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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
2. THE STORY OF DEVA-PUJA (THE WORSHIP OF
GOD)
Summary: Having, in the previous story, described
that Nirvanic bliss wherein all are Brahman only
will result through Jnana and Yoga, the author
gives out the rationale of the Puja (or worship of
God) made by the Hindus in order that they may
know that what they worship is the perishable
matter only and that they may rise to a higher
ideal.
All these things composed of the five elements are
appearances only. So also is time through right
discrimination. Moreover, it is quite false on our
part to identify the „I.‟ with this body to which the
terms „I,‟ he, etc., are applied. Therefore may you
free yourself from the illusory conception of this
body composed of net work of bones, muscles, etc.,
being the „I‟. Is there any limit to the myriads of
forms created through Sankalpa? Oh Raghava,
after sleeping on cushioned beds at home, you
roamed about in all directions and lost your
equilibrium of mind in the contemplation upon the
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