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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Reality, where will the four qualities 102, Maitri
(benevolence), etc., have their stay?
Vasistha replied: The destruction of the mind is
twofold through the mind being composite in
character, Rupa (with form) and Arupa (formless).
The destruction of the Rupa mind is wrought in
Jivanmukti stage while that of the other takes place
in Videhamukti stage. With the existence of the
(Rupa) mind, pains are generated; with its
annihilation, bliss will increase. You should so
destroy the mind that it will not afterwards be able
to rear up its head at all. Identifying itself with the
burden of the attributes of matter, it is not able to
cognize its Reality and hence groans with pains.
This mind is Jiva. This mind ever hankering after
and involved in pleasures and pains is the seed of
all Maya. The wise say that the mind can be said to
be destroyed, only when a person looks with equal
vision over all and is not in the least affected by
pleasure or pain, like the Meru Mountains
unruffled by wind. Whoever is unconcerned even
102 The four qualities are benevolence, contentment, compassion and
indifference to vice.
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