VASISTHA'S YOGA DAILY READING | SECTION V | CHAPTER 65 66
asa yavadasesena na lunas cittasambhavah
virudho datrakeneva tavannah kusalam kutah (66/11)
Vasistha continued :
O Rama , so long as one does not subdue the mind with the mind , one cannot attain self-knowledge ; and as long as one entertains the false notions of " I " and " mine " , so long sorrow does not come to an end , even as the sun in a painting never sets .
There is a legend that illustrates this truth .
I shall now narrate it to you .
There is a great mountain which is as high as the three worlds put together .
On its peaks dwell the gods , in the middle dwell human beings and at its base dwell the beings of the nether world .
It is known as Sahya .
It contains everything , as it were .
On it there is the hermitage of the sage Atri .
In it there dwelt two sages known as Brhaspati and Sukra , each of whom had a son , known as Vilasa and Bhasa respectively .
The two boys grew up into young men .
They were very greatly attached to each other and were inseparable .
In course of time , the two elder sages , Brhaspati and Sukra , left this world .
Grief-stricken , the two young men performed the appropriate funeral rites .
On account of the loss of their fathers they felt disinterested in property , wealth , etc , and both of them thereupon went away to the forest , each in a different direction , to lead a nomadic life .
After a considerable time , once again they met each other .
Vilasa said to his friend Bhasa :
What a delight to meet you again , O my dearest friend .
Tell me what you have been doing since we parted .
Did your austerities bear fruit ?
Has your mind rid itself of the burning fever of worldliness ?
Have you attained self-knowledge ?
Tell me : are you well and happy ?
Bhasa replied :
I consider myself extremely fortunate to see you again , my very dear friend and brother .
However , how can we who are wandering in this world-appearance ever be well and happy unless and until we attain the highest wisdom , until the psychological perversions cease ?
Until we cross this ocean of world-cycle , how can we be well and happy ?
Until the hopes and desires born of the mind have been completely destroyed , how can we be well and happy ?
Until we attain self-knowledge , we shall return again to this plane of birth and death to undergo childhood , youth , manhood , old age and death again and again , we shall engage ourselves in the same essenseless actions and experiences .
Cravings destroy wisdom .
Lost in satisfying sensual appetites , life ebbs away fast .
The mind falls into the blind well of sense-pleasure .
It is a wonder how and why this body , which is an excellent vehicle to take us to the other shore of self-knowledge , falls into the mire of worldliness !
In the twinkling of an eye , this little ripple known as the mind assumes terrible proportions .
Man foolishly ascribes to the self the sorrow and the sufferings that do not touch it in the least , and becomes miserable .
asa yavadasesena na lunas cittasambhavah
virudho datrakeneva tavannah kusalam kutah (66/11)
Vasistha continued :
O Rama , so long as one does not subdue the mind with the mind , one cannot attain self-knowledge ; and as long as one entertains the false notions of " I " and " mine " , so long sorrow does not come to an end , even as the sun in a painting never sets .
There is a legend that illustrates this truth .
I shall now narrate it to you .
There is a great mountain which is as high as the three worlds put together .
On its peaks dwell the gods , in the middle dwell human beings and at its base dwell the beings of the nether world .
It is known as Sahya .
It contains everything , as it were .
On it there is the hermitage of the sage Atri .
In it there dwelt two sages known as Brhaspati and Sukra , each of whom had a son , known as Vilasa and Bhasa respectively .
The two boys grew up into young men .
They were very greatly attached to each other and were inseparable .
In course of time , the two elder sages , Brhaspati and Sukra , left this world .
Grief-stricken , the two young men performed the appropriate funeral rites .
On account of the loss of their fathers they felt disinterested in property , wealth , etc , and both of them thereupon went away to the forest , each in a different direction , to lead a nomadic life .
After a considerable time , once again they met each other .
Vilasa said to his friend Bhasa :
What a delight to meet you again , O my dearest friend .
Tell me what you have been doing since we parted .
Did your austerities bear fruit ?
Has your mind rid itself of the burning fever of worldliness ?
Have you attained self-knowledge ?
Tell me : are you well and happy ?
Bhasa replied :
I consider myself extremely fortunate to see you again , my very dear friend and brother .
However , how can we who are wandering in this world-appearance ever be well and happy unless and until we attain the highest wisdom , until the psychological perversions cease ?
Until we cross this ocean of world-cycle , how can we be well and happy ?
Until the hopes and desires born of the mind have been completely destroyed , how can we be well and happy ?
Until we attain self-knowledge , we shall return again to this plane of birth and death to undergo childhood , youth , manhood , old age and death again and again , we shall engage ourselves in the same essenseless actions and experiences .
Cravings destroy wisdom .
Lost in satisfying sensual appetites , life ebbs away fast .
The mind falls into the blind well of sense-pleasure .
It is a wonder how and why this body , which is an excellent vehicle to take us to the other shore of self-knowledge , falls into the mire of worldliness !
In the twinkling of an eye , this little ripple known as the mind assumes terrible proportions .
Man foolishly ascribes to the self the sorrow and the sufferings that do not touch it in the least , and becomes miserable .
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