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Astavakta Gita, Chapter 15 -- Of Opinions

King Janaka

19.1
Using the tweezers of the knowledge of the truth
I have managed to extract the painful thorn of endless opinions
from the recesses of my heart.

19.2
For me, established in my own glory,
there is no religion, sensuality, possessions,
philosophy, duality or even non-duality.

19.3
For me established in my own glory,
there is no past, future or present.
There is no space or even eternity.

19.4
For me established in my own glory,
there is no self or non-self, no good or evil,
no thought or even absence of thought.

19.5
For me established in my own glory,
there is no dreaming or deep sleep, no waking
nor fourth state beyond them, and certainly no fear.

19.6
For me established in my own glory,
there is nothing far away and nothing near,
nothing within or without,
nothing large and nothing small.

19.7
For me established in my own glory,
there is no life or death, no worlds
or things of the world,
no distraction and no stillness of mind.

19.8
For me remaining in myself,
there is no need for talk of the three goals of life,
of yoga or of knowledge.