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

81. The wise one neither longs for gain nor grieves at non-attainment.
Her cool mind is verily filled with nectar.

82. The desireless one neither praises the calm nor blames even the wicked.
Contented and the same in happiness and misery, she finds nothing to be done.

83. The wise one neither abhors birth and rebirth nor wishes to perceive the Self.
Free from joy and sorrow, she is neither dead nor alive.

84. Glorious is the life of the wise one, free from expectation,
free from attachment for children, husband, and others,
free from desire for the objects of the senses,
and free from the care of even her own body.

85. Contentment ever dwells in the heart of the wise one who
lives on whatever happens to come to her, and who wanders about at pleasure,
resting wherever she is when the sun sets.

86. Reposing on the foundation of her own being, and completely
transcending birth and rebirth, the great-souled one does
not care whether her body dies or is born.

87. Blessed is the wise one who stands alone, who is attached to nothing,
who is without any possession, who moves freely and at pleasure,
who is free from the pairs of opposites, and whose doubts have been rent asunder.

88. Glorious is the wise one who is devoid of the feeling of 'mine',
to whom earth, a stone, and gold are all the same, the knots of whose
heart have been rent asunder, and who has been purged of rajas and tamas.

89. Who is there to stand comparison with the liberated soul who has no desire
whatsoever at heart, who is contented and indifferent to everything?

90. Who but the desireless one knows not though knowing,
sees not though seeing, and speaks not though speaking?

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