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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Here Rama interposed and questioned Vasistha
thus: What is the cause of the Yogis living for such
a long period as a Kalpa?
Vasistha replied thus: With the motion of Prana,
they will move; otherwise they will be immovable
as a rock. Those Yogis who are able to control
Prana will live a long period. If the motion of Prana
and (therefore) the mind be arrested both
internally and externally, then will death and
dotage fly to a great distance. Then will abide in
the body Dhatus (spiritual substances) such as will
never be expelled at any time. Those only can be
said to have truly cognized the Reality who,
walking in the path of Atma-Jnana, eradicate their
desires, render thereby their intelligence clear and
tear asunder all the bonds of the mind.
Here Rama queried him thus If with the dawning
of discrimination, the mind is absorbed in its
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