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212 Tattvarthasutra
[9.7 Experience is evident. This world is the place of joy-sorrow, pleasure-pain, and is truly full of suffering. This kind of contemplation is called world-reflection.
4. The perspective of oneness—In the pursuit of liberation, the practice of detachment in contexts of attachment to one's own and aversion to others is essential. Therefore, to eliminate attachment towards relatives and aversion towards outsiders, one should think that 'I alone am born and die; I alone experience the pleasures and pains of the karmic seeds I have sown. In reality, there is no doer or destroyer of my happiness or suffering.' This is the perspective of oneness.
5. The perspective of otherness—A person, under the influence of delusion, forgets his primary duty by mistaking his own deterioration and growth with that of the body and other things. To remove this state, it is necessary to eradicate the habit of identifying with the body and other objects. Therefore, reflecting on the difference in the qualities and natures of these two is essential: the body is inert, gross, and has a beginning and end, while I am conscious, subtle, and beyond. This is the perspective of otherness.
6. The perspective of impurity—The body is the most repulsive, hence to diminish delusion about it, one should think that the body is itself impure, born of impurity, sustained by impure things, is a place of impurity, and is the cause of the lineage of impurity. This is the perspective of impurity.
7. The perspective of dependence—To reduce attachment to sensory pleasures, one should contemplate the adverse results arising from the pleasures of each sense due to attachment. This is the perspective of dependence.
8. The perspective of self-restraint—To close the doors to bad tendencies, contemplating the qualities of good tendencies is called the perspective of self-restraint.
9. The perspective of non-karmic accumulation—To strengthen the resolve to destroy karmic bondage, one should contemplate the various outcomes of karma, noting that the contexts of suffering are of two types: 1) Suffering that is acquired without desire or conscious effort, as seen in animals, birds, and the deaf, which results in births primarily filled with suffering and inherited poverty; 2) Suffering that is acquired through conscious effort for a good purpose, such as poverty resulting from penance and renunciation, or physical weakness, etc. In the first case, lack of resolve leads to disgust and unskillful outcomes, while in the second case, due to good resolve, the outcome is skillful. Therefore, in the case of sudden adverse results, one must practice resolution and where possible, practice penance.