Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
attain that state, profess to have sensed it
intuitionally within, and then turn away in sheer
disgust. Therefore tell me what you meanest? How
can persons like you of the above class be able to
realise the fact that they see Atman within. You art
but a fragile creature, without intelligence,
unstable, liable to be tossed to and fro by emotion.
So saying, he laughed aloud and departed. At this
Chudala only pitied the ignorance of the king, and
became cairn with the consciousness of the Atma-
Jnana within, thinking that the king had not
appreciated her words through his conception of
the duality of the visible universe and his lack of
enjoyment of true bliss.
Yet this couple continued to live together
harmoniously and happily as before. Preserving as
she did a perfect equilibrium of mind, the wife had
complete mastery over her desires. But there arose
in her, through her own volition, a desire to be a
„walker of the skies‟(in order to convince her
husband of her real powers and so lead him into
the spiritual path). For this purpose she freed
herself from all pains arising from enjoyment and
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