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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
conceptions of differentiations of „I‟ or he‟,
existence or non-existence is Turya. That state of
Jivanmukti free from delusions, wherein there is
the supreme certainty of Atman, equal vision over
all and the witness-ship to all worldly acts is Turya
state. Being without the painful Sankalpa, it is
neither the waking state nor the sleeping state. Nor
is it the ordinary Sushupti state, as there is (in
Turya) the absence of the knowledge (of
enjoyment). All the world becomes then absorbed
in the beneficent Atman. To ripe Jnanis, this world
is itself Turya (or they can enjoy the Turya state in
this state); but to the ignorant, the universe is their
settled abode (or they pinion their minds to the
visibles only). If after the idea of „I‟ vanishes, the
mind sees all things equally and performs all
actions in such a manner that it cannot be said to
perform them, then that is the Turya state to it.
Though you are the prince of men full of Jnana,
please hearken, oh intelligent Rama, to a story that
occurred in days of yore. In a spacious forest, a
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