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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
7. THE STORY OF A BALA (LAD).
Summary: Through this story, it is sought to be
shown that persons without Atmic enquiry will
see, as real this world which is nothing but of the
nature of Sankalpa.
The stainless mind of Jnanis is no other than the
ever-imperishable Brahman that has all saktis
(potencies) and is ever full. Nought else is but that
One. There is nothing which is not found in this
Brahmic Reality. This indescribable Reality
manifests itself as the many. Out of the infinite
potencies in it, arises at one time one potency. This
Jnana Sakti of the stainless Brahman then manifests
itself as in the perishable bodies. The different
Saktis producing fluctuation, hardness, heat,
voidness, moisture and destructiveness in Vayu,
stone, fire, Akasa, water and Pralaya are no other
than the one Brahmic potency latent in Brahman
like trees in seeds. They appear multiform like the
plants, etc., on this earth variegated by dint of time,
space, etc. It is only the Brahmic Reality that is
always and everywhere. It is only that Brahman
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