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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Ajnanis will ever be repeating the same acts; but
not so the Jnanis.
Then Bhageeratha, whose mind was seized with
the fear of worldly things after a proper
understanding of their true nature, went in search
of a Guru and having found one by name Tritula
prostrated himself at his feet and addressed in him
secret with a great trepidation of heart thus „Oh
Lord of Munis, is there any limit to the dire pains
of mankind generated by dotage, death, delusion
and other fears? Please enlighten me clearly on this
point.‟
Tritula said: ‟If you cognize well your resplendent
Jnanatman, all your pains will at once vanish; all
the bondage of your heart will be severed; all
doubts will be cleared and all Karmas will be
destroyed. Then you will become the Chinmatra
(Absolute Consciousness) itself that should be
known. This Paramatman you shall hear about
from me. This external and all-pervading One is
neither capable of repletion or depletion. It is the
true Jnana, quiescent, immaculate, indestructible
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