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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
To which the wise Vasistha replied thus: To the
ignorant who are subject to many frailties, there
will arise many re-births of diverse kinds. These rebirths
will not cease till the first Jnana stage is
reached. Besides, if the virtuous path be strode,
there will arise the stainless indifference, like the
analogy of a crow and the Palmyra fruit; or with
the association with the wise, this indifference will
arise; and when there is indifference, the Jnana
stage will not but be reached. Through it, all rebirths
will cease. All the significance of the Sastras
point to this goal only. Again, hearken to the fates
of those who, being in one or other of these Jnana
states, breathe their last. Should one satisfy quite
the qualifications required of him in the three
Jnana states, then all his former Karmas will cease
to exist. Then Devas will conduct him on their
divine vehicle to Deva-loka and other places,
where he will feast his eyes upon the pleasant
sceneries of Meru, Elysian gardens, caves and
beautiful damsels. With the expiry of their
enjoyment, all the old two-fold Karmas will perish
completely, and then they will at once redescend
upon earth as Jnanis. They will incarnate in a
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