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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
gradually follow. Having arrested the fluctuation
of Prana, the mind also will become quiescent.
With the quiescence of the mind, the Supreme State
alone will remain, the state of „That‟ from which all
Vikalpa-s return divested of heterogeneities.
Here the victorious Rama interposed: Now that
you have described the path of Yoga whereby the
mind reaches that state of equilibrium in which it
does not travel in the direction of the senses, please
enlighten me hereafter about Tatwa-jnana. To
which the Muni replied: The firm conviction that
Brahman alone is the self-shining one everywhere,
without beginning, middle or end is true Jnana.
The certitude that the potencies (Saktis) of all the
differentiated illusory objects are no other than
Atman is the worship of Atman. The clear
cognition that all worlds are only the form of
Parabrahman which is the only true Principle in
the three worlds is Purna (the Plenum). All worlds
are of the nature of Atman alone. How then can
there be existence or nonexistence? How can there
exist the illusory differences of bondage or
Moksha? In fact there are no visible things or mind.
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