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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Develop extreme quiescence of mind and bliss
within yourself. And then through your
intelligence freed from the longing after objects,
you should, Oh Rama, commingle yourself with
Brahman, engaged in the investigation of the
significance of the holy sentence, Tatwamasi (That
art You) and meditate upon such identity. Now
listen to the utterances of Brahma seated on the
honey-dropping lotus flower.‟
Vasistha’s own history: At which Raghava enquired
of Vasistha the cause of such utterances when
Vasistha went on thus „Out of Chidakasa 18 which is
the endless, the all-pervading, the seat of all and
the illuminator of all objects, there arose Vishnu.
Brahma arose out of the lotus of his heart and
evolved, as so many creations of his mind, this
earth and other diverse objects. Now the author of
the universe, Lord Brahma, (in the course of its
progress), found the many noble souls in Bharata-
Varsha (the portion of land including India)
18 There are three states of Akasa or planes of matter as mentioned in
this work, of which Chidakasa or Jnanakasa is the third.
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