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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
That which is named Brahman through Atmatatwa
is none other than the quiescent (or passive)
aspect of this universe.
Here the King said: All that you have taught me is
quite reasonable. As prior to creation there is no
creator, there is really no Universe. Hence the
(objective) vision of all things really does not exist.
Through your clear elucidation I have well
understood and have become of the nature of my
auspicious Self. Hence, I do not cognize all external
objects as really existent. I have worshipped my
(real) Self. Through the knowledge derived from
the perception of many substances, I have come to
perceive them to be unreal. Through this Jnana, I
have become the quiescent without thought and
the Plenum like the Akasa. Then Kumbha-Muni,
able to confer Atman (Self) upon the king caused
him to cognise it, and said: The true discrimination
of space, time, the spacious quarters, mental
actions and the rest is only to understand the
universe in its differentiated aspects. Though these
distinctions have existed in you from a remote
past, yet they will perish in you in a short time. The
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