tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
Buddhism
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By properly controlling the sense organs, one must be free from the sensuous attractions and keep the mind free from the mental disturbances. The inner calm can be enjoyed only when one becomes free from the desires that make men uneasy. The Dhammapada contains a large number of moral injunctions, preaching freedom from lust, passion, hatred, egoity, envy, attachment, sense-enjoyment and positively the practice of love and compassion for all, purity, serenity and tranquillity of mind. The Mahānibbana Şutta preaches four meditations on (1) body, (ii) sensations, (iii) ideas, and (iv) reason and character. Buddhism like Yoga stresses the need of concentration and meditation on the ultimate principle by stopping the functioning of other states of consciousness. The Dhammapada says -- "Stop the stream valiantly, drive away the desires, O Brāhmaṇa! When you have understood the destruction of all that was made, you will understand that which was not made."2 By practising all these virtues the mind becomes free from the various mental states that make men restive. It is a positive experience of tranquillity. “A Bhikkhu who has entered his empty house, and whose mind is tranquil, feels a more than human delight when he sees the law clearly.”... “As soon as he considered the origin and destruction of the elements (Khandha) of the body, he finds happiness and joy which
1 Max Müller (Tr.): Dhammapada (Ch. XIX-66 ), Verses 271-272.
a Dhammapada, 26/383.
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