Essentials of Samadhishataka

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

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eternal and perishable; and all these, the want of science of distinction, limitations of the body are casue of desire and envy. Therefore to bring the ultra speed of the passions to a dead halt and to extinguish their furious blaze, human beings should contemplate the soul, and this is the paramount way to overcome our passional enemies.
The way to weaken the lust of the body.
यत्र काये मुनेः प्रेम ततः पच्याध्य देहिनं । बुध्धा तदुत्तमे काय योजयेत प्रेम नश्यति ।। ४० ।।
It is natural principle that to weaken the energy of a thing it's habitual target is to be replaced by some other one which is superior to the unwanted one. In this line we should try to weaken and abolish the potentiality of our mind by diverting it from the temptations and affections of the body to the majesty and brightness of the soul. The lust and temptations of the body which is temporal, perishable