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ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [194]

    Alexander Zeugin
    By Alexander Zeugin

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    Gātha 193

     

    O soul! For very long, by adopting conduct that destroys the soul-nature, you have lived as a vicious-soul (an extroverted-soul – bahirātmā). Now, by adopting such conduct that benefits the soul you become a righteous-soul (an introverted-soul – antarātmā). You can then reach the stage of the pure-soul (paramātmā), which can only be attained through self-effort. In this stage, the soul becomes of the nature of infinite-knowledge (omniscience), and enjoyer of the soul-bliss that is independent of all external sense-objects. Such is the resplendent own-nature of the soul, realized by the soul itself.

     

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      • Alexander Zeugin
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        Note 1:

        EXPLANATORY NOTE

         

        Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Samādhitaṅtram, gātha 5:

         

        The one who entertains delusion that the body and the like are but the soul is the extroverted-soul (bahirātmā), the one who entertains no delusion about mental states – imperfections like attachment and aversion, and the soul-nature – is the introverted-soul (antarātmā), and the one who is utterly pure and rid of all karmic dirt is the pure-soul (paramātmā).

         

        Cf. ‘Saṁvara [part 4064]’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/3416054448452795.

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