ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [257]
Gātha 256
The ascetics for whom seclusion is as blissful as living in their kingdom; destruction of the body is the attainment of the desired object; sense-pleasures obtained as a result of dissociation of karmas are misery and, therefore, absence of sense-pleasures is extreme happiness; and death is a happy celebration of renunciation – what is there that will not bring them happiness? Rid of attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa), every object, favourable and unfavourable, appears bright to them.
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