Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Without enjoying happiness in the least, he will
greatly repine at his lot. With the contemplation of
„I,‟ all the train of the ideas of the universe will set
in; otherwise the entire universe will vanish as
instantaneously as darkness before the sun.
This Sankalpa-Purusha who is sunk in the
enjoyments he contemplates , has three bodies, the
high, the low and the intermediate. The three
Gunas are his three bodies and form the
substratum for the three worlds. Of these, Tamasic-
Sankalpa breeds pains through the actions of
Prakriti (matter) and is base like Patala worms. The
pure Satvic Sankalpa leads to good Dharmas, Jnana
and salvation, shining like an emperor. The Rajasic
Sankalpa leads persons naturally into the mundane
existence. Having divested yourself of these three
Sankalpas, if you are Sankalpa-less, then you will
reach the immaculate seat very easily. Having
freed yourself from all desires in the visible objects
before you and having made your impure mind
firm and steady through your pure mind, may you
eradicate quite the Sankalpa arising both within
your heart and without it. You may un flinchingly
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