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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Turya state. Then Atma is neither gross nor subtle,
neither perceptive nor non-perceptive, neither
intelligent nor inert, neither Sat nor Asat, neither I
nor any other, neither one nor many nor the
universe; but it is: the seat: or source of mind,
Indriyas, etc. As it is above all states, it is not
conditioned but is the All.
That which is called Moksha is neither in Deva
loka nor Patala nor earth. When all desires are
destroyed, the extinction of the expansive mind
alone is Moksha. If at any time there arises in- the
mind, within, any longing to attain Moksha, then it
will begin to revive again. With the increase of the
Manana (the meditations) of the mind, births and
deaths will not cease and bondage will firmly take
its root. If Atma-Tatwa is attained, which is above
all and pervades all objects, how can there be
bondage? Therefore destroy at its root mind and its
thoughts. Those who, through their immaculate
and all-full mind, have attained quiescence and
known their own Self will never in the least long
for anything I. This non-desire is the axe with
which the forest-trees of accidents are felled, and is
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