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LECTURE XXI.
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not recall to his memory the pleasures he once enjoyed. (18)
Giving up love, hatred, and delusion, a monk who is always careful and who is steadfast even as Mount Mêru cannot be shaken by the storm, should bear calamities, guarding himself. (19)
A great sage should be neither too elevated by pride nor too humble, he should not care for respectful treatment nor blame; an ascetic who has ceased (to act), will by means of his simplicity enter the path of Nirvana. (20)
He is neither grieved nor pleased (by anything)?, he abandons his relations with men, he ceases (to act), is intent on the benefit of his soul, he strives for the highest good (viz. mukti), and uses the means to reach it, free from sorrow, egoism, and any kind of property. (21)
A merciful (monk) should use beds distant from others, which are not got ready for his sake 2 nor strewn (with leaves or things considered to be possessed of life); he should sustain such hardships as the sages are accustomed to. (22)
The great sage (Samudrapâla), understanding the sacred lore and practising completely the best Law, shone forth like the sun in the sky, being possessed of the highest knowledge and glory. (23)
Having annihilated his Karman both meritorious
1 This is the meaning commonly given to the frequently occurring phrase arairaisa he. Another interpretation is: samyamasamyama vishayê, tâbhyam na bâdhatê.
? Niróvalê vai = nirupalipta. By upalepa may be meant 'dirt,' but the author of the Avakûri explains upalepa as consisting in abhishvanga affection. It is almost impossible to render satisfactorily so vague an expression.
