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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Brahman, the one Reality which is the Sun of
never- setting Self-Jyotis (effulgence), limitless and
not in the least painless, which is the all and the
evolutor of all, and is in all places and times and
which is all-pervading. Though above the reach of
all words, it is yet dubbed with different illusory
appellations by the wise. The most intelligent
Sankhyas term It Atman; the Vedantins of pure
Jnana call It Brahman; the Vijnanis 24 say It is
Vijnana; the atheists give It the pseudonym of
Void; and so on. (But this much may be said of It,
that) It is the light of Sun s light, illumines all and
shines as the (abstract) Light only. From this
Principle which is firmly tacked to the world and
the body and yet is not and which (seems to) talk,
examine, hear, see, eat and think, a Jnana-light
arises like light from the sun. Now this (light of)
consciousness pervading the Akasa has the Manas
full of Vasanas as its root, the organs as the
flowers, the mundane eggs as the fruits and Maya
as the ground on which to take root. With these, It
24 Those who cognize it directly
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