Rest in Peace

Sage Vasishtha

Since there is nothing other than the self, how can there be desire for another? Hence, notions like 'This is desirable' and 'This is undesirable' do not touch the self. Since the self is desireless and because the doer and the action itself are also non-dual, it does not get involved in action. Since that which exists and that in which it exists are identical, one cannot even say it is. Since in it there is no desire whatsoever, there is no notion of inaction in it.

There is naught else, O Rama. You are the very existence of this absolute Brahman. Therefore, free yourself from all notions of duality and live an active life. What have you to gain by doing all kinds of action again and again? And, what will you gain by desiring to be inactive? Or, by adhering to scriptures? O Rama,rest in peace and purity like the ocean when it is not agitated by wind. That self, by which everything is completely permeated, is not to be gained by traveling far and wide. Do not let your mind wander among the objects of the world. You yourself are the supreme self, the infinite consciousness; you are naught else!