OM-ARHAM

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Alternate meaning:

This composition – ‘Ātmānuśāsana’ – is the work of Ācārya Guṇabhadra whose heart is dedicated to the remembrance of the feet of his Preceptor, Ācārya Jinasena.

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The four adorations (arādhanā) are of

(1) right faith (samyagdarśana),

(2) right knowledge (samyagjñāna),

(3) right conduct (samyakcāritra) and

(4) right austerities (samyaktapa).

See also Ācārya...

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For the qualities acquired for a bhāvya soul, for grasping if addressed here, see

‘Saṁvara [part 3427]’ note 3 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/3125384684186441/?comment_id=3125390370852539.

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The ‘sense-of-mine’ for objects of the world is one of the signs of delusion. Cf.

‘Saṁvara [part 3716]’ Ācārya Kuṇdakunda’s Pravacanasāra, section -1, gātha 85...

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TECHNICAL TERM:

Palyaṅkāsana - standing posture or Kāyotsarga or in the posture of Padmāsana-sitting, cf.

‘Saṁvara [part 233]’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/899497293441869.

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The tail of the cow (which gets thinner at the end), is the allegory for the four kaṣāyas in the lowest, the gleaming called sañjvalanakaṣāya level, cf. Guṇadhara’s Kaṣāya-pāhuḍa, chapter 26, v....

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This foe is Antaraṅgāri (the six inner enemies):

1. rāga (infatuation, desire, lust, wanton) – the four kaṣāyas: 2. krodha (anger), 3. māna (conceit), 4. māyā (deceit), 5. lobha (greed) – 6. dveṣa (hate),...

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Chandra – Moon. For the definition of the metaphor see

‘Saṁvara [part 699]’ note 14 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1082091401849123/?comment_id=1082093288515601.