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{køkk] r"kk] 'khr] m".K] nake' kd] uXurk] vjfr] L=h] p;k fu" | k] 'K; k] vkØks k] o/k] ; kpuk] vykHk] jkx] ey] r. Klik I Rdkj] igLdkj] i Kk] vkku vkg vn'ku & ;g ukeokys ‘i fj "kg’ gå Hunger, thirst, cold, heat, insect bites, nudity, absence of pleasures, women, misery arising from roaming, discomfort of postures, uncomfortable couch, scolding, injury, begging, lack of gain, illness, misery inflicted by blades of grass, dirt, reverence and honour (good as well as bad reception), (conceit of) learning, despair or uneasiness arising from ignorance and lack of faith (are the twenty-two afflictions/ hardships).
Q.IX.9.1 A.IX.9.1
What are the twenty two afflictions (parīşaha)? These are: hunger (kşudh ), thirst (pip s ), cold ( ta), heat (uşna), insect bites (dam ama aka), nudity (nagnat ), absence of pleasure (arati), women (stri), misery arising from roaming (cary ), discomfort from postures (ni adh), uncomfortable couch (ayy ), scolding ( kro a), injury (vadha), begging (y can ), lack of gain (al bha), illness (roga), miserys inflicted by blades of grass (tranaspar a), dirt (mala), reverence and honour (satk ra-purask ra), high intellect (prajñ ), despair arising out of lack of knowledge (ajñ na) and lack of faith (adar ana).
Q.IX.9.2
A.IX.9.2
What is meant by conquest of affliction (parīşahajaya) of hunger (ksudh )? To maintain equanimity and keep on meditating on self when misery's arising out of hunger (while observing fasts / purifying the body or other spiritually beneficial activities) is called conquest by endurance of hunger.
Q.IX.9.3 A.IX.9.3
What is meant by conquest by unminded endurance of thirst (pips )? To maintain equanimity and keep on meditating on self when misery's arising out of thirst (due to hot weather, accepting food contrary to the nature of the body, while observing fasts / purifying the body or other spiritually beneficial activities) is called thirst conquest by endurance.
Q.IX.9.4 A.IX.9.4
What is meant by conquest by unminded endurance of cold ( ta)? To maintain equanimity and keep on meditating on self when misery's arising out of extreme cold weather, meditating in the open cold fields, or cold experienced while performing spiritually beneficial activities is called cold conquest by endurance.
Q.IX.9.5 A.IX.9.5
What is meant by conquest by unminded endurance of heat (usna)? To maintain equanimity and keep on meditating on self when misery's arising out of extreme hot weather, meditating in the hot cold fields, or
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