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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
decided in himself, that it will be decidedly
beneficial to, not in the least, bring to recollection
and to forget this illusion of the universe, cognizes,
through intuitive spiritual perception, the unreality
of the universe which appears, as real, to the mind
that is of the nature of Samskaras (selfreproductive
thoughts). This Supreme Bliss is evershining,
not created by any, self-existent and
imperishable. But it will not be cognized and
enjoyed by those ignorant persons who wallow in
the mere pitfalls of the Sastras (book-learning)
inculcating the lower (terrestrial) wisdom, as
contra-distinguished from the higher (Divine)
wisdom, which sets its face against the recollection
of things; visible. The wise say that the best thing
for a man to do in this world is to give up, without
the least longing, Vasanas, (all affinities for objects)
which cause the mind to fluctuate, and that such
abdication constitutes the Eternal Moksha
(salvation) and the stainless path.
Vasanas are of two kinds. The impure Vasanas are
those which, generating re-births, are terrific in
their results while the pure ones are those which
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