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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
NIRVANA PRAKARANA
1. THE STORY OF BHUSUNDA
Summary: Having traced in the previous Prakarana
all from Samsara up to Turyatita at the end of
Satta-Samanya and having also given out the
quiescence of the mind and thereby the whole
universe, the author states the means of directly
cognising that Turyatita state in this, the Nirvana
Prakarana. Therefore, in this story of Bhusunda,
the Yogic mysteries are given out to attain that end.
Vasishta again continued: As the quarters and the
time do not exist, the immutable and non-dual
Brahman alone shines as Absolute Consciousness
without any environment and without any
fluctuation, destruction, beginning or end; but
none else exists. With this thought in your mind,
you should not identify yourself with objects; and
having become a Jivanmukta, may you reach the
non-dual quiescent silence and enjoy the final
beatitude. So long as the idea of Ajnana exists, so
long will the Brahmic state not be attained. So long
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