Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
marvellous wealth becomes a source of pains with
the affliction of the mind; even an object of infinite
danger is the source of great happiness through the
mind rightly directed. It is only the dire Samsaric
life that is the source of all pains. How can
happiness be generated in those lives that are
drowned in Samsara? The mind of delusion
constitutes the root of the tree of Samsara of
Ajnana which ramifies in all directions with
branches full of flowers, tendrils, fruits, etc. It is
this mind which is called Sankalpa. With the
destruction of Sankalpa, the mind will be also
destroyed easily. The baneful root of mind being
destroyed, the tree of birth and death will also be
destroyed. Oh, I have detected the thief who
robbed me of my Atmic Jewel, viz., my Self. His
name is Manas (Mind). I have been long suffering
through this villain. I will now gibbet him and
make him die.
Till now I have not been able to bore a hole in this
pearl of mind. Now I will do so and make a rosary
of it by stringing it in the string of experience and
wear it on my person. I have learnt it all through
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