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Knowing ||155|| Sattapa is twelvefold, endowed with pure knowledge. It is born of the power of the soul, and is the suppressor of mental activities. ||156||
Meaning: Sattapa, which is born of the power of the soul, is the suppressor of mental activities and is endowed with pure knowledge, is of twelve types. ||156|| Where there is suppression of passions, meditation on Brahman and the Jina, that should be understood as pure tapa, the rest is merely transgression. ||157||
Meaning: That tapa in which there is suppression of passions, meditation on Brahman and non-attachment, should be understood as pure tapa, the rest should be understood as transgression. ||157|| Hunger or bodily emaciation is not a characteristic of tapa. The knowledge that is the place of forbearance, celibacy, etc., is the body of that tapa. ||158||
Meaning: Hunger and bodily emaciation are not characteristics of tapa, but the knowledge that is the place of forbearance, celibacy, etc., is the body of that tapa. ||158|| With skillful knowledge, unity is attained, like the fragrance of sandalwood. When given to the self, it is a tapa unlike any other. ||159||
Meaning: Tapa, united with skillful knowledge, like sandalwood and its fragrance, purifies the soul.
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