ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [192]

    Alexander Zeugin

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    Gātha 191

     

    O worthy soul! Why do you long for sense-pleasures as you see the sensuous men? Even a little longing for sense-pleasures is extremely harmful for you. It is right; consumption of oily things, like ghee, being harmful, is proscribed for the man under treatment, but it is not so for the others.

     

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