Unable to stand steady
and eager for salvation,
the ignorant perpetuate
the illusion of world.
Seeing the world
as the source of all misery, the wise cut it off at the root.
18.39
The fool thinks peace comes by controlling the mind.
He will never attain it.
The wise one knows Truth, and is stillness itself.
18.40
For he who thinks knowledge
is things and ideas
how can there be Self-knowledge? The wise do not see separate things— only the timeless Self.
18.41
The fool tries to control the mind with the mind—what folly!
The wise one delights in Self alone. There is no mind to master.
18.42
Some believe in existence;
others believe nothing exists.
Rare is the one who believes nothing and is never confused.
18.43
Weak intellectuals may believe the Self is One without other. But being mired in illusion they do not actually know Self, so live out their lives in misery.