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30. PRECEPTS ON REFLECTION
(505) Even when ordinary meditation is over then before undertaking the meditation called 'dharma-dhyāna', a monk ought to constantly make his mind permeated with deep reflection pertaining to things transient etc.
(506) (A monk) should reflect upon transitoriness, helplessness, loneliness, distinctness (of body and soul), mundane existence, the terrestrial world, impurity, influx of Karmas, stoppage of Karmic influx, release from Karmas, religion and enlightenment.
(507) Know that birth' is accompanied by death; youth is succeeded by old age, wealth is perishable. Thus should one reflect that everything is transient.
(508) After discarding the great illusion, and reflecting that all objects of senses are transient, cultivate a detached mind so that you may attain supreme bliss.
(509) A fool thinks wealth, animals and kinsmen to be his protectors, saying to himself they are mine, I am theirs. Infact, they are neither his protectors nor his shelter.
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