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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Thus did my father enlighten me before. Through
divine grace, I have been able to remember now all
that my father told me and attain Jnana thereby.
Having been freed from the longing after
enjoyment and coming into the possession of the
wealth of non-desires, I have been rendered cool
with supreme bliss, through the ambrosia of the
quiescence of mind. Oh, I have been in complete
ignorance of this, my present blissful enjoyment for
so long a period. How shall I describe it in words?
This is the seat where all thoughts are absorbed
and where all persons suffering from the effects of
pleasures and pains do find an end of all their
sufferings. This is the seat reached by all those who
lead their lives in Atman. This is the glory of allquiescence.‟
Having soliloquised within himself thus, he began
to cogitate in his mind over the questions who am
I? And what is my real nature? Then he reflected
for a moment and concluded that if he should
invoke and salute his guru Sukracharya (Venus)
who had cognized the Reality and having enquired
of him, should meditate upon the truth, then all
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