________________
Parai)
झाण-सामग्गी
२२३
32
... The aspirant after emancipation whose heart is well scented with these reflections, becomes strong enough to preserve the glory of equaninity from being seized by a plunderer in the form of egoisın.
38
Concentration is well secured by resorting to equanimity which being absent meditation cannot be well accomplished, on the contrary the under-taking of meditation proves causing degradation. The more the meditation progresses the more the Karmic forces enveloping the soul, are reiňoved.
.
..
39
Concentration is not attained without equanimity, and equanimity is not elevated with
out concentration. Both being interdependent · one renders the other steady and vice versa.
40
The embodied souls, though they were encumbered with heinous, sins, attained, being turned to the path of auspicious yoga, to the highest state ( final beatitude ] by the washing off of all Karmic dirt.
