ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [115]
Gātha 114
In this world, the ascetic vanquishes his natural enemies, like the passions of anger, etc., through the power of austerity (tapa). He acquires merits which are dearer to him than own-life. Further, in the after-life he automatically and speedily attains liberation as the culmination of his human effort. This being the case, why should the man not engage in austerity that destroys all anguish?
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