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produces unpleasant feelings, and he quickly crosses the very large forest of the fourfold Samsâra, which is without beginning and end. (22)
23. By religious discourses he obtains destruction of the Karman; by religious discourses he exalts the creed, and by exalting the creed he acquires Karman, which secures, for the future, permanent bliss. (23)
24. By acquisition of sacred knowledge he destroys ignorance, and will not be corrupted by worldliness. (24)
25. By concentration of his thoughts he obtains stability of the mind. (25)
26. By control he obtains freedom from sins. (26) 27. By austerities he cuts off the Karman1. (27) 28. By cutting off the Karman he obtains (the fourth stage of pure meditation characterised by) freedom from actions, by doing no actions he will obtain perfection, enlightenment, deliverance, and final beatitude, and will put an end to all misery. (28)
29. By renouncing pleasures he obtains freedom from false longing, whereby he becomes compassionate, humble, free from sorrow, and destroys the Karman produced by delusion regarding conduct. (29)
30. By mental independence he gets rid of attachment, whereby he will concentrate his thoughts (on the Law), and will for ever be without attachment and fondness (for worldly things). (30)
31. By using unfrequented lodgings and beds he obtains the Gupti of conduct, whereby he will use
1 Vyavadâna is the cutting off of the Karman and the subsequent purity of the soul.
