ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [213]

    Alexander Zeugin

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    Gātha 212

     

    If you do not observe severe austerities (tapa) because of your inability to endure hardships, let it be. However, if you do not subjugate passions (kaṣāya), etc., which are conquered through the control of the mind, then it is your ignorance.

     

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