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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Now that you have heard the story of Lila which
removes all belief in the reality of the visibles,
know that Brahman alone is that which is the nondual
one and which is Sat, Chit and Ananda, but
which manifests itself as this paltry universe.
Therefore shake yourself free from this terrible
burden of a universe subject to destruction. Know
also that the eternal supreme Jiva is no other than
the Light of Brahman, shining steady and quiescent
like a lamp in a windless place or an ocean without
waves and being, like Brahman, above speech, allpervading,
all-full, transcendent, immaculate and
indescribable even by the cognisors of that Sat.
Like small pieces of wood, which by attrition
generating a little fire, expand into a vast flame,
Jiva through its manifold experiences of many
objects generates in itself the differentiated
concepts of „I‟, etc. Through its Sankalpa,
Ahankara, is engendered, and by virtue of this
Ahankara, different names such as Chitta, Manas,
Prakriti, Maya and others have been superimposed,
by the wise, upon this all-full Jiva. This
Manas which expands through Sankalpas and
Vikalpas is generated thus with Brahman as its
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