ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [125]

    Alexander Zeugin

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    Gātha 124

     

    The sun, when it leaves the expanse of bright light and embraces the red tinge of darkness, falls into the underworld, i.e., it vanishes. In the same way, the man who leaves the light of knowledge that illumines the nature of substances and embraces ignorance, falls into the underworld, i.e., the infernal state of existence.

     

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