ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [259]
Gātha 258
The supreme ascetics, able to endure various afflictions, who have vowed to become independent by renouncing all external and internal possessions; who are rid of misgivings; who feel embarrassed having earlier erroneously considered their unhelpful body as helpful; who are engaged in attainment of their goal (of liberation) – such valiant supreme ascetics, like lion among men, rid of delusion, sitting in seclusion in a posture called ‘palyaṅkāsana’ [note 1] on a mountain, in a dreadful forest, or in a cave, meditate on the way to get rid of the body, on the nature of the pure-soul, or on the Three Jewels (ratnatraya).
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Note 1:
TECHNICAL TERM:
Palyaṅkāsana - standing posture or Kāyotsarga or in the posture of Padmāsana-sitting, cf.
‘Saṁvara [part 233]’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/899497293441869.