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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Brahman, he has the one Adhivahika body alone.
Then as this universe is nothing but a mode of the
mind self-evolved from Brahman, the cause of the
universe, hence this all-pervading world is but
consciousness itself.‟ So said the Muni lovingly,
when Rama asked to be enlightened as to why this
illusory universe is but a mode of the mind.
The mind creating the universe: Vasistha continued
thus „The individualised mind which is Avidyafull,
form less and all-pervading though existing in
name, has no form, either externally or internally,
like the Akasa permeating everywhere. The mere
manifestation in all objects of reality (or non-reality
therein) is the mind. Wherever there is the
Sankalpa, there does the mind exist. The form of
the mind is Sankalpa alone. Both of them are
identical. The multitudinous denominations of
unreality, delusion, impurity, bondage, Avidya,
Maya, Tamas and others are the fit synonyms of
Sankalpa. With the annihilation of this Sankalpa,
all conception of the differences between the seer
and the seen will vanish and then the Reality of
Brahman will begin to shine unintercepted. Then
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