Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Jnanakasa) alone? The indestructible Brahma
shines like the above mentioned Sankalpa-Purusha
of the form of pure Akasa alone without being
composed of the elemental forms. It is the selfexistent
Para Brahm only which is Chidakasa itself,
alone and without beginning, middle or end, that
manifests itself as true, like one having a body of
dimensions or an eternal Purusha; but it really has
no form (and is unreal) like the son of a barren
woman.‟ So said Yama to Mrityu (or Kala).
At these words of Vasistha, Rama lifted up his eyes
and questioned him thus „While all souls possess
two kinds of bodies, viz., the lasting
Adhivahika 23and the temporary Adhibhautika
how comes it that Brahma possess the former
subtle body alone?‟To which, Vasistha said thus
„As all the Jivas have two causes, vie., Brahman
and the universe due to Brahmic light, they have
two kinds of bodies; but as Brahma who is not
separate from Brahman has no other cause than
23 Adhivahika is the subtle body with which the soul lives while
separated from Adhibhautika, the physical body.
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