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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
7. THE STORY OF SURAGHU
Summary: This story is intended to prove that the
results of quiescence of mind, etc., which were
developed through Samadhi as in the previous
story can also be obtained through Atma-Vichara
(Atmic-enquiry).
May you, Oh Rama, attain quiescence in the
endless All-full Seat by cognizing through your
mind the knower and treading this path and
moving in the world. Oh lotus-eyed Rama, so long
as you attain that Seat through the incessant
practice of the mastery over the visible objects, you
shall ever be engaged in the enquiry through your
mind into that boundless Tatwa Jnana which is
inculcated by your virtuous Guru and the Jnana-
Sastras. The supreme seat can be attained through
Vairagya (indifference to sensual objects) the
means of averting visibles, the true signification of
Jnana- books, one s own intelligence, the initiation
by a Guru and the performance of Yama and
Niyama; or it can be attained through one s
intelligence alone. Even should one be devoid of
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