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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
sword of Jnana, you sever them from the heart s
core, they will be destroyed. They are the true
vanquishers of the mind in the heart, who perform
without a murmur the Karmas which fall to them;
controlling all thoughts and desires in regard to
such. The lopping of the branches is considered
only as a secondary thing, the first being the
eradication of the tree at its root. Therefore, if
through virtuous actions you destroy the idea of „I‟
at the root of the tree (mind), then it will not again
spring up. At these words of the Muni, the King
asked him as to where the fire which destroys the
conception of Ahankara, the seed of the tree, was
to be found. To which Kumbha-Muni replied: * It is
Atma-Jnana which enquires concerning the true
nature of „I‟; that is the fire which destroys the
mind.
The King then said: Through my intelligence I
enquired into the origin of „I‟ in diverse ways. As
this world is non-intelligent, it is not „I,‟ neither is
this body of offal, nor the organs, nor the
contemplating Manas, nor Buddhi, nor the
injurious Ahankara creating egoism. Here
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