The enlightened one lives a non-volitional life engaging himself spontaneously in appropriate action... He lives for the sake of others, with a heart full of compassion for all beings.
(pp. 597-598)
The enlightened sage lives in a state of realization of the truth even while he engages himself in diverse activities. In diversity he experiences unity; he rejoices even in unpleasant situations. Though he lives in the world he is really not in it. What more does an enlightened person have to gain? Just as ice is ever cool, the sage lives a natural life, doing what is natural to him, without aspiriring {to} or abandoning anything. The characteristic of the ignorant man is that he strives to be other than what he is.
(p. 671)
He is silent in useless arguments, he is deaf to useless talk, he is a corpse in relation to unrighteous actions, he is very much alive in righteous actions, he is brilliant in exposing what is auspicious and in a moment he reveals the greatest truth.
All this is natural to the wise man. He does not have to strive to acquire these qualities.
(p. 669)
As long as there is the body, so long shall pain be painful and pleasure pleasant: but the wise are not attached to either.
(p. 155)
His consciousness is more expansive than even space.
(p. 668)
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