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THE BRIDGE BETWEEN SELF
STUDY AND MEDITATION
If you really wish to practise equanimity, Practise self-contemplation above all! Between meditation and study, there's a bridge, Call it anupreksha, or discretion; It's derived from the word meaning
'inter-meditation'; He who practises it, finds immortal Truth. Whether a meditator or a scholar or
a scientist, The path of anupreksha is open to all! After perceiving a fact, contemplate upon
it well! What you discover is the fruit of anupreksha! When a known fact is subjected to
personal reflection, A new truth is born; that is applied
anupreksha! Among the five kinds of study mentioned
in the Agamas,
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