Translation and Commentary by Jayaram V
Chapter 8, The Nature of the Bondage and Liberation
Index
Verse 1: Ashtavakra said, “When
the mind desires even a little, grieves even a little, rejects
even a little, accepts even a little, feels joy or anger even
a little, then it is bondage.” Commentary
Verse 2: When the mind neither
desires nor grieves, neither rejects nor accepts, feels neither
joy nor anger, then it is liberation.
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Verse 3: When the mind is drawn
to any sense experience, then it is bondage. When it is disinterested
in all sense experiences, then it is liberation.
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Verse 4: When there is no aham
(egosense), then it is liberation, but when there is aham, then
it is bondage. Thinking thus, without any difficulty you shall
neither accept nor rejecting anything.
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