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ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [45]

    Alexander Zeugin
    By Alexander Zeugin

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    Gātha 43

     

    It is a pity that ignorant men, burning with the fuel of desires, wish to get relief from the heat of anguish (misery) by seeking comfort in the shadow of high-rise bamboo-trees [note 1]!

     

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      • Alexander Zeugin
        By Alexander ZeuginComment by owner

        Note 1c:

         

        Ācārya Samantabhadra’s Svayambhūstotra:

         

        The fire of lust burns the worldly beings from all sides. Indulgence in sensual pleasures does not calm down the lust but, as is the nature of the senses, intensifies it. Such indulgence is only an external palliative. O Lord! Knowing this, you became averse to the pleasures appertaining to the senses.

        • Alexander Zeugin
          By Alexander ZeuginComment by owner

          Note 1b:

           

          EXPLANATORY NOTE:

           

          Ācārya Samantabhadra, in adoration of Lord Kunthunātha (the seventeenth Tīrthaṅkara), avers the futility of sensual pleasures.

           

          [continuation… next note →]

          • Alexander Zeugin
            By Alexander ZeuginComment by owner

            Note 1:

            Bamboo-trees fail to provide shadow and get ignited by their own friction.

             

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