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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
baneful Ahankara which galvanises Buddhi, as it
(Ahankara) is the inert seat of Jiva (the higher ego).
Once more, can I be applied to Jiva which moves
Ahankara? Being of the nature of actions and
Prana, it rests in the heart and there enjoys the bliss
of Pratyagatma. Hence Jiva is not I; thus I have
now learnt through this enquiry that what renders
Jiva blissful is Atman, the true Jnana. Such a Jnana
will never be bedimmed by objects, but will ever
become clearer and clearer. My own Jiva exists
only through Atmic reality, the eternal Jnana.
Verily the state of Jiva, which gets, ensnared by
objects through Jnana, may well be likened to that
of water standing in a deep pool, or an odor wafted
by the breeze. This Jnana-power, ensnared by the
perception of objects which are illusory and
composed of Tamas, becomes besmeared and
consequently inactive: hence is the present Jiva
oblivious of its true state, like heat in a copious
supply of water. Thus does the true Chit-Sakti,
become the Jiva, and, having become unreal and
Tamasic through longing after objects, cognises
again its true state through Atma-Jnana (by rebecoming
that Jnana).
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