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Chapter 7 - Sutras 4-7
With the pure intention of stability, these emotions can be reduced, increased, or developed in quantity and meaning.
Some other emotions state: Non-violence and related conditions of perception.
Emotions of friendship, joy, compassion, and equanimity are present in beings marked by higher qualities and are affected by obstacles.
The inherent nature of the world and the body reflects impulses and detachment.
Violence signifies observing both worldly calamities and supernatural misfortunes.
Alternatively, the sentiment that there is only suffering in the defects relating to violence.
Nurturing feelings of friendship towards living beings, indulgence in qualities of those with higher attributes, compassion towards those in suffering, and equanimity towards the unworthy. - For impulses and detachment, contemplate the inherent nature of the world and the body.
The abandonment of something can sustain itself only by truly perceiving its defects; hence, it is deemed necessary to recognize the defects of violence and others to ensure the stability of the vow against them. This recognition of defects is presented in two ways: worldly defects and supernatural defects. The worldly calamities experienced due to indulgence in violence, falsehood, etc., should always be acknowledged.