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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
true renunciation you are illumined in mind, with
perfect quiescence, and without hatred, then will
the identification of yourself with the Self of
Brahman take place, and you will shine with
resplendent glory. Then the King asked the Muni:
What is the cause of the mind? What is its true
nature? How can I destroy it?‟ To this the Muni
replied: The true nature of the mind consists in the
Vasanas. The two are synonymous. Know, O, King,
that the idea of „I,‟ which is the nest containing all
frailties, is the seed of the tree of mind. The sprout
which at first germinates from this seed of
Ahankara (I-am-ness), originates without form and
is ascertainable only by internal experience. This
sprout is termed Buddhi. From this sprout the
ramifying branches called. Sankalpa take their
origin. Through such a differentiation, the great
Manas (of Sankalpa) as also Chitta and Buddhi are
but the different names or qualities of the one
Ahankara. Therefore, daily should you lop off the
branches of this dire tree of Manas, and eventually
destroy the tree at its root completely. The
branches of Vasanas will naturally produce
innumerable crops of Karmas; but if, with the
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