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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
May you give up all oscillations of the mind, in
blissful ignorance of all objects and yet not in an
inert state and abandoning all worldly enjoyments.
You alone are the Paramatman, the Jnana in which
states the visibles are not seen. This is undoubtedly
true. So said Vasistha.
Rama asked the Muni: How can non-intelligence
arise where there are not the visible things? How
can the visibles vanish from where there is no
Jnana?
Vasistha replied: Atman, the all-pervading one
without any attraction, which has neither the
power of knowing nor non-knowing any inert
object is without the visibles or intelligence. If it
should attain that Jnana not linked to the visibles, it
will be without visible things or Vritti-Jnana,
though performing all actions. As the heart Akasa
(in which Atman is) will not in the least come in
contact with (or be affected by) the visibles, he
alone is a Jnani. He alone is not inert and without
perception of material objects. He alone is a
Jivanmukta. Such a person through his voluntary
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