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even if he again awakes to it: “ His mind inclines to solitude, bends towards solitude, sinks itself in solitude, to him this is highest blessedness.” (M. 1. P. 306)
SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST. VOL. X. Dhammapada Ch. XXI.
Page 305. "He alone, who, without ceasing, practises the duty of sitting alone, sleeping alone, he subdues himself, with rejoice in the destruction of all desires alone, as if living in a forest." THE JAIN SCRIPTURES ALSO DESCRIBE THE
BEAUTY OF SOLITARINESS. अभवञ्चित्त विक्षेप एकांते तत्त्व संस्थितः ।
अभ्यास्येदभियोगेन योगीतत्त्वं विजात्मनः ॥ ३६॥ Abhavachchitta viksepaekânte tattva sansthitih, Abhyasyedabhiyogen yogi tattvam nijâtmanah
“A meditating saint should practise contemplation of one's own self being steadfast in the true principle with efforts in a solitary place where the mind may not be disturbed.
Juânárnava says: रागादि बागुराजालं निकृत्याचिन्त्य विक्रमः।
स्थानमाश्रयते धन्यो विविक्तं ध्यान सिद्धये ॥२-२७॥ Rágâdi bâgurâjâlam nikritya chintya vikramah, Sthåna másrayate dhanyo viviktam dhyana siddhaé 2/27
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