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Preface
The one who is engaged in observance of vows, whose introverted-soul is rid of sense-pleasures, who remains steady in meditation, who is compassionate in respect of all living beings, who accepts only helpful and limited food as per the procedure laid-down in the Scripture, is without sleep, and has acquired knowledge of the secrets of spiritualadvancement; such a man extirpates all anxieties. (verse 225)
The ascetics who know all substances - worth accepting and rejecting - are rid of sinful activity, absorbed in self-contemplation after calming down the fidgetiness of the senses, speak only what is beneficial to the self and the others, and rid of all volitions (samkalpa) and inquisitiveness (vikalpa), certainly merit liberation. (verse 226) The ascetic who has become slave to the senses, whose soul is dependent (on others), and whose mind cannot discern between the virtue and the evil has nothing to lose. But the ascetic who possesses the three jewels (samyagdarśana, samyagjñāna and samyakcăritra) that illumine the world, needs to be fearful. Robbers in form of the senses are roaming all around him. (verse 227)
When the ascetic has become delusion-free in respect of all attractive external objects, he should not delude himself in respect of his instruments of restraint, the feather-whisk (picchi) and the water-pot (kamandalu). He feels satisfied only when finally he has brought to his soul the austerities and the scriptural knowledge which grow externally and need to be safeguarded against the thieves in form of the senses. (verses 228-229)
Without undermining the enemy, in form of desires, that engenders excessive fear in the three worlds, destroy it down to the roots. The man whose heart (the mind) is associated with attachment (rāga), though possessed of knowledge (jñāna) and conduct (căritra), produces karmas. He is not worthy of praise. Adopt the laudable stage of equanimity, rid of attachment and aversion. (verses 230-232)
One cannot get true happiness just by momentary sprinkling of the pleasures of the senses. By paying the earnest money in form of right faith (samyagdarśana), the ascetic has booked liberation. By paying the balance amount in form of right knowledge (samyagjñāna) and right
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