Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
(surface) attributes or meaning. All delusions, such
as love and hatred, etc., will vanish; the mind will
become as pellucid as the waters of a pool in the
autumnal season. Such persons of adamantine
armour will never be pierced by the arrows of
pains, such as poverty and others.
The fruits of an enquiry without desires: ‟A mind
engaged in (Atmic) enquiry will never be afflicted
by the awe-inspiring Maya and will maintain the
equilibrium of a waveless ocean. All persons of
excessive enquiry will acquire the depth of the
unfathomable ocean, the stability of Mahameru
and the coolness of the noble moon. The virtuous
who tread the path of Atman Jnana will take
delight only in Samadhi and other Karmas
congenial to their pursuits, like a spotless and
chaste woman who contemplates upon her lord as
God and rejoices in such thought.
The characteristics of a Jivanmukta: ‟Then the abovesaid
rare Jivanmukti state will gradually ripen in
him who is desireless and in whose eyes there is
nothing supernatural. His state is indescribable
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