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11. All things arise, Suffer change,
And pass away.
This is their nature. When you know this, Nothing perturbs you, Nothing hurts you. You become still.
It is easy.
12.But he who is truly wise
Always sees the absolute Self. Celebrated, he is not delighted. Spurned, he is not angry.
Pure of heart,
He watches his own actions
As if they were another's.
How can praise or blame disturb him?
13.I am the boundless ocean. This way and that,
The wind, blowing where it will, Drives the ship of the world.
But I am not shaken.
I am the unbounded deep
In whom the waves of all the worlds Naturally rise and fall.
But I do not rise or fall.
14.The true seeker feels no elation, Even in that exalted state Which Indra and all the gods Unhappily long for.
He understands the nature of things. 303