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CHAPTER-MI Endurance of Cold and Hot
SECTION -1
3.1 suttă amuṇī sayā muņiņo sayā jāgaramti.
The ignorant are always asleep, the wise are
always awake. Bhāoyam Sutra 1
In the present chapter, the forbearance of pleasure and pain with equanimity is explained. The fulfilment of the ends of nonviolence and non-possessiveness is not possible without forbearance. In order to fulfill the ends, one has to patiently forbear pleasure and pain. The ignorant is not capable of forbearance. The wise is always awake. He alone is capable of forbearance. The Sūtra expresses this objective truth thus: The wise is he who knows the continuity of the world through the three periods of time (past, present and future), is thoughtful and knowledgeable. The ignorant is quite the opposite. The ignorant people are always asleep
The asleep are of two kinds: (1) Physically asleep - in the state of sleep. (2) Spiritually asleep æ engrossed in violence or possessiveness, or swayed by worldly things and passions, being ignorant of the discipline.
The wakeful is also of two kinds: (1) Physically wakeful - without sleep, (2) Spiritually wakeful - absorbed in non-violence and non-possessiveness, possessed of right faith, freed of all desires and possessed of enthusiasm for the discipline.
On account of the practice of knowledge, the wise has his psyche, mind, brain and entire nervous system under his control, because of his being always spiritually wakeful. Even in the state
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