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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Seat which is above all the other Seats, and at the
other end of the Satta common to all, you will have
to kill out through your human endeavours, all the
hosts of Vasanas without any the least hindrance to
your progress and cognize your Tatwa-Jnana; and
then at the very moment when you are merged in
the imperishable State of your Reality, you will
have attained that Tatwa-State. Should the Satta-
Samanya above described be first reached by you,
then with slightly increased efforts, you will attain
this state. Therefore direct your meditation
towards the acquisition of this Satta-Samanya state
and then the other will result as a matter of course
with some more efforts. I have already, oh Rama,
informed you of one s inability to reach that state,
so long I as one confines himself to the
contemplation of the visibles. At no time or place,
will the cognition of the Real take place through
the intelligent perception of objects (alone). If,
through proper efforts, you destroy the idea of
dual Vasanas, then the fell mental disease and
other pains will vanish. Even with all the full
efforts, one will find it difficult to destroy Vasanas.
One will cope with more difficulty in eradicating-
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