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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
dreamy things of the world. Where is the body
which can be called yours? Please reflect well upon
it. Through letting loose the reins of mind in the
waking state, it wanders about in diverse places
such as Mahameru or Deva loka and is lost in a
labyrinth. Where has the body, which can be called
yours, taken its refuge in? Know this Samsara to be
a long dream or a mental sovereignty or delusion.
This universe which is nothing but a manifestation
neither is nor is not. Tatwa-Jnanis say that the
annihilation of the differentiated thought leads to
the worship of the All-beneficent.
It is certain that one and all of us are destined to
die. Therefore why should people in this world
weep in vain over the death of a person? Oh
valiant Rama, persons born in this world enjoy but
a little of happiness. Therefore why should
Ahankara be manifested in actions which bring on
but a tinge of bliss? Having given up all
conceptions of duality, may you look equally upon
all in this reflection of a universe; it is nothing but a
stain in the glass of the mind. Whoever renders his
mind free of all diversities and reflections and does
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