Gadhi Questions Vishnu

Continued from  here (Gadhi sees the king)

Sage Vasishtha

Soon, lord Vishnu appeared before him and asked him to choose any boon he liked. Gadhi asked the lord: "The hallucination that I had as in a dream, how is it also seen in the wakeful state?"

LORD VISHNU said:

O Gadhi! That which you see now is an illusion: it is truly naught but the Self, but perceived by the mind which has not been purified and which has not realized the Truth. There is nothing outside the Self; just as the tree is in the seed, all this is already in the mind and the mind sees it as if it is outside. It is the mind alone that perceives all this now, visualizes all this as if in the future and remembers all this as if in the past. It is the mind alone that is experienced as dream, illusion, illness etc. In the mind are countless events like flowers on a tree in full bloom. And just as an uprooted tree bears no flowers, the mind freed of percepts and concepts is freed from rebirth etc. 

Is it any wonder that the mind which contains countless thought forms should be able to manifest the idea "I am a tribesman"? Even so, the same mind manifests other ideas like "I have a brahmana guest who told me the story etc." and "I am going to Bhutamandalam" and "I am in Kira kingdom now". All this was but hallucination! Thus, O Holy One, you have seen both forms of illusion: the one which you yourself thought was an illusion and the other which you think is reality - both of which are hallucinations in truth. You entertained no guest, and you did not go anywhere! All this, too, was but hallucination. You have really not been to Bhutamandalam or the Kira kingdom - all these were also illusions. Arise, O Sage, engage yourself in whatever action is appropriate here: for without such activity, one does not attain what is worthy in this life!

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