WHAT IS TO BE ACQUIRED OR ABANDONED? 'Oh, I am disgusted with the world and I shall abandon it' - such thoughts arise only in the ignorant. Only
the ignorant think there is sorrow where there is body and there is no sorrow once the body
is abandoned. 'This
is pleasure', 'This is pain', 'this is', 'this is not' - only the mind
of the ignorant swings like this, not of the wise. Notions
of 'I' and 'the other' exist only in the minds of the ignorant who have left wisdom far behind. 'This
is to be acquired' and 'this is to be abandoned' - such thoughts arise
only in the minds of the ignorant. When
everything is pervaded by you (consciousness), where is 'another'
which can be acquired or abandoned? When
the entire universe is pervaded by consciousness... what
is to be acquired and what abandoned?
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