[Chaturamnaya] Yoga Vasishtha Sara - The Essence of the Yoga Vasishtha - CHAPTER IV (DISSOLUTION OF THE MIND)

[Kirk Mulder]

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Kirk

> On Dec 10, 2022, at 7:45 PM, 'S Jayanarayanan' via California - SF Bay Area Ramana Maharshi Satsang <virupaaksha at googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> (Continued from previous post)
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> CHAPTER IV: DISSOLUTION OF THE MIND
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> 1. Consciousness which is undivided
> imagines to itself desirable objects and runs
> after them. It is then known as the mind.
>  
> 2. From this omnipresent and omnipotent
> Supreme Lord arose, like ripples in water,
> the power of imagining separate objects.
>  
> 3. Just as fire born out of wind (fanned
> into a flame) is extinguished by the same
> wind, so also that which is born of imagination
> is destroyed by imagination itself.
>  
> 4. The mind has come into existence
> through this (imagination) on account of
> forgetfulness. Like the experience of one's
> own death in a dream ceases to exist when
> scrutinised.
>  
> 5. The ideas of Self in what is not the Self
> is, due to incorrect understanding. The idea
> of reality in what is unreal, O Rama, know
> that to be the mind (chittam).
>  
> 6. 'This is he' , 'I am this', 'That is
> mine', such (ideas) constitute the mind ; it
> disappears when one ponders over these
> false ideas.
>  
> 7. It is the nature of the mind to accept
> certain things and to reject others ; this is
> the bondage, nothing else.
>  
> 8. The mind is the creator of the world ;
> the mind is the individual (purusha) ; only
> that which is done by the mind is regarded
> as done, not that which is done by the
> body. The arm with which one embraces the
> wife is the very arm with which one
> embraces the daughter.
>  
> 9. The mind is the cause of (produces)
> the objects of perception. The three worlds
> depend upon it. When it is dissolved the
> world is also dissolved. It is to be cured
> (purified) with effort.
>  
> 10. The mind is bound by the latent impressions
> (vasanas). When there are no
> impressions it is free. Therefore, O Rama,
> bring about quickly, through discrimination,
> the state in which there are no
> impressions.
>  
> 11. Just as a streak of cloud stains
> (appears to stain) the moon or a blotch of
> ink a lime-plastered wall, so also the evil
> spirit of desire stains the inner man.
>  
> 12. O Rama, he who, with inturned mind,
> offers all the three worlds, like dried grass,
> as an oblation in the fire of knowledge,
> becomes free from the illusions of the mind.
>  
> 13. When one knows the real truth about
> acceptance and rejection and does not think;
> of anything but abides in himself, abandoning
> everything, (his) mind does not come
> into existence.
>  
> 14. The mind is terrible (ghoram) in the
> waking state, gentle (santam) in the dream
> state, dull (mudham) in deep sleep and dead
> when not in any of these three states.
>  
> 15. Just as the powder of the kataka seed,
> after precipitating the dirt in water,
> becomes merged in the water, so also the
> mind (after removing all impressions) itself
> becomes merged (in the Self).
>  
> 16. The mind is samsara ; the mind is also
> said to be bondage ; the body is activated by
> the mind just as a tree is shaken by the
> wind.
>  
> 17. Conquer your mind first, by pressing
> the palm with the palm, grinding the teeth
> with the teeth and twisting the limbs with
> the limbs.
>  
> 18. Does not the fool feel ashamed to move
> about in the world as he pleases and talk
> about meditation when he is not able to
> conquer even the mind ?
>  
> 19. The only god to be conquered, is the
> mind. Its conquest leads to the attainment
> of everything. Without its conquest all other
> efforts are fruitless.
>  
> 20. To be unperturbed is the foundation
> of blessedness (Sri). One attains liberation
> by it. To human beings even the conquest of
> the three worlds, without the conquest of
> the mind, is as insignificant as a blade of
> grass.
>  
> 21. Association with the wise, abandonment
> of latent impressions, self-enquiry,
> control of breathing — these are the means
> of conquering the mind.
>  
> 22. To one who is shod with leather the
> earth is as good as covered with leather.
> Even so to the mind which is full
> (undivided) the world overflows with
> nectar.
>  
> 23. The mind becomes bound by thinking
> 'I am not Brahman' ; it becomes completely
> released by thinking 'I am Brahman'.
>  
> 24. When the mind is abandoned (dissolved)
> everything that is dual or single is
> dissolved. What remains after that is the
> Supreme Brahman, peaceful, eternal and
> free from misery.
>  
> 25. There is nothing to equal the supreme
> joy felt by a person of pure mind who has
> attained the state of pure consciousness and
> overcome death.
>  
>  
> (To be Continued)
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