Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
spirit exalt themselves to the status of lords! Thus
is the wheel of time gyrating without any limit.‟
„Therefore in my mind severely scalded by the
forest fire of these earthly stains, there will not
arise the ever- increasing desire of wealth like the
misconception of mirage in a desert. I do not long
for a life of royal pleasures or for death which is
inevitable to it. Therefore I shall rather be as T am
now, without any pains to suffer from. But then,
there is the despondency in my mind harrowing
me which I have to free myself from. And if you
through your well-trained mind cannot remove it
now, when else will it be done? Even the most
virulent of poisons, is no poison to me; but the
sensual objects are truly so. The former defiles one
body only, whereas the latter adulterates many
bodies in successive re-births.‟
„Pleasures, pains, relatives, friends, life, death and
others will in no way enthral the mind of the
(emancipated) Wise. To them, this passing life is
like water drops sprinkled by the wind and the
sensual enjoyments are like a lightning flash. Also
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