Abandoning the mind of difficulty, taking refuge in the mind of peace, then difficulty does not disturb; peace alone remains stable.

The instruction is unequivocally direct: parityajya—abandon—and samāśraya—take refuge. There is no intervening analysis, no negotiation with the kaṣṭa-buddhi. The transition is fundamentally one of identification: from identifying with the agitated mind to identifying with the mind abiding in peace. The śānti-buddhi is not an absence of thought, but rather an identification with the substratum of the