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the chain of meditation is broken. They act as tonic for weak meditation.
मा कार्षात्कोऽपि पापानि मा च भूत्कोऽपि दुःखितः। मुच्यतां जगदप्येषा मतिमैत्री निगद्यते ॥११॥ अपास्ताशेषदोषाणां वस्तुतत्त्वावलोकिनाम् । गुणेषु पक्षपातो यः स प्रमोदः प्रकीर्तितः ॥११६॥ दीनेष्वार्तेषु भीतेषु याचमानेषु जीवितम् । प्रतीकारपरा बुद्धिः कारुण्यमभिधीयते ॥१२०॥ करकर्मसु निःशंकं देवतागुरुनिन्दिषु । प्रात्मशंसिषु योपेक्षा तन्माध्यस्थ्यमुदीरितम् ॥१२१॥ आत्मानं भावयन्नाभि-र्भावनाभिर्महामतिः । त्रुटितामपि संधत्ते विशुद्धां ध्यानसन्ततिम् ।।१२२॥
Meaning : To desire that no being should be unhappy, none commits sins, and all the beings become free from the bondage of karma is the feeling of friendship.
The second feeling is pramoda bhavana (goodwill and appreciation). The great persons endowed with qualities of equanimity, patience, sobriety, discretion etc., should be respected, praised, duly eulogised, served, and even revered.
The third feeling of karuna ( compassion ) consists in extending succour, to the needy. The poor, the pitiable, the diseased, the harassed, all need mental as well as physical support. This third bhavana of compassion consists in treating every 126
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