Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
they yet are Jivanmuktas, having abandoned all
Vasanas. Inasmuch as there is no taint of desire in
their mind, no fruit of actions arise to them
through their commission or omission. The Sastraic
knowledge is not indispensable in the case of those
whose minds have been emptied of all Vasanas,
having for long periods been concentrated in one
groove. There is no other beneficial state than that
Mauna (silent) state which is void of all Vasanas.
Extremely meagre in number are those who having
known that which should be known, after setting
their face against the worldly things in which they
were whirling, do always worship that Reality
which is the goal of this archaic universe; all others
do but reel in the illusions of the world. All in this
world do perform actions herein through the sight
of their body and not Atman. Search where we
will, either in Deva loka or Bhu loka or Patala,
there exist five elements only and not six. Those
who have reached that firm state in which they are
able to free themselves from delusion will never be
attracted to anything. To the ignorant who have
not the advantage of real experience, the cycle of
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