Ashtavakra brings his disciple back to him-Self:
Even if you read, recite and listen
various scriptures many times;
You can not become peaceful, happy
Unless you forget all of them. 16.1
Whether you work hard or enjoy or meditate
You will keep longing for the Ultimate
Unless your mind gets fed up with all hopes. 16.2
Everybody is fed up with working hard
but nobody understands or acknowledge this;
However the blessed one becomes relieved
by understanding even this much. 16.3
For whom even blinking of eyes is also an effort
The joy of such a master in effortlessness
is not available to anybody else. 16.4
When mind is free from dilemma of
‘This should be done’ and
‘This should not be done;
Then only one becomes indifferent in
Wealth, Religion, Sex and Liberation. 16.5
He who hates anything is bound to it
He who likes anything is attached to it
But a truly free person
neither hates nor likes anything. 16.6
Grabbing and leaving of things continue
As long as desire to live is there;
One gets ultimate bliss state only by
dropping desires – the seed cause of our world. 16.7
Interest in something creates attachment
Avoiding something creates aversion;
The wise, being choiceless
adjusts to every situation
just as a child does. 16.8
Those attached to this world
Wish to leave it whenever in trouble;
But a choice-less person never wishes so
He remains un-disturbed even in trouble. 16.9
Whoever is proud of his freedom and attached to his
body
is neither free nor knows anything;
He will only suffer sooner or later. 16.10
Even if Lord Brahma, Vishnu or Shiv
are your teachers;
Even then you will not be free and happy
Unless you forget them all. 16.11
End
of Chapter 16
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