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114 Śramana, Vol 60-61, No. 4, 1/Oct.-Dec. 09 - Jan.-March 10
Anxiety, self-pity...all these
I abandon with body, mind, and speech.
I also renounce all delight and all aversion
with regard to sexuality.15
"Whether it is life or death, whether gain or loss,
Whether defeat or victory, whether meeting or separation, Whether friends or enemies, whether pleasure or pain, I have equanimity towards all."16
"For in all of these I am (nothing but) my own self. Forever endowed with right knowledge, true insight and pure conduct.
And it is my own soul which renounces all association formed in this world."17
"One and eternal is my soul, Characterized by intuition and knowledge;
All other states that I undergo are external to me, for they are formed by associations."18
"Because of these associations
my soul has suffered the chains of misery;
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Therefore I renounce with body, mind and speech, all relationships based on such associations." "Thus have I attained to equanimity?
and to the nature of my own self.
May this state of equanimity by with me
until I attain to my salvation."20
Utterance of these verses will carry the aspirant to deep levels of meditation on the inner self. In that state, he tastes the bliss which comes from purification of the kleśas; thus he is confirmed in spiritual experience, albeit for a brief period, and he moves closer to eventual pursuit of the ascetic path.
The sāmāyika ritual is concluded with the universal prayer of the Janis :
"Cessation of sorrow,
Cessation of Karmas, Death while in meditation,
