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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Brahman, then all births cease. Since even Brahma
and the other Great Ones have said that Jnana
alone is the most excellent of all things, how is it
that you do not long after it? How is it that you do
not question yourself as to who you are, whence
came the Universe, and into what it will be
absorbed? Why do you repine at your lot like the
ignorant? Why is it, that after having prostrated
yourself at the feet of a great Guru, you do not try
to understand from him the nature of bondage and
Moksha? If, approaching those persons who look
equally upon all things through their abundant
Jnana you are ceaselessly engaged in the noble
pursuits of enquiry, then you will surely gain that
subtle Jnana which leads to emancipation!
„At these words of Kumbha-Muni, the king shed
tears of joy and said: Oh Acharya, I, poor soul,
have learnt all this (the attainment of bliss through
Atma-Jnana) by your grace. I am here in this
solitary forest, having left the company of great
men through Ajnana. I have this moment been
released from the pains of existence. Since you
deigned to be pre sent with me in this forest, and
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