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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
enjoyments. Now Rama, attend to what I say. Like
Muni Uddhalaka of old, having pulverized all the
five Bhutas (elements), you shall set about
enquiring through your pain-free mind.
At which, Sri Rama asked Vasistha thus „How did
Muni Uddhalaka, manage to destroy the five
Bhutas (elements) and to introspect within
himself?‟
Vasistha replied, “Through Atmic enquiry, Oh
graceful Rama, did Muni Uddhalaka conquer the
five Bhutas and reach Brahman, the non-dual state.
His story I shall now proceed to relate. This Muni
lived on the slopes of Gandhamadana hills teeming
with forests of flower-bunches redolent of
camphor. He was a stainless Muni of great
intelligence and enquiring spirit. But he had not
yet reached that quiescent Plenum in which all
pains are destroyed, though he had purged his
mind free of all impurities. With the following of a
virtuous course, the due performance of a
Nishkama Tapas (or a Tapas without the longing
after fruits), a right understanding of the
significance of the spiritual books and a proper
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