If a thousand sunshad risenin the skyall at once,such brilliancewould bethe brillianceof that great self.

Weapons do notcut the self,nor does fire burn it,nor do watersdrench it,nor does wind dry it.

They say that the senses are crucial;and the mind more crucial than the senses;and even more crucial than the mind is insight;and much more crucial than insight, in this (self).

In this world,there is no purifierlike wisdom;in time, one who is oneself perfectedby yogafinds that wisdomin the self.

One should lift upthe self through the self,and one should notmake the self sink;only the selfis friend to the self,and only the selfis enemy to the self.

The highest selfof the victorious one,the peaceful one,is composedin cold and heat,pleasure and pain,so also in prideand disgrace.