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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
is but an insignificant part of the whole). The
excessive one-pointedness (Ekagrata) of your mind
reflected itself in the life of a Neecha which
reflection was then known. This reflection was
caught up by the guest who came in subsequently
and saw as real all these delusions. Like the
analogy of a crow and Palmyra fruits 86, the
ideation of the Neecha s life reflected itself also in
the minds of all who lived in Huna-Mandala and
Keera-Mandala 87. Thus did these two kinds of
ideations lend increased Reality to the minds of all
creatures. Truly marvellous are the effects or
manifestations of the mind, like the analogy of a
crow and the Palmyra fruits. Thus do diverse
persons view the one dream (of the universe) in
various ways. With one sport, many boys divert
themselves in different ways.‟
In similar manner was the Neecha born in Huna-
Mandala in the habitation prepared for him by the
86 Just as the cause of the fall of ripe Palmyra fruits is wrongly
attributed to a crow which perches upon the tree at the time of their fall,
so the universe is thought to be real though it is merely the creation of
the mind.
87 the country of Keera or Kashmir
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