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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
howling of a dog with its eye cast up in the
heavens. Ajnana is the cause of all dangers; but no
dangers will befall a knower of truth. This Maya is
the necessary attendant upon the ignorant. This
universe is in the mind of a Jnani, only like the foot
prints of a cow; but to the Ajnanis, it is an
immutable ocean of pains.
Nought is but the one Sachidananda Reality which
is illimitable, unperceivable by the senses,
quiescent, the all and above thought. Out of this
Sachidananda which is the witness of all, an
intelligence arose and being subject to change
created the three states subtle, middling, and gross
through the three Gunas Satva, Rajas and Tamas.
These three kinds of Avidya do generate re-births
to all Jivas. It is the destruction of this Avidya that
is the Brahmic seat. But the Gunas of this Avidya
are the forms themselves. All these three can be
made nine through the triune divisions of each.
Under the heading of Satva in the original Avidya
are classed Rishis, Munis, Siddhas, Nagas,
Vidyadharas, Devas and the virtuous Jivas.
Vidyadharas and Nagas come under the Tamasic
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