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LAGHU <strong>YOGA</strong> VASISTHA<br />

all these. He 101 lived for twenty thousand years in<br />

this state of Isa, the Lord, that is without birth and<br />

death, without beginning and yet with beginning,<br />

non-dual and yet many, stainless and yet stained,<br />

and more immaculate than Akasa, and he roamed<br />

through the world as he willed with true exultation<br />

of heart. Having destroyed his mind past all<br />

resurrection, this supreme Jnani, Veethahavya, was<br />

soon absorbed in the non-dual state.<br />

10. THE CONCLUSION OF UPASANTI PRAKARANA<br />

Summary: Having in this Prakarana explained the<br />

means of rejecting the attraction of sensual objects<br />

in order to obtain quiescence of mind, the author,<br />

in summarizing this Prakarana of nine stories,<br />

impresses upon us the idea that quiescence of<br />

mind leads to quiescence of the universe.<br />

After Vasistha had spoken thus, Raghava<br />

addressed him: How is it we do not find in a<br />

Jivanmukta's body such higher psychical powers<br />

101 He refers here to the soul as an entity.<br />

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