ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [58]

    Alexander Zeugin

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    Gātha 56

     

    The fire burns when fed with the fuel and gets extinguished for want of the fuel. But it is a wonder that the grave fire of delusion (moha) blazes strongly in both situations – when it is fed with the objects of the senses and also when it is not fed with the objects of the senses.

     

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