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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
To which, Muni Vasistha replied thus, „in the three
worlds, there are three kinds 60 of Ahankaras. Of
these, two kinds of Ahankaras are always
beneficial and one always condemnable. That
Jnana which after discrimination enables us to
cognize that all the worlds and Paramatman are
our selves, that the self (or I) is eternal and that
there is no other to be meditated upon than our self
is the Supreme Ahankara. That Jnana which makes
us perceive our own Self to be more subtle than the
tail-end of paddy and to be ever-existent, exterior
to (or above) the entire universe, is the second kind
of Ahankara. These two kinds of Ahankaras will
certainly be found in Jivanmuktas and will enable
them to attain Moksha after crossing Samsara; but
will never subject them to bondage. That certain
knowledge which identifies the „I‟ with the body
composed of the hands, feet, etc., is the third kind
of Ahankara, This is common to all persons of the
world and dire in its results. It is the cause of the
growth of the poisonous tree of re-births. It should
60 The three Ahankaras rise in reference to the three bodies of man. In
the second kind of Ahankara, their direct experience is they are like the
tail end of paddy or the thumb and not this body.
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