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## Translation:
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The twenty-five auspicious contemplation practice (Panchavimshati Kalyana Bhavana Vidhi) is described in the Harivansha Purana. It should be understood by the learned as described there. ||11||
The contemplations of right faith, humility, knowledge, conduct, truth, scripture, samiti, solitude, secrecy, meditation, pure meditation, cessation of afflictions, cessation of desires, restraint, auspicious yoga, enthusiasm, compassion, anxiety, disgust with enjoyment, disgust with the world, detachment from enjoyment, liberation, friendliness, indifference, and joy are known as the twenty-five auspicious contemplations. ||14-16||
**The practice of the twenty-five auspicious contemplations:**
There are twenty-five auspicious contemplations. One should observe twenty-five fasts, each followed by a breaking of the fast, focusing on each of these contemplations. This is the practice of the twenty-five auspicious contemplations. This practice is described by the learned. ||113||
**The practice of the twenty-five auspicious contemplations:**
1. Right faith contemplation
2. Humility contemplation
3. Knowledge contemplation
4. Conduct contemplation
5. Truth contemplation
6. Scripture contemplation
7. Samiti contemplation
8. Solitude contemplation
9. Secrecy contemplation
10. Meditation contemplation
11. Pure meditation contemplation
12. Cessation of afflictions contemplation
13. Cessation of desires contemplation
14. Restraint contemplation
15. Auspicious yoga contemplation
16. Enthusiasm contemplation
17. Compassion contemplation
18. Anxiety contemplation
19. Disgust with enjoyment contemplation
20. Disgust with the world contemplation
21. Detachment from enjoyment contemplation
22. Liberation contemplation
23. Friendliness contemplation
24. Indifference contemplation
25. Joy contemplation
These are the twenty-five auspicious contemplations. ||114-116||
**The practice of removing suffering (Dukhaharan Vidhi):**
In the practice of removing suffering, the learned should first observe fourteen fasts, considering the lowest and highest lifespans of the seven realms. ||117||
Then, considering the two lifespans of the beings in the animal realm, both those who have attained perfection and those who have not, one should observe four fasts. After that, considering the two lifespans of the beings in the human realm, both those who have attained perfection and those who have not, one should observe four fasts. Then, in the realm of gods, one should observe two fasts for the gods up to the Aishana heaven, twenty-two fasts for the gods up to the Achyuta heaven, eighteen fasts for the nine graveyakas, two fasts for the nine anudishas, and two fasts for the five anuttara vimanas. In total, one should observe sixty-eight fasts. In this practice, one breaks the fast after two fasts. Thus, with sixty-eight fasts and thirty-four breaking of the fasts, this practice is completed in one hundred and two days. By performing this practice, all suffering is removed. ||118-120||
**The practice of karma destruction (Karmakshaya Vidhi):**
In the practice of karma destruction, one should observe one hundred and forty-four fasts, focusing on the one hundred and forty-four karmic consequences, starting from the ninety-nine karmic consequences that begin with the name. In this practice, one breaks the fast after one fast. Thus, with one hundred and forty-four fasts and one hundred and forty-four breaking of the fasts, this practice is completed in two hundred and eighty-eight days. By performing this practice, karma is destroyed. ||121||
1. Awakened enthusiasm - M.
2. Auspicious yoga enthusiasm - G.
3. Cause anxiety - G., M., K.
4. Joyful end - G., M.
5. Peaceful end - M.
6. Awakened - M. Awakened - G.
7. Name, therefore, ninety-nine - M.
**Note:**
* M. = Manuscript
* G. = Granth
* K. = Commentary