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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
„I‟ which identifying itself with the paraphernalia
of this world (and body) stays and runs, cries and
laughs, exults and is afflicted? I am not this diverse
world. How can this inert world be called the „I, „as
the former is external to the latter and is composed
of hills, stones, pretty things, earth, trees and
others? Neither can the ephemeral body be called
the „I,‟ as the former proceeds from Asat only, is
inert and has locomotion through Prana Vayu. Nor
is the property of sound this „I,‟ since this property
is impermanent, issues out of the void, has no form
or intelligence and feeds the ear with its paltry
food. Nor is the property of touch this „I,‟ since the
former cannot be perceived except through the
skin, perishes in a moment without any real
existence, and is itself without any intelligence,
being guided by the all-pervading Jnana. Nor is the
property of taste this „I,‟ since the former is ever
fluctuating, inert, full of desires, perishable in a
moment, the food of the tongue and arises out of
material things. Nor is the inert property of form
this „I,‟ which dies in the „knower‟ who though
acting in this perishable world and sight, is yet no
participator in it. Nor is the property of odour this
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