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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
good results will accrue; but if they should be
developed separately one by one, no firm ness in
any one of them will take place and hence no
results. In the former case, the three will destroy
the bondage of the mind.
Like the straight thin filament of a lotus stalk
which does not part asunder, even though the stalk
is broken, all the Vasanas which have been clinging
to us from a long time are not and will not be
destroyed except through a long continued practice
of Dhyana (meditation) The wise say that the
control of Prana is tantamount to (or leads to)
abdication of the external Vasanas. Therefore, firm
endeavours should be made in that direction also.
With the giving up of Vasanas, the mind does not
exist; the same result accrues with the control of
Prana. Hence follow that course which commends
itself to your reason. Through a long practice of
Prana s control and through the initiations by a
Guru, Asana (posture), diet and Dhyana
(meditation), Prana is controlled. But the Vasanas
will be extinguished through the performance of
actions without any attraction or desire), the non-
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