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Hol passions aroused (by Karmas) destroy even the Arhat - like tranquillity of mind achieved by the detached person supreme in virtue Then, what can be said of other persons present with attachment? In this world, even the person by whom passions have been suppressed arrives at infinite fall (spiritual forgetfulness) Consequently, even the slightest residual passion should not be ignored by you That wound, debt, fire and passion (though) they may be existing even in a small quantity should not be ignored by one, since despite their being negligible (in quantity), each one of inem is undoubtedly very much. Anger dissoolves affection, pride isubversive of modesty, hypocrisy throws out friends and greed is destructive of everything Man should subvert anger by peaceful disposition, subdue pride by modesty, overcome hypocrisy by simplicity and greed by conteniment Just as the tortoise diaws its limbs in its body, so also the wise man does away with the vices by means of spirituality The person who commits wrong action consciously or unconsciously should immediately restrain himself, (and then he should not commit it the second time. The saint who is enduring, who is engrossed in the garden of spirituality, who is self-restrained and who is steadfast in celibacy becomes the guide of (mystico-moral) religion and lives in the happiness born of spirituality
(11) Of Non-possession For the purpose of (acquiring) possessions man kills beings, tells a lie, commits theft, indulges in cohabitation and keeps excessive attachment to things Thus, the person who, having acquired even a little animate oi inanimate thung, lives here and consents others to do so. does not become free from suffering
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