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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
contemplation of Samsara (or the absence of love
for this mundane life) and the seeing of all things
of form as formless. If there is an end to the life of
our antagonist, the Vasanas, the mind too will not
arise. Should the winds cease to blow, will particles
of dust be seen floating in the atmosphere? The
fluctuation of Prana is that of the painful mind.
Therefore the control of Prana should be the
natural and unfailing duty of all spirituallyminded
persons of wisdom.
Without resorting to proper means, the min-d can
never be controlled. Can a ferocious rutting
elephant be mastered otherwise than through
sharp-pointed goad? The four means for
controlling the mind are (1) the cognition of the
one Jnana, (2, the association with the wise, (3) the
renunciation of the painful Vasanas, (4) and the
control of the fluctuation of Prana. The subjection
of the mind through the above four means may be
compared to the subsidence of the dust when the
showers are rained down on the earth by clouds.
Persons who resort to other means than these to
control the mind, are like those who, having turned
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