Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
pervading, the cause of all and stainlessly
quiescent and all full. He is Silence itself. He will
without fail cause all acts to be performed through
the minister appointed by him. The moment the
minister thought of a thing, such an idea though
non-existent, arose instantaneously as a tangible
thing; it, though existent, disappeared as
mysteriously. This minister has not the power to
enjoy anything through his own right; nor does he
know anything through himself. As he acts always
in concert with the king, he is able to do all things.
Though the minister does all acts in the presence of
the king, yet the latter is always alone.‟ So said the
father to his son.
At which the son heard with an exulting heart all
that his father had told him and then questioned
him thus „What is the nature of the resplendent
country which is without mental disease and allpervading?
What are the means by which it can be
reached? Through what, can it be attained? Who is
the imperishable king in that country? And who
the minister? And who is that potent king with his
minister that cannot be controlled by my puissant
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