Ashtavakra Gita 15.2Chapter 15, Verse 2
Ashtavakra Gita 15.2 is a verse from chapter 15 (What you are). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Freedom is losing the taste for objects. Bondage is the taste for them. That is all there is to know. Now do as you wish."
मोक्षो विषयवैरस्यं बन्धो वैषयिको रसः ।एतावदेव विज्ञानं यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ॥
mokṣo viṣayavairasyaṃ bandho vaiṣayiko rasaḥ |etāvadeva vijñānaṃ yathecchasi tathā kuru ||
Freedom is losing the taste for objects. Bondage is the taste for them. That is all there is to know. Now do as you wish.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 15 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 15, What you are: Ashtavakra's second long teaching: you are awareness, the world is waves on your ocean, so move about at ease.
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