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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
self-experience. Otherwise you should reject as
straw the utterances of even Brahma himself.
Know also that the many analogies given out, in
order that Brahma Jnana may arise in you, are for
the purpose of exemplifying the One Principle. The
ignorant assert that the formless and real Jnana is
subject to no analogies involving form and name
(and hence should not be made the subject of
enquiry); but such a mischievous argument will
only be subversive of the good results of the
intellectual acumen arising from Jnana enquiry.
Therefore, oh Rama, you should not let your mind
take that groove of thought.
On the development of Jnana: „The sound of Atman
Jnana will vibrate only on the strings of Santi and
other qualities. Jnana and the above four good
qualities shine mutually in best relief only in
juxtaposition. Both these flourish well like a tank
and the lotuses growing in it. Should they be
developed equally, then the result will be the
attainment of Brahman; but if separately, no results
will accrue. A hearing of the (following) real stories
(and an acting up to them), will confer, on one, the
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