Essentials of Samadhishataka

Author(s): B M Chamke
Publisher: S B Chamke Barshi

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Samadhi Shataka
67
Soul-knowledge is the way to all.
क्षोयन्तेऽत्रैव रागाद्यास्तत्त्वतो मां प्रपश्यतः । बोधात्मानं ततः किश्चिन्न मे शत्रुनच प्रियः ।। २५ ।।
The Jiva keeps the affinity for those things it desires and thinks of them that they would enhance its internal and external world, and avoides whatever, in its view, is harmful, vitiating and non-helping and deleterious till it does not recognize and immediately perceive the omnisc ent soul.
The enlightened has a full and clear insight about the nature of things. He never imposes favourability and infavourability upom the things for he is well aware that nothing in this world is auspicious and favourable and their contrary, our ignorant and thickly clouded reason brings us in doing so. Therefore such enlightened merely look at the things passively and steadily.
Whatever we are destined to attain is a product of our past auspicious activities, so one heed not unnecessarily blame or praise oneself.