ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [231]
Gātha 230
‘I know the nature of substances and the enemy in form of desires can do no harm to me.’ Don’t be so overbearing. Without undermining the enemy, in form of desires, that engenders excessive fear in the three worlds, destroy it down to the roots. See, the oceanic-fire causes excessive damage to the ocean, itself with unfathomable water. It is right; where can one attain peace when the enemy is sitting in one’s lap?
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