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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Then Kumbha-Muni, addressing the King, replied:
There will be true bliss only when the Jnana
instilled into a disciple by the Acharya (Guru) truly
fructifies in him. Are not all acts of Tapas simply
diversions to while away the time? Oh King, to
those without Jnana, Karma is alone their security.
Virtuous actions serve, but to remove the impure
Vasanas. Therefore, Karmas are useful only in so
far as they confer upon us heavenly and other
pleasures. If the impure Vasanas are destroyed,
then the effects of all Karmas cease alike, as the
effects of one season cease when another sets in.
Like reeds which never produce fruit, Karmas
freed from the varying Vasanas never fructify. If,
through the sure conviction that all is Brahma,
Ajnana is destroyed, impure Vasanas will never
arise. Who is so foolish as to suppose there is water
in a mirage? If the Vasanas alone are destroyed,
then birth, old age or death, will not affect one, and
he will reach the immaculate Brahmic seat. All
minds associated with Vasanas are but
differentiated Ajnana itself; but a mind without
them is the unborn Atma-Jnana itself. If through
the immaculate Jnana, the Jiva (ego) cognizes
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