martes, 12 de noviembre de 2013

From the samkhya karika by ishvara krishna

My opinion is that nothing is more modest than the Prakrti: Knowing that "I have been seen", she no more comer within sight of Purusa.
Thus, verily, Purusa is never bound, nor is he released nor does he migrate. (It is the) Prakrti, being the support of manifold creation, that migrates, is bound and is released.
Prakrti by herself binds herself by means of seven forms, and it is she again, who by means of one form, releases herself for the benefit of the spirit.
Thus, from the practice of truth, is produced the wisdom in the form: "I am not", "nothing is mine",  and "not-i", which is final, pure on account of the absence of error, and absolute (knowledge).
By means of this knowledge, the spirit, as a witness, pure and at case, beholds nature, which has ceased from evolving products, and desisted from the seven forms of evolution, under the influence of the purpose of the spirit.
The one (Purusa) thinks: "she has been seen by me" and therefore, loses all interest ; the other (Prakrti) thinks "I have been seen" and ceases to act
further. Therefore, even if there is still connection there is no motive for further evolution.
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