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such a phenomenon is usually remediable through appropriate measures, just as fear etc. are well known to be remediable that way.
47. Thus a place of protection is a remedial measure aginst fear, a medical operation a remedial measure against disease, a spell a remedial measure against poison; really speaking, these (place of protection etc.) are but several types of wholesale eliminations (more correctly, causes of wholesale elimination ) of the past (evil) deeds.
48. In the case under consideration the preceptor is like a place of protection (in relation to the past evil deeds viewed in the form of fear ), penance like a medical operation in relation to the past (evil) deeds viewed in the form of disease, while self-study is like a spell obviously capable of annihilating delusion (born of the past evil deeds ) viewed in the form of poison.
49. The truth of the matter is that there is usually the obviation of an obstacle - nay, there is rather the derivation of a positive benefit – as a result of endeavouring for these (i. e. for the preceptor etc. which are likened to a place of protection etc.); for this (i. e. the past deed responsible for the concerned feeling of apathy) is after all capable of elimination. [Had the past deed in question been incapable of elimination -- as some deeds certainly are all endeavour to seek their elimination would have been an unnecessary source of worry. 1
50. The fourfold seeking of protection (i. e. seeking protection at the hands of the Jaina tirtbankaras, the liberated souls, the ascetics of the Jaina order, and Jaina religion), disparagement of the evil deeds (ever performed ), a hearty approval of the noble deeds (performed by whatever person) - this group of performances ought to be constantly undertaken under the conviction that it is conducive to desirable consequences.
51. The just mentioned means of yoga-realization (as also the following ones) are to be treated as appropriate for two types of yogins - viz. those who have just entered the yoga-path and those who are in the process of becoming accomplished yogins -(i. e. appropriate for all yogins except the accomplished ones)*; however, it is only for the latter of these two types that the following ones are the most suitable means of yoga-realization. .
52. One must properly study the scriptural texts pertaining to spiritual cogitation headed under the technical title .bhāvanā ') and he
To be explicit, the first type includes the Apunarbandhakas, the second the Samyagdrstis and Cäritrins.
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