Ashtavakra Gita 15.5Chapter 15, Verse 5
Ashtavakra Gita 15.5 is a verse from chapter 15 (What you are). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Liking and disliking belong to the mind, and the mind was never yours. You are free of wavering, awareness itself, unchanging. Move about at ease."
रागद्वेषौ मनोधर्मौ न मनस्ते कदाचन ।निर्विकल्पोऽसि बोधात्मा निर्विकारः सुखं चर ॥
rāgadveṣau manodharmau na manaste kadācana |nirvikalpo'si bodhātmā nirvikāraḥ sukhaṃ cara ||
Liking and disliking belong to the mind, and the mind was never yours. You are free of wavering, awareness itself, unchanging. Move about at ease.
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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