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ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [249]

    Alexander Zeugin
    By Alexander Zeugin

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    Gātha 248

     

    The asceticism is like a house. This house is protected by strong doors in form of ‘gupti’ [note 1] – curbing of activities of the mind, the speech and the body. Its walls are ‘dhairya’ – firmness. Its foundation is ‘buddhi’ [note 2] – the knowledge or the intellect. This house of asceticism is damaged by the snakes of attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa) if even a small hole (of wrong-conduct) is left in it.

     

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      • Alexander Zeugin
        By Alexander ZeuginComment by owner

        Note 2:

        Buddhi (wisdom). There are four kinds of buddhi (wisdom), namely :

        1.  autpattiki buddhi (intuitive wisdom),
        2. vainayiki buddhi (acquired wisdom),
        3. karmaja buddhi (practical wisdom), and
        4. parinamiki buddhi (deductive wisdom),

         

        cf. ‘Saṁvara [part 813]’ note 10 c ‘Vipāka Sūtra, first Shrutskandh, tenth chapter, Añjū, 9 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1140052362719693.

        • Alexander Zeugin
          By Alexander ZeuginComment by owner

          Note 1:

          Gupti. There are three kinds of gupti, namely:

          1. Mano-gupti (preventing the mind from wandering in the forest of sensual pleasures by employing it in contemplation, study, etc.)

          2. Vāg-gupti (preventing the tongue from saying bad things by a vow of silence, etc.)

          3. Kāya-gupti (putting the body in an immovable posture as in the case of kāyōtsarga).

          For more details see Uttarādhyayana Sūtra, lecture 24 http://sacred-texts.com/jai/sbe45/sbe4526.htm.

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