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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Maha-Meru to its root than the ever-growing
Vasanas. So long as the mind is not destroyed, so
long the Vasanas are not destroyed. Vice versa, so
long as the Vasanas are not destroyed, so long is
the mind not destroyed. (They are both in the
position of a seed and the sprout). So long as the
Tatwa-Jnana is not attained, so long will the mind
not be destroyed. Conversely so long as the mind is
not destroyed, so long will Tatwa-Jnana not be
reached. Again so long as the base Vasanas are not
destroyed, so long will Jnana not be attained; so
long as Jnana is not attained, so long the Vasanas
will not be destroyed. Therefore all these three the
dawn of Tatwa-Jnana, the annihilation of the mind
and the extinction of the Vasanas are mutually
interdependent and depend upon no other cause
than themselves for their mastery. But if through
the firm human efforts of a Yogi of discrimination
walking in this path, the illusions of enjoyments
arising from the five senses be kept at bay, all the
above three will be developed. So long as the three
are not developed, the Reality will not be reached,
even after the lapse of myriads of years. With the
association of these three equally for a long time,
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