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THE ESSENCE IN THE WORLD
The metaphor of the lake refers to the Preceptor (ācār - ya). The preceptor possesses such traits as befitting an ācārya; he is a person standing on the ground of equanimity; he has subdued the passions; he conserves (i. e. does not kill) all living beings; he is surrounded on all sides by the streams of scriptural knowledge; like the lake of the third kind, not only does he imbibe knowledge, but also imparts it.
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. से पास सव्वतो गुत्ते, पास लोए महेसिणो,
जे य पण्णाणमंता पबुद्धा आरंभोवरया ।
90.
90.
Se păsa savvato gutte, pasa loe mahesino, Je ya panṇāṇam amtā pabuddha arambhovaraya.
See! The preceptors are great seers, are perfectly subdued (in mind, speech and deed), who are erudite scholars and enlightened and abstain from (sinful) actions.
ANNOTATION 90. According to the Curni, prajñāvān (i. e. wise person) is he who possesses the knowledge of fourteen Purvas (the Earlier Sacred Books) and a prabuddha (i.e. enlightened) person is he who is endowed with the clairvoyant and telepathic cognitions. A scholarly muni, possessing profound knowledge of the canonical texts extant can also be considered as prabuddha.
१. सम्ममेयं ति पासह ।
91.
Samma meya mti pāsaha.
91. All this is true. See it.
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ANNOTATION 91. The term pasaha (Skt. Pasyata) signifies independent perception or conception. The author of the canonical texts professes. "Do not accept anything, just because I have said so. But use your sharp and unbiased intellect to examine this."
६२. कालस्स कंखाए परिव्वयंति त्ति बेमि ।
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