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Bhāvanā ( Anuprekṣā ) Sūtra
175
2. When thousands of holes in the ship are plugged, there is
no inflow of water in it; similarly when false faith is given up, the influx of karmic bondage is arrested.
- Naya. 155
3. A detached monk is free from all attachments, even of his body.
— Daśa. Sū. 6.22
4. An aspirant should keep away from all those associations that generate misconduct.
- Daśa. Sū. 6.59
5. An auspicious thought process of the soul secures merit while an inauspicious thought process causes demerit.
- Pañcā. 132
6. The influx of karmas caused by false faith, vowlessness,
passions and yoga is restricted by having right faith, taking the vows, practising forgiveness and by controlling the body, mind and speech.
Mū. 241
7. A person who is indifferent to sensual pleasures traverses the forest of birth and death.
-- Iñātā. 1.6
8. Self control of only such a person is praiseworthy who has
neither attachment nor aversion of any kind, be it in sound, form, smell, taste or touch.
- Daśa. Ni. 295
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