Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
the least attracted towards objects. He spent his
days on the banks of the river which flows on the
rocks of the Vindhya-s, meditating with a pure
mind upon the supreme as follows: c Till now, I
have been controlling all my organs. Now I shall
merge into Chinmatra (the absolute
Consciousness), the one remaining after all else is
destroyed, and there remain immovable as a rock.
Though dawning (or living) in this world, I shall be
like the sun that has set; though set, I shall be like
the sun that is ever dawning. Though engaged in
the actions of the lower mind, I shall be like one
who is in Susupti; though in Susupti, I shall be like
one awake in this world (in the Jagrat state). Being
in the Turya state where no difference exists, I shall
be the motionless light, though moving in this
body. Having thus contemplated, he was in
Samadhi for six days like a sleeping wayfarer and
cognized Reality. Thus did Veethahavya enjoy
perfect bliss in the state of a Jivanmukta.
All pleasure and pain, attachment and hatred, etc.
haying been destroyed, the Muni freed himself
from the "trammels of rebirth and Karmas and then
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