Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
mind. Likewise with the death of his relatives, he
reached a foreign country. There he reigned over
the country of Keera with his white victorious
parasol overshadowing his subjects and there
allowed himself to be devoured by flames. It was
only the ideation of your supreme mind thinking
about the Neecha‟s life that brought about the
reflection which afterwards assumed a reality. The
ignorant who are impressed with the idea of the
differentiations of He, you, I, this, that, mine, etc.,
will ever be sunk in the mire of pains; but those
who have cognised earth and other things of the
universe as no other than „I„ will never despond
under grief. With a mind distinct from and having
no longing towards all the things of this earth, their
firm intelligence will never cling to desires.
Knowers of Tatwa Jnana will never render
themselves liable to the delusions of Ajnana. As
you have not cognized Jnana fully, you have not
rid yourself of all your mental delusions and
quitted them all as degrading. Therefore it is you
have completely forgotten yourself in a moment
through your delusions. To this wheel of the grand
Moha (delusions), Manas is the axle. If by dint of
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