Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
intuitive direct perception- Paths other than these
will but breed pains arising from ignorance. The
annihilation of the identification of „I‟ with this
body forms the panacea for the cure of the disease
of birth and death generating love and hatred.
Then the Chaitanya will be directly perceived.
Here Bhageeratha interrupted the Muni thus: How
is the idea of „I‟ to be removed from this body
which has been serving long as its seat, like a tree
on a rock?
The supreme Acharya replied thus Should the
mind be firmly repressed from entering into
objects of enjoyments and be made to rest in the
state of the all-pervading Sat, then Ahankara will
cease. If after the destruction of desires and all
objects you art in a non-fluctuating state, then the
appearance of „I‟ will be no more and the non-dual
state of Brahman will alone be. This is the Brahman
declared by all Vedas. Having given up all
conceptions of differences of caste, orders of life,
etc., having assumed poverty without an iota of
attraction towards the three kinds of desires (wife,
591