Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
„That‟ which you are. Should this imp of mind take
a firm possession of a person, any amount of study
or kindred will not exorcise it. Even Acharyas will
find it difficult to scare it away. But if this evil
spirit be divorced from one without even the
shadow of thought, then will the Sastras and others
be of help to lift him out of re-births, like a beast
that, falling into a shallow pool without mire, can
be easily lifted up. If one after relieving himself
from all objects of enjoyment as well as the
enjoyment itself wishes to attain his non-dual and
all-full Atmic Reality through the graces of the
Guru and his own discriminative enquiry, then he
should hear what passed between me and
Parameswara wearing the moon in his matted
locks.
Once upon a time, I spent a long time most
instructively and delightfully in Kailasa hills in the
worship of Parameswara, in the performance of
Tapas in a raised shed on the banks of the Ganges
and the study of many books in the company of
Siddhas. One night on the 8th day of the first half
of the lunar month of Simha (August September), it
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