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Ashtavakra Samhita: "The universe is but a state of the mind." Panchadasi: "The mind is virtually the external world." Mahabharata: "The mind is the essence of all things that are manifest." Taittiriya Upanishad: "From mind (manas) indeed are all entities born." Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: "This great, endless, infinite Reality is but purely mental (Vijnanaghana)." Jivanmukti Viveka: "The whole world is the result of mere mental construction in me."

-- Notebooks Category 21: Mentalism > Chapter 4 : The Challenge of Mentalism > # 222