ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [199]

    Alexander Zeugin

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    Gātha 198

     

    If today’s austerities are to be robbed tomorrow by seductive half-glances of women, the wealth of asceticism is lost. The life of the householder is better than such asceticism that surely is the cause of future births.

     

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