Pleasure, Pain .. Ignorance

Sage Vasishtha

Even as the sky is not affected by the dust-particles floating in it, the self is unaffected by the body. Pleasure and pain are falsely imagined to be experienced by oneself, even as one falsely thinks that the sky is polluted by dust. In fact, pleasure and pain are neither of the body nor of the self which transcends everything; they belong only to ignorance. Their loss is no loss. Neither pleasure nor pain belong to anyone: all indeed is the self which is supreme peace and infinite. Realize this, O Rama!