The Philosophy of the Upanishads c12.s2.t3.82

c12.s2.t3.82

(4) For the same reason future works no longer cling to him, as the water does not cling to the leaf of the lotus flower.¹⁰ For him to do evil is entirely excluded by his freedom from all desire. “Therefore he who knows this is tranquil, subdued, resigned, patient and self-controlled. He sees the Self only in himself, he regards everything as the Self. Evil does not overcome him, he overcomes all evil . . . free from evil, free from suffering, and free from doubt, he becomes a Brâhman, he whose universe Brahman is.”¹ “Whereby does this Brâhman live? By living as chance may determine.”² His future condition, as far as the bodily state is concerned, which he has cast off like the skin of a snake, is entirely without importance:—