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meaning of fighting with the self. You should fight with the gross body consisting of the sense and the mind an also with the karmic body. What will you gain by external fighting with the lion? But if you are prepared to give up our life for the sake of emancipation, then you should know that æ
5.46 juddhbrihomW khõlu dullaham.
Difficult indeed it is to get at the object worth the fight. Bhagyam Sūtra 46
'The object worth the fight' is the gross body in the form of human physique, which is difficult to get at. Therefore you should fight with it till the old age does not intervene, disease does not grow up, and the senses are not weakened.
5.47 jöhettho kusölehim W poriub-vivege bhbsie.
In the context of fight, the Lord expounded the wisdom of comprehension and discrimination. Bhāsyam Sutra 47
In this context, the Lord has laid down the principles of wisdom of comprehension as well as the power of discrimination. The weapons called comprehension and discrimination are to be employed in the field of spiritual fight.14 By this means the summum bonum will be realized in a special way. First of all, you should have a comprehensive knowledge of soul and body and the knowledge of their true nature. This is to be followed by discrimination. 'Discrimination' means freedom from the sense of 'mine'-ness. You should contemplate that this body is not mine. By means of such discrimination, that is, the knowledge of the separateness of soul and body, the predipositions of delusion will be destroyed. Delusion is augmented by the cooperation with the body that satisfies the involvement with the sensual and mental objects. The delusion wither along with the non-cooperation with the body. Therefore, you should practise discrimination between soul and body.
5.48 cue hu bble gõbbhbisu rajjai.
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