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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
(Meditation) regard the Supreme Principle going
by the several names of Siva (the auspicious one),
Chinmatra, Satya (Truth) and Brahman, as the
universe itself. A slight motion in this Chitta
(Consciousness) generates this universe. If this
visible universe of objects is truly cognized as the
Jnana bliss, then it will die. But when its real nature
is not powerfully grasped, then the visibles are
seen as real, as the (misconception of a) snake in a
rope. Should the pure mind concentrate itself for
some time (steady and pure as the moon) through
(a. study of) the visible Jnana Sastras, the
association with the wise and an uninterrupted
practice (of Meditation), then in such persons
developing Jnana, a divine vision will arise, in
which there will be a direct cognition (of the One
Reality). Thus have I described to you the truths
relating to the origin and destruction of the
Universe. Having with true bliss brought these into
practice and meditated upon them, may you,
without fail, and according to your free will, attune
all your actions of daily life to the attainment of the
Brahmic state. I shall now go to Swarga-loka the
gem of all Lokas (worlds). This is the most
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