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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
If the mind which flits from one object to another,
is slain with the sword of non-Sankalpa, then will,
the self-shining Principle which shines as the all
and permeates them all, be cognized. May you, Oh
Rama, tread this path and destroy, through your
Jnana the much-longed for mind; and after
attaining Atman Jnana through the renunciation of
all, devoid of Samsara and Vikalpas, know your
Reality wherein the mind is merged. May you rest
in the self-existent Brahmic State which is neither
Sat nor Asat, after developing with great difficulty
the process of Sravana and others and destroying
the mind. It is only through dauntless energy that
the painless wealth of Moksha can be acquired.
With the destruction of the mind 47, the three
periods of time vanish into nothing. If all objects
which have an enchanting appearance become
eyesores and present the very reverse of the former
feelings, then is the mind destroyed.
47 The destruction of the mind does not mean an annihilation of the self;
but the Vedantins divide the mind into the higher and the lower, of
which the lower one leading- to desires is asked to be destroyed.
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