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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Moksha. The conception as real of I, Ajnana, pains
and the forms of bodies having limbs, etc., and the
conduct of life in accordance thereto, generate
desires and bondage; but if such thoughts arise in
persons as „I am not these inert objects, I am
neither the flesh nor nerves, nor bones nor ulcer
water, etc.,‟ and if they identify themselves with
Brahman which is beyond all bodies, then only
they disentangle themselves from the folds of
Maya and become the knowers of their own Self.
The base Maya of Ahankaric conception which
arises through the identification of „I‟ with bodies
and others is gifted with a living reality only
through the fancy of the ignorant, but to the wise
this Maya is non-existent. Like a minister obeying a
king, the five organs of the body act in accordance
to the dictates of the mind. Therefore you should,
through your own pure mind and proper efforts,
eradicate the Vasanas of desires for objects. All the
Vasanas which are generated in one through his
identifying himself with his sons or wealth or
creating the differences of I, he, you, this or that, do
wax more and more like Indrajala (psychological
trick) which is as ephemeral as lightning. Having
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