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Yoga Vashishtha 3.84.29–37
(The role of mind in Creation)
श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच।
महावाक्यार्थनिष्ठान्तां बुद्धिं कृत्वा रघूद्वह।
वचोभेदमनादृत्य यदिदं वच्मि ते श्रृणु ॥ २९॥
यतःकुतश्चिदुच्छ्रायं गन्धर्वपुरवन्मनः।
भ्रान्तिमात्रं तनोतीदं जगदाख्यं स्वजृम्भणम् ॥ ३०॥
यथा चेतस्तनोतीमां जगन्मायां तथानघ।
श्रृणु त्वं कथयामीदं दृष्टान्तं दृष्टिवेदनम् ॥ ३१॥
यं श्रुत्वा सर्वमेवेदं भ्रान्तिमात्रमिति स्वयम्।
राम निश्चयवान्भूत्वा दूरे त्यक्ष्यसि वासनाम् ॥ ३२॥
मनोमनननिर्माणमात्रमेव जगत्त्रयम्।
सर्वमुत्सृज्य शान्तात्मा स्वात्मन्येव निवत्स्यसि ॥ ३३॥
मद्वाक्यार्थावधानस्थो मनोव्याधिचिकित्सने।
विवेकौषधलेशेन प्रयत्नं च करिष्यसि ॥ ३४॥
एवं स्थिते जगद्रूपं चित्तमेवेह जृम्भते।
न विद्यते शरीरादि सिकतान्तरतैलवत् ॥ ३५॥
चित्तमेव हि संसारो रागादिक्लेशदूषितम्।
तदैव तैर्विनिर्मुक्तं भवान्त इति कथ्यते ॥ ३६॥
चित्तं साध्यं पालनीयं विचार्यं कार्यमार्यवत्।
आहार्यं व्यवहार्यं च संचार्यं धार्यमादरात् ॥ ३७॥
Sage Vashishta continued:
3.84.29–32
> O Rama, fix your understanding firmly on the Essence of the great teachings. Ignoring differences in wording, listen carefully to what I tell you now.
> The mind rises somehow and spreads like a magical city of Gandharvas. This entire World that we see is only an illusion created by its own expansion.
> Just as the mind creates this illusory World, O Pure One, listen to the example I will now give you about how perception works.
> Hearing this, you will yourself Realize that everything is mere delusion. O Rama, becoming firmly convinced, you will give up all mental tendencies from a distance.
3.84.33–37
> The three Worlds are nothing but the creation of the mind’s thinking. Giving up everything, with a peaceful soul, you will rest happily in your own True Self.
> Pay full attention to the meaning of my words. In treating the disease of the mind, you will make effort with even a little of the medicine of discrimination.
> When this is understood, the World-form is only the mind expanding here. There is no body or other objects, just as there is no oil inside sand.
> The mind itself is the cycle of Worldly Existence when polluted by desires and other afflictions. When freed from them, it is called liberation.
> The mind should be cultivated, protected, examined, and handled like a noble person. It should be guided, used in daily affairs, directed properly, and held with care and respect.
Summary of the Teachings:
Vasistha instructs Rama to focus deeply on the core meaning of the Highest Teachings rather than getting caught in words. The mind creates the appearance of the World like a dream city that seems Real but has no substance. This shows that the World is not independent but only a projection of the mind’s activity.
The teaching uses the example of perception to help the seeker understand how the mind weaves illusions. By truly grasping this, one develops firm conviction that everything experienced is delusion. This Realization helps in letting go of deep-rooted mental habits and tendencies.
The three Worlds exist only through the mind’s constant thinking. Once this is seen clearly, the seeker drops all attachments and rests peacefully in the True Self. Paying careful attention to these words acts as medicine to cure the mind’s illnesses through the power of discrimination.
In this State, the World is recognized as nothing but the mind’s own expansion. There are no solid objects like bodies; they are as unreal as oil mixed in sand. The mind alone creates the sense of Worldly life when filled with desires and suffering.
When the mind is purified of these impurities, it becomes liberation itself. The mind needs to be carefully trained, protected, reflected upon, and used wisely in daily life. It should be guided with respect so that it serves the path to freedom rather than bondage.
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