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Bhāsyam Sūtra 76 The topic under discussion are the passions. The purging of passions is twofold - (1) calming down and (2) eliminating. In the spiritual science, suppression is not approved of, but purging is recommended. There is an order in the calming down of the passions which is explained here. One who tranquillizes one of the passions virtually tranquillizes all. According to the Cūrņi, "calming down' and 'tranquillizing' are synonyms. 8 'Tranquillizing' means calming down the deluding karma in its tweny eight sub-species. The aspirant who calms down a single subspecies of passion such as anger, virtually calms down the remaining ones, namely, the twenty seven sub-species. The calming down of anger and the like is effected by the practice of the antidotes, the reflections and the practice of the yogic postures and the like (such as breathing exercise). The elimination is done only once but the calming down is done many times. The person who calms down all the passions does ipso-facto calm down the single passion - anger and the like. 3.77 dukkham loyasa jāņittā Comprehending the misery of the world, one should avoid its cause namely passion. Bhāsam Sutra 77 Here purging qua elimination is under discussion. If a person practices the spiritual discipline on comprehending the nature of misery and its ultimate cause, his various passions are naturally destroyed. After comprehending that the world is afflicted with misery, one should search out the basic cause of that misery. Conventionally misery consists in unpleasurable feeling, whereas truly speaking misery consists in the karma that is responsible for unpleasurable feeling. 3.78 vamtā logassa samjoga, jamti vīrā mahāhānam.
pareņa param jamti, nāvakamkhamti jīviyam. Severing the relationship with the world, the heroes tread on the great path. They advance further and further, and have no hankering for life.
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