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MAHAPRATYĀKHYĀNA PRAKĪRNAKA : 43
(Such an aspirant) unfurls the flag of spiritual excellence in the arena of mundane existence by tying the loin-cloth of spiritual wisdom and defeating the wrestler of delusion.
By mounting on the Samstäraka (the straw-bed prepared for the purpose of embracing voluntary peaceful death or Samadhimarana) the aspirant destroys the karma bonded earlier and, at the same time, doesn't bond fresh karma. He, thus, shreds the vine of karma-mire.
The aspirant, who dies by properly embracing the practice of Samadhimarana, liberates in a maximum of three subsequent rebirths.
Unhindered, the aspirant unfurls the flag of spiritual excellence by undertaking the most difficult practice of Samādhimaraṇa, preached by the forbearing Lords and practised by the noble souls, and thereby fording across the ocean of mundane existence.
The forbearing aspirant unfurls the flag of spiritual excellence in his place and period by tying the loin-clth of stable intellect (Sthira-prajñā) and by contemplating the text and the meaning of the sacred canons.
The aspirant practitioner unfurls the flag of spiritual excellence by destroying the four passions, three prides and five sensory subjects as well as the forces of afflictions and hardships of monastic life.
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