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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Now addressing the assembly, Vasistha said thus
In order that all persons in this hall may without
exception understand the drift of what we say, we
shall now, with our hands raised on high, proclaim
to all thus It is only Sankalpa destroyed beyond
resurrection that constitutes the immaculate
Brahmic seat. Why should not men then
contemplate silently and secretly in their hearts
upon the destruction of this Sankalpa? Then it will
so betide that even the throne of an Emperor, who
sways his sceptre over the whole earth, will be
regarded by them as but a paltry bauble. This
Brahmic seat is obtained by those only who
observe Mauna (silence towards material
pleasures). Like a person who journeys on to a
great city in complete reverie within himself
unconscious of the pains which his feet underwent
in the exertion of walking, so an Atma-Jnni
performs all Karma, without his being conscious of
the performance of them. There is no use gained in
dilating farther on the subjects. Now hear from me
in brief, the substance of what I said before.
Sankalpa only is Samsara; its destruction is
Moksha. May you be in a state of Elysian bliss,
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