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PATH OF LIBERATION
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(483) The fire of penance which is set ablaze by righteous character when combined with the wind of Right knowledge, will burn the seed of karma which is the cause of mundane existence, like a forest-fire which burns heap of grass.
29. PRECEPTS ON MEDITATION
(484) Meditation is enjoined on a monk as the most vital part of his religion, just like the head to a body and the roots to a tree.
(485) A steady state of mind constitutes meditation while an active mind might be engaged in either contemplation or deep reflection or thinking.
(486) Just as salt dissolves due to its contact with water, similarly if the mind becomes absorbed in meditation, the fire of soul shines brightly, burning the auspicious and inauspicious karmas.
(487) If a person is free from attachment, hatred, delusion and activities of the mind, speech and body, he becomes filled with fire of meditation that burns the auspicious and inauspicious Karmas.
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