Like the straight thin filament of a lotus stalk which does
not part asunder, even though the stalk is broken, all the Vasanas which have
been clinging to us from a long time are not and will not be destroyed except through
a long continued practice of meditation and introspection.
The wise say that the best thing for a man to do in this
world is to give up, without the least longing, Vasanas – all affinities for
objects – which cause the mind to fluctuate and take men away from moksha (liberation) and the stainless path.
Immense wealth, friends, relatives, Benares and other sacred
places, bathing in the Ganges and other waters, the hermitage of Munis,
religious austerities afflicting the body and other like things are not the
sure means of ever reaching the higher state; but it is through the mind’s
efforts that the immaculate and supreme Seat can be attained.
Yoga Vasishta
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