Group activity
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [250](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/692/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-249) Gātha 249 The ascetic is ever engaged, through severe...
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [249](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/690/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-248) Gātha 248 The asceticism is like a house. This house is...
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Buddhi (wisdom). There are four kinds of buddhi (wisdom), namely :
autpattiki buddhi (intuitive wisdom),
vainayiki buddhi (acquired wisdom),
karmaja buddhi (practical wisdom), and
parinamiki buddhi (deductive...
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [248](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/688/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-247) Gātha 247 O ascetic! Your great austerities (vows of...
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [246](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/685/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-245) Gātha 245 For a certain soul, sometime there can be excessive...
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [247](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/687/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-246) Gātha 246 The one whose merit (puṇya) and demerit (pāpa), both,...
- Alexander Zeugin commented on the blog ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [244]Note 1: EXPLANATORY NOTE Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Samādhitaṅtram: As long as the body, the speech, and the mind are perceived to be the soul there is whirling around in the cycle of births and deaths –...Read more
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [245](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/683/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-244) Gātha 244 The objects of the world for which the man had...
- Alexander Zeugin commented on the blog ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [243]Note 1: Cf. also Ācārya ŚRĪMAT PŪJYAPĀDA’s, SAMĀDHITAṄTRAM, gātha 56 ‘Saṁvara [part 4114]’inclusively notes 1a-c https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/3426765837381656.
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [244](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/682/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-243) Gātha 243 Mistaking the self (the soul) for the body (the...
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Samādhitaṅtram:
As long as the body, the speech, and the mind are perceived to be the soul there is whirling around in the cycle of births and deaths –...
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [243](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/680/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-242) Gātha 242 Infatuation for the body – ‘the body is...
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Cf. also Ācārya ŚRĪMAT PŪJYAPĀDA’s, SAMĀDHITAṄTRAM, gātha 56
‘Saṁvara [part 4114]’inclusively notes 1a-c https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/3426765837381656.
- Alexander Zeugin commented on the blog ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [241]Note 1: EXPLANATORY NOTE Ācārya Kundakunda’s Pravacanasāra, gātha 9: When the soul entertains auspicious (śubha) or inauspicious (aśubha) dispositions, it becomes auspicious (śubha) or inauspicious (aśubha). When...Read more
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [242](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/679/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-241) Gātha 241 The soul does exist and, since beginningless time, it...
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [241](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/678/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-240) Gātha 240 Out of the three – auspicious (śubha), merit...
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Ācārya Kundakunda’s Pravacanasāra, gātha 9:
When the soul entertains auspicious (śubha) or inauspicious (aśubha) dispositions, it becomes auspicious (śubha) or inauspicious (aśubha). When...
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [240](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/677/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-239) Gātha 239 Auspicious (śubha) and inauspicious (aśubha), merit...
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [239](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/676/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-238) Gātha 238 ‘In the whirl of transmigration, earlier, I...
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [238](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/674/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-237) Gātha 237 Presence of attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa)...
- Alexander Zeugin commented on the blog ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [236]Note 1: See also above verse 180 https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/598/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-181.
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [237](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/673/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-236) Gātha 236 As long as there is association with external objects...
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [236](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/672/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-235) Gātha 235 The whole world is essentially one; segregation of...
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See also above verse 180 https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/598/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-181.
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [235](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/671/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-234) Gātha 234 O worthy soul! By paying the earnest money in form of...
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [234](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/669/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-233) Gātha 233 As long as you do not get immersed in the ocean that...
- Alexander Zeugin commented on the blog ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [232]Note 1: For the meaning of dīpaka and kājala, see above, gātha 121 https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/519/atmanusasana-–-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-guṇabhadra-ca-818–900-ad-122.
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [233](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/668/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-232) Gātha 232 O worthy soul! You have first renounced attachment...
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [232](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/666/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-231) Gātha 231 Just as the earthen-lamp (dīpaka) [note 1], due to...
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For the meaning of dīpaka and kājala, see above, gātha 121 https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/519/atmanusasana-–-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-guṇabhadra-ca-818–900-ad-122.
- Alexander Zeugin published a blog post ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [231](← … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/665/atmanusasana-%E2%80%93-precept-on-the-soul-by-acarya-gu%E1%B9%87abhadra-ca-818%E2%80%93900-ad-230) Gātha 230 ‘I know the nature of substances and the enemy...
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Gupti. There are three kinds of gupti, namely:
1. Mano-gupti (preventing the mind from wandering in the forest of sensual pleasures by employing it in contemplation, study, etc.)
2. Vāg-gupti (preventing the tongue from saying bad...