Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
stone of Tapas through your faulty vision, and
have, therefore, been greatly afflicted. The wise say
that those who reject the happiness accessible to
them in their daily lives, and allow their minds to
search after imaginary and strange things without
limit, are only self-destructive and of corrupt
thought. Through the idea of Tapas as the means of
bliss, your mind in no wise acquired that peace it
desired, even when the graced and priceless
Chinthamani was before you; nor was there any
advantage in the discovery of the bit of earthen
bracelet.
Now hear about the elephant. The epithet
„elephant,‟ applied to yourself. The two long tusks
are Vairagya (indifference to pleasure and pain),
and Viveka (discrimination). Your Ajnana is the
driver who sits aloft upon the elephant and goads
it on. Your Ajnana afflicts you in many ways. You
are now palpitating with the pains inflicted by
Ajnana, like the elephant bound by the Mahout
and led by him. The iron chains and fetters are the
bonds forged by desires, and you have been bound
by them. Know that these desires are stronger and
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