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OF POSSESSION
Only for preservation, so that they may practise restraint, necessary objects are possessed by the wise ; for they do not have any attachment even for their own body.
And rightly by parigraha12, our Saviour hath not meant physical possession. By it he meant attachment.
Sight is the object of eyes. When the sight is pleasant it is the cause of love and when not pleasant the cause of hatred. He who keepeth equanimity towards them is free from love and hatred, i.e., attachment.
Sound is the object of ears. When the sound is pleasant, it is the cause of
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Suratww.umaragyanbhandar.com
