ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [165]

    Alexander Zeugin

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    Gātha 164

     

    The man who leaves the grandeur of king-of-kings (cakravartī) for the sake of austerities (tapa) and, on the other hand, the man who leaves austerities for the sake of sense-pleasures, in turn, reach the highest levels of adoration and of derision.

     

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