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

91. Be she a mendicant or a queen, she excels who is unattached and whose
view of things has been freed from the sense of good and evil.

92. Where is wantonness, where is restraint, and where is determination of
Truth for the yogin whose life's object has been fulfilled and
who is the embodiment of guileless sincerity?

93. How and to whom can be described what is experienced with
by one who is desireless, whose sorrow is destroyed,
and who is contented with repose in the Self?

94. Not asleep, even when sleeping soundly; not lying down,
even when dreaming; and not awake, even in the waking state;
such is the wise one who is contented under all conditions.

95. The woman of Knowledge is devoid of thought, even when she is
engaged in thought; she is devoid of the sense-organs,
even though she has them; she is devoid of intelligence,
even though endowed with it; and she is devoid of the sense of ego,
even though possessed of it.

96. The woman of Knowledge is neither happy nor miserable,
neither attached nor unattached, neither liberated nor an
aspirant for liberation; she is neither this nor that.

97. The blessed one is not distracted even in distraction;
she is not meditative even in meditation;
she is not dull even in a state of dullness;
and she is not learned even though possessed of learning.

98. The liberated one who abides in the Self under all conditions,
who is free from the idea of action and of duty,
and who is the same everywhere, does not, owing to desirelessness,
reflect upon what she has or has not done.

99. Praised, the wise one does not feel pleased; and blamed,
she does not feel annoyed. She neither rejoices in life, nor fears death.

100. The tranquil-minded one seeks neither the crowded place nor the wilderness.
She remains the same under any condition and in any place.




Also See Verses:
1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 |  31-40 | 41-50  |  51-60 |   61-70  | 71-80 | 81-90 |