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ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [171]

    Alexander Zeugin
    By Alexander Zeugin

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    Gātha 170

     

    The wise ascetic should everyday beguile his mind-monkey on the Scripture-tree (śrutaskandha) that is drooping down with load of flowers and fruits in form of substances (padārtha) having varied attributes, covered with foliage in form of spoken-words (vacana), having hundreds of branches in form of points-of-view (naya), lofty, and steady with deep roots of right and comprehensive sensory-knowledge (matijñāna).

     

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      • Alexander Zeugin
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        Note 1:

        EXPLANATORY NOTE

         

        Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Samādhitaṅtram:

         

        Only the man whose mind – by way of explanation, water – is not disturbed by the waves of imperfections like attachment and aversion can see (experience) the pure soul-substance; others whose minds are disturbed by the waves of imperfections like attachment and aversion cannot see (experience) the pure soul-substance.

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