Humanism of Haribhadra

Author(s): Christian Lindtner
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The Humanism of Haribhadra
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The one that reflects an object can be compared to the delusions of [foolish] children etc. with regard to poison, thorns, jewels etc. It is not aware that these [dangerous things etc.) must be avoided, etc.
Such (wrong knowledge) is said to be characterized by careless activity etc. It ends in obstruction in the form of ignorance. It is the cause of great harm.
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[When the knowledge) of one just about to fall, etc. is not in doubt about such problems, etc., (then) it is considered to be related to a change of the soul when applied to the attainment of misfortune, etc.
[When such a knowledge] can be made manifest through a corresponding mode of activity, etc., when it is connected with something real, and when it arises from a decrease of the obstructions of knowledge, then, as a rule, it is the cause of dispassion. [When knowledge that] is correctly aware of the truth means that a healthy and calm (person] is as sure as one can be about certain things having to be avoided, etc., (then it is] fruitful.
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It is said that it can be obtained by means of a pure mode of behaviour with regard to things that are] right, etc. It means the end of (al?] obstructions of true cognition, and it is the cause of great prosperity.
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Those who are devoted to the scriptures should always strive for this by rigorously abandoning bad beliefs with the sincerity of faith etc. in the path [of Jainism).
X. Eight Verses about Dispassion
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There are, according to tradition, three kinds of dispassion (vairāgya) : The first is called meditation on suffering, the second has delusion as its origin (mohagarbha), the (third] is associated with true knowledge. [The first] is mostly the cause of separation, etc. from something being the opposite of what one likes. It is not (quite] free from what one should, to the best of one's ability, try to renounce, etc.
It creates disgust, it is full of dispair, [and it may be) the cause of suicide, etc. Such meditation on suffering is normally considered the first and fundamental kind of] dispassion.