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(258) Chapters on Passions
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08.
09.
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The two chapters are separate, but they have been described through one verse only. All the sub-chapters like transition, attenuation, intensity reduction (leaning) and destruction related with destruction of conduct-deluding Karma are included in the main chapter containing 28 doctrinal verses besides their explanatory verses.
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The basic doctrinal verses are pregnant with hidden meanings. They require explanatory verses. In contrast, the non-doctrinal verses do neither indicate many meanings, nor they require explanatory verses.
The verses in the chapter on the destruction of conductdeluding Karma are classified in two categories:
(1)
Basic, meaningful or doctrinal verses Multi-meaningful verses
(2)
The first category involves additional explanatory verses which number 86 as per verses 11-12; while the verses of second category are seven and they are self-explanatory without any explanatory verses.
11-12. The chapter on destruction of conduct-deluding Karma has four sub-chapters, which contain the doctrinal and explanatory verses as below:
Sub-chapter
1. Transition
2. Attenuation
3.
Intensity reduction
Destruction of Intensity reduction
Doctrinal
verses
4
3
10
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Explanatory
verses
23
8
41
21
07
14
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21
86
13-14 These two verses mention the names of 15 chapters of this
text. Though they should have been stated earlier, before
5,11,4,3
3. 1, 4
3, 2, 12, 34,
2, 4, 4, 2, 5,
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1, 1, 10, 2
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