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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
signification of the Sastras, taught by the wise for
the attainment of the different stages leading to the
realms of the higher spirituality, thus began to
commune with herself:
„While exists Atman (as I clearly perceive it), to
what do we apply the term I? Whence is this
delusion in the mind? To whom is it due? How and
whence did it arise? How can we apply the term I
to the body visible to us? As the body is inert and
ignorant, therefore the term „I‟ cannot be applied to
it. Again, can the term I be applied to the ten
organs which vitalise the body? No, since like a tile
which is moved by a rod, the ten inert and separate
sense- organs (Indriyas) are moved by the flitting
mind. Can the term I be applied to the Manas
which agitates, through its power of Sankalpa, the
organs? No, since even the Manas is inert, being
goaded on to action by the certainty of Buddhi, like
a stone flung from a sling. Nor is „I‟ Buddhi 128, as it
is in turn galvanised by Ahankara. Nor is it the
128 In the Hindu Vedantic works, Buddhi, Manas, Ahankara and Chitta
are the four aspects of the lower mind. Buddhi should not be taken as
the Atmic vehicle, as in Theosophical literature.
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