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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
intelligence (or ignorance). The exalted stage of the
seventh is the isolation of Moksha which is part-
less, equal in all, immaculate, beneficent, quiescent
and the pure Turya. This seventh state free from all
objects and replete with bliss is stated by some to
be the Turyatita state of Moksha which is Chit
itself.
„Of these seven stages, the three first may be
included under Jagrat Avastha (or the waking
state). The fourth stage, in which all the universes
do appear like a dream, will fall under Swapna (the
dreaming state). The fifth stage which is filled with
uniform bliss alone comes under the category of
Sushupti. That which is of the nature of bliss with
intelligence is the sixth stage coming under the
head of Turya. Then comes the Turyatita, the
seventh stage which is above the reach of the
fluctuating mind and speech, self-shining and of
the nature of Sat. If through the control of Chitta
(mind) within the heart, all the visibles are
destroyed by one past all resurrection, then there is
no doubt that he will become a Jivanmukta
through the great Be-ness. If one without suffering
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