Ashtavakra Gita

The wise who always perceive the Self only, are neither satisfied nor angry whether they are celebrated or censured.

Ignorance about the Self leads to a deluded attachment to sense objects,

What is the past, what is the future, what is the present, what is space or time to me, who stands steady in myself?

After hearing that the Self is pure consciousness and extremely beautiful, why approach impurities, and be so closely attached to and worship them?

While contemplating the Inconceivable, it is only thoughts that we contemplate. Therefore, abandoning that state of mind,

The one who acts (spontaneously) without saying why is not immature. He is free from the bondage of life even while he lives. He is happy, blessed, and shines splendidly, even within samsara!

Remove your attention from everything, do not hold anything in your heart. As the Self, you are definitely free, why act with such anxiety?

You are unconditioned, changeless, abundant, a sanctuary of calmness, unfathomably intelligent, serene.

The wise one who is above the states of being and non-being, who is desireless and content, is not the doer of any action, even if he does act in the eyes of the people.