ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [121]
Gātha 120
The ascetic, in the beginning, is endowed primarily with Luminousness [note 1], like the earthen-lamp (dīpaka) [note 2]. Later on, he is endowed with both, heat [note 3] and luminousness, like the sun.
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Comments
Note 3:
Heat refers to austerity (tapa).
Note 2:
TECHNICAL TERM:
Dīpaka. Right belief is called dīpaka, when it is a light for right-belief for others, cf.
‘Saṁvara [part 3648]’ note 1c https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/3247261101998798/?comment_id=3247267108664864.
Note 1:
Luminousness refers to knowledge (jñāna).