Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
as walking in the skies, etc.? To which Vasistha
was graciously pleased to reply: Those who do not
have full Jnana are subject to bondage in this world
and develop those powers through medicines,
Mantra-s, actions, time or skill; but these Siddhi-s
do not pertain legitimately to a true Jnani. The
latter is ever engaged in the Reality of Atmic
Vision. The Jnanis ever rest in Jnana (Atman)
through Jnana (spiritual wisdom) and never
indulge in the desire to levitate in the Akasa, etc.
The heterogeneous worldly objects are nothing but
Maya. Those victors who have trampled on Maya
never sink into it again. If Jnanis long after them,
then no doubt Siddhi-s will arise through the
above-mentioned means. Medicines, Mantra-s, etc.
can confer Siddhi-s on one, but never the
beneficent Moksha. If a desire wells up for
attaining a Siddhi, then with effort it can be
developed; but desire for Siddhi-s tends to
bondage and does not arise in the hearts of Jnanis.
With the extinction of all desires, Atma-Jnana will
dawn, but those who are lost in Siddhis which
generate desire will not attain Atman.
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