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Yoga Vasishta Quote 27

Yoga Vasishta Quote 27

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Vasundhara

Yoga Vasishta Quote 27

Yoga Vasishta Sara – Chapter 1
Sage Vasishta’s Guidance to Lord Rama

Verse 27.

Neither disease nor poison nor adversity, nor any other thing in the world, causes more suffering to men than such stupidity engendered in their bodies.

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Yoga Vasishta Quote 26

Yoga Vasishta Quote 26

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Vasundhara

Yoga Vasishta Quote 26

Yoga Vasishta Sara – Chapter 1
Sage Vasishta’s Guidance to Lord Rama

Verse 26.

Oh Rama, it is indeed nobler to wander begging about the streets, an earthen bowl in hand, than to live a life steeped in ignorance.

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Yoga Vasishta Quote 25

Yoga Vasishta Quote 25

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Vasundhara

Yoga Vasishta Quote 25

Yoga Vasishta Sara – Chapter 1
Sage Vasishta’s Guidance to Lord Rama

Verse 25.

All this is the tranquil, One without beginning, middle or end, which cannot be said to be existent or non-existent. Know this and be happy.

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Yoga Vasishta Quote 24

Yoga Vasishta Quote 24

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Vasundhara

Yoga Vasishta Quote 24

Yoga Vasishta Sara – Chapter 1
Sage Vasishta’s Guidance to Lord Rama

Verse 24.

The Self is more extensive than space; it is pure, subtle, undecaying and auspicious. As such how could it be born and how can it die ?

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Yoga Vasishta Quote 23

Yoga Vasishta Quote 23

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Vasundhara

Yoga Vasishta Quote 23

Yoga Vasishta Sara – Chapter 1
Sage Vasishta’s Guidance to Lord Rama

Verse 23.

Nothing whatever is born or dies anywhere at any time. It is Brahman (Self) alone appearing illusorily in the form of the world.

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Yoga Vasishta Quote 22

Yoga Vasishta Quote 22

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Vasundhara

Yoga Vasishta Quote 22

Yoga Vasishta Sara – Chapter 1
Sage Vasishta’s Guidance to Lord Rama

Verse 22.

When pots, etc. are broken, the space within them becomes unlimited. So also when bodies cease to exist, the Self remains eternal and unattached.

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Yoga Vasishta Quote 21

Yoga Vasishta Quote 21

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Vasundhara

Yoga Vasishta Quote 21

Yoga Vasishta Sara – Chapter 1
Sage Vasishta’s Guidance to Lord Rama

Verse 21.

On the dissolution of the body, only the individual consciousness limited by the Heart ceases to Exist. People lament needlessly that the Self is dead.

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Yoga Vasishta Sara Quote 20

Yoga Vasishta Quote 20

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Vasundhara

Yoga Vasishta Quote 20

Yoga Vasishta Sara – Chapter 1
Sage Vasishta’s Guidance to Lord Rama

Verse 20.

He who has understood well how to abandon all ideas of acceptance and rejection and who has realized the consciousness which is within the innermost heart – his life is illustrious.

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Yoga Vasishta Sara Quote 19

Yoga Vasishta Quote 19

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Vasundhara

Yoga Vasishta Quote 19

Yoga Vasishta Sara – Chapter 1
Sage Vasishta’s Guidance to Lord Rama

Verse 19.

He is a happy man whose mind is inwardly cool and free from attachment and hatred and who looks upon this (world) like a mere spectator.

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Yoga Vasishta Sara Quote 18

Yoga Vasishta Quote 18

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Vasundhara

Yoga Vasishta Quote 18

Yoga Vasishta Sara – Chapter 1
Sage Vasishta’s Guidance to Lord Rama

Verse 18.

Just as we experience the delusion of hundreds of year in a dream lasting an hour, so also we experience the sport of maya in our waking state.

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Yoga Vasishta Sara Quote 17

Yoga Vasishta Quote 17

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Vasundhara

Yoga Vasishta Quote 17

Yoga Vasishta Sara – Chapter 1
Sage Vasishta’s Guidance to Lord Rama

Verse 17.

Even the slightest thought immerses a man in sorrow; when devoid of all thoughts he enjoys imperishable bliss.

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Yoga Vasishta Sara Quote 16

Yoga Vasishta Quote 16

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Vasundhara

Yoga Vasishta Quote 16

Yoga Vasishta Sara – Chapter 1
Sage Vasishta’s Guidance to Lord Rama

Verse 16.

That perverted man who, even after knowing that worldly objects are deceptive, still thinks of them, is an ass, not a man.

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