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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Kumbha-Muni said: If you tell me the cause of
know ledge, T shall then throw light upon it.
The King said: Through the existence of such
illusory objects as the body, etc., knowledge is
induced; but if they cease to exist, then no
knowledge can arise. Then the seed of Manas, vis.,
Ahankaric ideation, will consequently be absorbed.
Kumbha-Muni questioned him thus: „If the body,
and other objects of sense, do really exist, then
knowledge exists; but as the bodies, etc., do not
really exist, what then is the basis of knowledge?
The King, in reply, said: „But tell me first, Acharya,
how this visible body, which palpably enjoys the
effects of all Karmas performed by the hands and
other organs, can be non-existent?
Kumbha-Muni answered: „as this body, arising
through Karmas, is not itself the Cause, therefore
the effect of intelligence is itself non-existent. That
intelligence is itself illusory. Hence Ahankara and
other effects which arise through the excessive
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