Yoga-Vāsiṣṭha 1.30—Rāma's Questions Part 1
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2017-09-02

This series is classified Ajata-vāda | Jñāna-yoga | Turīya | Sahasrāra-cakra

What state of life is dignified above others, which is not associated with troubles, is unqualified by the human condition, free from errors, where grief is unknown?

How have Janaka and other good men, conspicuous for their ceremonious acts and distinguished for their good conduct, acquired their excellence?

How can a man who has smeared the dirt of worldliness all over his body be cleansed? 

What is the knowledge by which the serpents of worldliness can be freed from their worldly crookedness and become straight in their conduct?

How can the foulness of my heart, soiled by errors and tainted with evils like a lake disturbed by elephants and polluted with dirt, regain its clarity?

How is it possible for someone engaged in worldly affairs to be untainted with their blemishes and remain as pure and intact as a drop of water on a lotus leaf?

How can one attain excellence by dealing with others as with himself, regarding others’ property to be like straw and remaining aloof from love?

Who is that great man that has crossed the great ocean of the world, whose exemplary conduct exempts one from misery? 

What is the best of things that should be pursued, and what fruit is worth obtaining? 

Which is the best course of life in this inconsistent world?

How can I have knowledge of past and future events of the world, and the nature of the unsteady works of its Creator, that my mind may be cleared of impurities?

What is most delectable to the mind, and what is the most abominable, and how may this fickle and inconstant mind become fixed like a rock? 

What is that holy charm that can remove this choleric pain of worldliness attended with numberless troubles?

How can I entertain the blossoms of the tree of heavenly happiness, that sheds the coolness of full moonbeams within my heart?

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