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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
mind concentrate itself upon one object only). But
Jnana is that which enables one to enjoy happiness
in all (objects). Persons who have as their ornament
the supreme Veda-s hold that the mind is nothing
but the fluctuation of Prana. With the control of
Prana, the mind is also controlled. With the control
of the mind's fluctuation, rebirth will cease, like the
daily actions that cease to be performed at sunset.
Again Rama interposed: In this tabernacle of the
body, what is the means of arresting the motion of
Prana and other Vayu-s which vibrate ceaselessly
and with great velocity in the Akasa of the heart? ,
To which Vasistha replied: Having, obtained,
through a study of Atma-jnana books, the grace of
a Guru, after ceaseless practice of Vairagya and
liberation from the trammels of Samsara, if one is
filled with non-desire and is in Brahmic
meditation, then through the means adopted for
the control of Prana, the mind will be controlled.
The fluctuation of Prana can be arrested, Oh Rama
of the colour of/clouds, by the steady practice of
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