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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
The Jiva has three forms (or aspects). The first two
are the base ones, namely the gross and the subtle.
The third is the supreme Brahman. Having gained
this Brahman, may you free yourself from the first
two forms. The gross body was designed for the
purpose of enjoyment with hands and feet, eyes
and the rest. The painful mind which is of the form
of Sankalpa and produces the conception of
Samsara is the subtle mental body. The third aspect
is, to all Jivas, the Jnana Reality which is without
beginning or end or heterogeneities. Oh Rama with
lotus hands, the immaculate Turya seat is above
this. Being absorbed in this Turya seat, may you
not identify yourself with the first two forms but
destroy them both altogether.
At these words of Vasishta, Raghava asked the
Muni thus: Please describe to me in detail this
Turya or Brahmic state which is higher than the
three Avasthas (Jagrat, Swapna, and Sushupti). To
which Vasistha, with words shed ding ambrosial
showers, replied Remaining in the certitude of
Atman without desires and with an equal vision
over all, having completely eradicated all
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