Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
in a stormy wind. It ever whirls far and wide in
vain in sensual objects away from the association
with the wise like a strolling city dog; but no
results accrue therefrom. Like a flower (bamboo)
case which is not able to hold the water in it, this
baneful mind does not hold the joy (or enjoy the
happiness) within, but whirls at the sight of its
much-coveted immense wealth. This ferocious dog
of mind following its mate of desires ever preys
upon poor ignorant me like a carcase. Just as a
straw is tossed to and fro in the air by a whirlwind,
this mind of mine subjects me to all kinds of
delusions and pains and tempts me far into the
great void. This terrible mind which appears to be
of the nature of the causeless Maya but which is
otherwise through right enquiry, leads me into the
many worldly actions like a lad obsessed. It will flit
in a moment from earth to Patala (lower world) and
thence back again to earth. This deceptive mind in
seeming to lift me up to higher states hurls me to
still lower ones, like a decayed rope that is used in
lifting wood out of a well. This monster of a
venomous mind is more terrible than fire itself,
more insurmountable than mountains and more
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