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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Therefore it is the renunciation of this Sanga that is
said to be Moksha. Through its destruction, all rebirths
do cease. Having destroyed the association
of the mind with objects, may you, Oh Rama, attain
the Jivanmukti state.
Here Rama questioned: Vasistha thus Oh Muni,
who resembles the hot winds meeting the snow of
doubts, what do you mean by Sanga?
To which the Muni replied: Sanga is the impure
Vasanas of love or hatred entertained (by the
mind) in the existence or non-existence of the
diverse objects of the world. In fact, Sanga is the
impure Vasanas themselves. To the Sariri (ego) of a
Jivanmukta, the pure Vasanas which annihilate all
pleasures and pains without any re-births will
cling firmly. But in the case of Ajnanis who are not
Jivanmuktas, the impure Vasanas imply Sanga. If
you remain unaffected by joys, envy or sorrows,
you can be said to have relinquished all Sanga
without desires, fear, or anger. If without rejoicing
in joy and pining under pains, you do not subject
yourself to the trammels of desires, then you alone
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