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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
pervading is like that of the image in a glass. They
shine through Brahman without any relationship
of cause and effect. Their true nature can be said to
be the reflection itself. May you, oh Rama, through
painful endeavours contemplate, as one, upon the
eternal Brahman which is partless, the Atman (Self)
of all, the Jnana and the all-pervading Chidakasa.
Should you attain, such certitude of mind, it will be
free of all fluctuations and become of the nature of
Atma Jnana itself. Just as one stone has in it carved
many pictures, so in the one Brahman the worlds
manifest themselves. Since there is no cause or
effect associated with Brahman, there is really
nothing to be called the universe. Atma-Jnana
alone is. All the universes are but the reflections in
the one certitude of Brahman.
To illustrate the truth of my remarks, you shall
hearken to the story of (Venus) Sukracharya. In
days of old, Muni Bhrigu was engaged in the
performance of immutable Tapas on the slope of
the lofty and ancient mountain called Mandaragiri.
His son who rejoiced in the name of Sukra was a
remarkably intelligent person and shone like the
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