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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
warp-wise and woof-wise, up and down, are the
indestructible Ones.‟
An object enjoyed firmly through one‟s Vasanas
brings immediately in its train pleasures; but when
it perishes soon with its terrific results, it will of
itself be productive of pains. It is indeed a
notorious fact that the majority of mankind do not
relieve themselves from pleasures or pains. But
when Vasanas are either destroyed completely or
do decay little by little, no joy will be experienced
in sensual objects. Pleasures and pains are so
inseparably interblended that they both manifest
themselves together when they originate or
disappear together when they perish. When the
Vasanas of the mind decay, then the Karmas done
by it will never generate pleasures or pains, like a
burnt seed. Diverse Karmas have arisen through
the separate appearance of the body and its organs.
Whoever will like to come forward as the cook and
the enjoyer therein? One who through his great
intelligence, is not attracted by the created objects
will be of a heart as cool as the moon and of the
lustre of the rays of the sun. Then by the whirlwind
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