Ashtavakra Gita: Peace

Ashtavakra said:

18.26

The liberated one

acts without claiming to be acting,

but he is no fool.

He is blessed and happy

even though in the world.

18.27

Having had enough

of the endless workings of the mind,

the wise one comes to rest.

He neither thinks, nor knows,

nor hears, nor sees.

18.28

Beyond stillness,

beyond distraction,

the great soul thinks nothing

of liberation or bondage.

Having seen the universe is void–

even though it seems to exist–

he is God.

18.29

He who believes he is a person

is constantly acting,

even when the body is at rest.

The sage knows he is not a person,

and therefore does nothing,

even when the body is in motion.

18.30

The mind of the liberated one

is neither troubled nor pleased.

It is actionless, motionless, desireles

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