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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
a God-send. Then delighting themselves with
hunting and other pursuits, they spent their rime
most joyfully therein.‟ When the mother thus
concluded her story, her innocent child rested in
the profound conviction of the genuineness of the
mother s tale. Similarly do the ignorant conceive
and observe this world to be really existent. The
expansion of this mind alone is Sankalpa; and
Sankalpa, through its power of differentiation,
generates this universe. Therefore, Oh Rama, may
you divest yourself of all Sankalpas and be a
Nirvikalpa.
8. THE STORY OF A SIDDHA
Summary: Having shown that persons who have
not cognised the seer believe the visual to be real,
the author now proceeds with this story to
exemplify the fact that time is but a mode of the
mind; the visible though illusory being nothing but
a manifestation of Chit.
Ajnanis (the ignorant) will fluctuate greatly in
mind through their Sankalpa; but Jnanis will never
do so through the Jnana of Atmic enquiry. May
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