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CANDRAVEDHYAKA PRAKĪRŅAKA : 49
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF VOLUNTARY
DEATH : THE SEVENTH DOOR
117.
As an ignorant person riding an uncontrollable horse cannot ingress into the enemy forces, so a person, who indulges in uncontrolled activities of the body, mind and speech, cannot achieve success.
118.
Both – the person (soldier) and the horse - due to their earlier uncontrolled or untrained activities, flee on seeing the enemy.
119.
He, who has not trained himself in spiritual practices of the body, mind and speech, cannot bear the afflictions at the time of his death.
120. He, who has trained in the spiritual practices of the body,
mind and speech and who has forsaken the sensual pleasures and whose soul is desirous of equanimity, is able to bear the afflictions at the time of death.
121. When the death presents itself, the spiritually foretrained
person destroys these afflictions by the stroke of the axe of his strong will.
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