ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [260]
Gātha 259
The dirt sticking to their bodies is their ornament; the surface of the rock is their resting place; the graveled earth is their bedstead; the natural, insulated abode of the panthers is their dwelling; they are rid of volition concerning ‘me’ and ‘mine’ [note 1]; their knot of darkness of ignorance has opened; and they long for nothing but liberation. May such possessors of the riches of knowledge purify our hearts!
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Comments
Note 1:
The ‘sense-of-mine’ for objects of the world is one of the signs of delusion. Cf.
‘Saṁvara [part 3716]’ Ācārya Kuṇdakunda’s Pravacanasāra, section -1, gātha 85 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/3249928998398675.