The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol 4 (of 4), Part 1 (of 2)Valmiki
Religion
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol 4 (of 4), Part 1 (of 2)
Valmiki
Hinduism -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800; Religious life -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800
33. After the essence of the soul is purged of its dross, and there
appears no alloy or base metal in it; it shines with its bright lustre
as that of pure gold, when it is purified from its mixture with copper
or other.
34. As an insignificant term (_nirabhidhártha_), bears no accepted sense
(vypadesártha); so the unintelligible word _ego_ bearing no definite
sense of any particular person, is equal to the _non-ego_ or impersonal
entity of Brahma.
35. It is Brahma only that resides in the word _ego_ (_i.e._ the word
_ego_ is applicable to God alone).
36. The meaning of the word _ego_, which contains the seed of world in
it, is rendered abortive by our ceasing to think of it. Then what is the
good of using the words I and thou, that serve only to bind our souls to
this world. (Forget yourselves, to be free from bondage).
37. The essence is the pure and felicitous spirit, which is afterwards
soiled under the appellation of _ego_, which rises out of that pure
essence, as a pot is produced from the clay; but the substance is forgot
under the form, as the gold is forgotten under that of the ornament.
38. It is this seed of _ego_, from which the visible plant of creation
takes its rise; and produces the countless worlds as its fruits, which
grow to fade and fall away.
39. The meaning of the word _ego_, contains in it like the minute seed
of a long pepper, the wonderful productions of nature, consisting of the
earth and sea, the hills and rivers, and forms and colours of things,
with their various natures and actions.
40. The heaven and earth, the air and space, the hills and rivers on all
sides, are as the fragrance of the full blown flower of the _Ego_.
41. The _Ego_ in its widest sense, stretches out to the verge of
creation, and contains all the worlds under it, as the wide spread
day light comprehends all objects and their action under it.
42. As the early daylight brings to view the forms and shapes and
colours of things; so it is our egoism (which is but another name for
ignorance) that presents the false appearance of the world to our visual
sight.
43. When egoism like a particle of dirty oil falls into the pellucid
water of Brahma; it spreads over its surface in the form of globules,
resembling the orbs of worlds floating in the air.
44. Egoism sees at a single glance the myriads of worlds spread before
its visual sight; as the blinking eye observes at a twinkling thousands
of specks scattered before its sight.
45. Egoism (selfishness) being extended too far, perceives the furthest
worlds lying stretched before its sight; but the unegotist or
unselfish soul, like a sleeping man doth not perceive the nearest
object, as our eyes do not see the pupils lying within them.
46. It is only upon the total extinction of our egoistic feelings, by
the force of unfailing reasoning; that we can get rid of the mirage of
the world.
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