Verses from the Laws of Manu (Reflections in Poetic Form)

                                   Giswil, Switzerland, in winter. Where my son, Timo was born.
 

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Verses from the Laws of Manu (Reflections in Poetic Form)

"The soul is not born, nor does it ever die;
it does not perish with the body,
but passes on, carrying the fruits of its deeds.
As a man casts off worn-out garments,
and takes on new ones,
so does the spirit put aside one form
and enter another."
(Manusmṛiti II.12, echoing the Gītā)

"By truth, by discipline, by knowledge, by restraint,
and by seeing the Self in all beings,
one becomes free from the bonds of death
and enters into the immortal."
(Paraphrased from Manusmṛiti VI.92–97)

"Let him not be deluded by the senses,
nor enslaved by desire;
for he who conquers himself
shines with the light of Brahman,
like a sun breaking through the clouds."
(Manusmṛiti VI.94)

"From darkness he journeys toward light,
from the perishable to the imperishable,
from illusion to that which is Real.
Such is the path of the soul,
when guided by dharma."
(adapted from Manusmṛiti VI.98–99)