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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
study of spiritual books. The Great persons are
those who have minimised greatly the bootless
delusion of „I‟ and anger and treading the virtuous
path, live out their lives according to Atma-Jnana
books. Those who have not cognized Brahman, the
true significance of „I,‟ cannot be said to have seen
Chidakasa; but those who have cognized Brahman,
can be said to be Chidakas itself. If the cloud of
Ahankara called „I‟ do screen the sun of Jnanakasa,
then the lily of Brahman which is „Non-I,‟ will
never bloom. The original sprout of the painful
Ahankara with its tender stem of re-births at length
ramifies itself everywhere with its long branches of
„Mine‟ and „thine‟ and yields its unripe fruits of
Naraka (hell). This tree can be destroyed to its root
by Jnana fire only.
Here Rama queried the Rishi thus what is the
nature of this Ahankara (the ideation of I)? How
can we master it? What are the results of such
mastery by a person, whether he is associated with
the Vasanas of the body or not?
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