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SELF AWARENESS THROUGH MEDITATION
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There are a few questions and answers and aphorisms which encapsulate the philosophy of Veetaraga and Vipassana which are culled out from the scriptures by Shri Kumat:
Ka Arai? Ke Anande? Aithanpi Aggahe Chare.
What grief? What pleasure? Move without grasping any one of them. Ignore them.-stanza 57
Purisa Sachchameva Samabhijaanaahi Hey man! Know the truth with equanimity.—stanza 62
Sachchasssa Aanaaye Uvatthiyese mehavee maaran taarayee One who follows the Truth, transcends the death—stanza 63
Sahiye Dhammamaadaayan seyan samanupassayi Observe the incoming of Dhamma as well as of honor with equanimity—stanza 64
Sahiye dukkhamattaye puttho no Jhanjhaye Bear the pain with equanimity; do not get stressed.-stanza 66
Paasiman daviye loyaaloya—pavanchao muchchayi Observer of the truth is freed from the hassles of the world and beyond—stanza 67
A remarkable logical sequential ethical-spiritual construction is cited by Shri Kumat as follows:
One, who sees the anger, sees the ego. One, who sees the ego, sees the fraud. One, who sees the fraud, sees the greed. One, who sees the greed, sees the craving One, who sees the craving, sees aversion One, who sees the aversion, sees the attachment One, who sees the attachment, sees the womb or embryo One, who sees the embryo, sees the birth One, who sees the birth, sees the death One, who sees the death, sees the hell
