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supreme peace (equanimty). The person devoid of spiritual awakening does not attain desired beneficence (of equanimity).
120. If the achievement of spiritual awakening is on the one
side and the achievement of the three worlds is on the other, (out of these two) the achievement of spiritual awakening is undoubtedly better than that of the three worlds.
121. What is the use of saying much? (It is sufficient to
say that) (you) should know the significance of spiritual awakening by virtue of which noble persons have succeeded in the past (in attaing equanimity), and (in future) also noble persons will succeed in attaining equanimity).
122. Even making use of things (for sensuous pleasures), a
person (may be such that) (because of detachment), he does not remain dependent on them (for attaining supreme peace). On the contrary, eyen not making use of things (for sensuous pleasures), a person (may be such that) (because of attachment), he becomes dependent on them (with the result that supreme peace always remains unattainable for him). (True it is to say that) even by reason of the effort made for doing good work for the sake of somebody, one does not become related with it (in a strong way), (because of not having any attachment to it). (It can, therefore, be said that because of attachment strong relation with things occur, hitimic bondage results and mental perturbation comes into being).
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