Janaka said:

When the mind desires or grieves anything,
rejects or accepts anything,
feel joy, feels angry for.
then bondage is there. 8.1

But when the mind desires nothing
And grieves for nothing,
When it is without joy or anger
And, grasping nothing,
Turns nothing away. . .
Then you are free. 8.2

When the mind is attracted
To anything it senses,
You are bound.
When the mind is detached from
all sense experience, then freedom is there. 8.3

When there is no " I " there is liberation
when there is " I " and " My " there is bondage,
considering thus, easily refrain from accepting
or rejecting anything. 8.4

VIII   The Mind.
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