Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
ceaseless means adopted by Uddhalaka and
Suraghu. Bhasa and Vilasa put an end to all their
pains through the same course. Veethahavya
resorted to Pranayama or the control of breath for
the subjugation of his mind.
The story of Gadhi is worthy of being reproduced
here. Having been daily engaged in meditation in
water, he one day wished to know the nature of
Maya and was blessed by Vishnu the Higher Self,
here represented as a dark blue cloud with the
boon of seeing Maya directly and of overcoming it.
Some days after, as he was passing to the waters of
a tank, his mind recurred to the boon of Vishnu;
and when he stepped into the tank, he was
entranced and vividly remembered, in his normal
state, all the lives he had led during his Samadhi,
as a Brahmin and as a Chandala (out-caste). Not
knowing the reason why these visions arose, he
returned home where he met with a guest who
uttered some words which went to prove that his
dream in the tank was a reality. So in order to
verify the same, he went to the many places
pointed out by the guest and found all the events
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