, even action results in the fruit of inaction.

62. The deluded one often shows aversion to her possessions.
Where is attachment, where is aversion for
her whose love for the body has vanished?

63. The consciousness of the deluded one is always
attached to thinking and not-thinking.
But the consciousness of the wise one, though attended with
thinking the thinkable, is of the nature of unconsciousness.

64. The wise one who has no motive in all her actions,
who moves like a child and is pure, has no attachment
even to the work that is being done by her.

65. Blessed indeed is that knower of the self who has
transcended the mind, and who, even though seeing,
hearing, touching, smelling, or eating, is the same under all conditions.

66. Where is the world and where is appearance,
where is the end and where the means, for the wise one
who is ever changeless like the firmament?

67. Glorious is she who is free from all desires,
who is the perfect embodiment of bliss which is
her own nature, and who is spontaneously
absorbed in the unconditioned Self.

68. In short, the great-souled one who has realized the
Truth is free from the desire for enjoyment and
liberation and is devoid of all attachment at
all times and in all places.

69. What remains to be done by one who is Pure Consciousness?
She has renounced phenomenal existence which
begins with mahat (cosmic intelligence)
and is manifested through mere name.

70. The pure one knows for certain that this universe is
the product of illusion and that nothing exists.
The Imperceptible Self is revealed to her,
and she naturally enjoys peace.

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