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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Tapas, Sannyasa (renunciation) stainless Yoga and
Jnana.‟
Arjuna asked: „Oh Lord, what dost you mean by
the destruction of Sanga (association or attraction),
the relegating of all things to Brahman or Iswara,
Sannyasa and the undifferentiated Jnana and
Yoga?
Krishna replied: „The wise say that the Brahmic
Principle is „that‟ which is devoid of Sankalpas,
pains or thoughts. The efforts at attaining the nondual
Brahman is Jnana. Such efforts are also
termed Yoga by the wise. The cognition, after true
discrimination of the identity of the universe and
„I‟ with Brahman is Brahmarpana. The
renunciation of the fruits of Karmas (actions) is
Sannyasa. The destruction of the painful Sankalpa
of the mind is the destruction of Sanga in the eyes
of the great. The giving up of the conception of
duality through the idea that there is one only
Eswara in all our thoughts is Iswarrpana (or
Brahmarpana). If after contemplating upon and
worship ping me you attain unto me with due
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