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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
may develop in him to the uttermost, Muni
Vasistha went on thus „During the period of
Mahakalpa, the cause of all (imaginable) causes,
vis., the Brahmic Reality shines alone. If the
modifications of the mind which lean to sensual
pleasures be destroyed, then Atman divested of its
Ahankara (egoism) becomes the unnameable
Brahmic (or the all-pervading) Reality. The Jivic
consciousness which does not regard (as real) the
universe before it, may truly be stated to be
Brahman itself. A mind which, though enjoying the
diverse objects, does not yet enjoy them may be
stated to be Brahman itself. That consciousness
which is a witness to all thoughts of objects, the
light of the Sun? etc., mind and the other visibles
may be said to be Brahman itself. This Principle
may be said to be the long Yoga sleep devoid of
end, dream or non-intelligence. It is „that‟ from
which evolve and into which merge, the trinity of
the knower, knowledge and the known. It is the
immutable. Jnanakasa and not the Bhutakasa
(composed of the elements.) The internal state of
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