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resort to the shelter of the Dharma (ethico-spiritual values)
preached by the omniscient. 6. Meditate on the five holy teachers (spiritual pillars) who.
are permeated with spiritual energy, who are auspicious, who are the shelters in the four grades of existence, who have adorned the world, who are the supreme objects of devotion, and who have been adored by the human and celestial beings along with the Vidyadharas (human beings moving in the sky by means of supernormal
powers). 7. May the Arahantas who are the annihilators of the dense
obscuring* Karmas (psycho-physical impurities), who are like the sun for the lotus of releasable souls existent in the three worlds, who possess infinite knowledge and
also experience unique bliss, be victorious in the world. 8. May the Siddhas who are devoid of eight Karmas**
Karmas which obscure the nature of self. ** The eight types of Karmas are : (1) Koowledge-obscuring (2) lo
tuition-obscuring (3) Feeling-produciog, (4) Delusion-producing, (5) Longevity.-determiniog, (6) Body-Making, (7) Statusdetermining aod (8) Obstruction--generatiog. (1-2) that which obscures knowledge aod intuition. (3) That which holds up datural bliss and produces pleasure and pain. (4) That which obstructs spiritual awakening and ethico-spiritual conduct. (5) That which determines the period of stay of self in a particular body. (6) That which is responsible for the making of a particular body. (7) That which determines status in society. (8) That which causes handcaps io charity, in gains and in selfpower.
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[ Samaņasutta
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