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ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [101]

    Alexander Zeugin
    By Alexander Zeugin

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    Gātha 100

     

    O noble man! Before your present life, marked by right faith (samyagdarśana), you had acted like the ‘ajākṛpāṇīya’ [note 1], without pondering over what needed to be accepted and rejected in this world. Whatever little objects of happiness you got were obtained by the logic of ‘andhaka-vartakīya’ [note 2].

     

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      • Alexander Zeugin
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        Note 2:

        ‘andhaka-vartakīya’ – A blind man spreads his hands and, by chance, catches a sparrow.

        • Alexander Zeugin
          By Alexander ZeuginComment by owner

          Note 1:

           ‘ajākṛpāṇīya’ – A man took a she-goat for killing but could not find a knife. The she-goat started digging the surrounding earth and, by chance, a knife was found there. The she-goat was killed.

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