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8. PRECEPTS ON RENUNCIATION OF
ATTACHMENT
(71) Attachment and aversion are seeds of karma; karma originates from infatuation; karma is the root-cause of birth and death. Birth and death are said to be sources of misery.
(72) Even the most offended and powerful enemy does not cause as much harm as uncontrolled attachment and aversion do.
(73) Since living beings caught in the grip of miseries of birth, old age and death, have no happiness in this mudane existence, liberation is, therefore, worthy of attainment.
(74) If you are desirous of crossing this terrible ocean of mundane existance, Oh: virtuous one, better catch quickly a boat of penance and self-control.
(75) One should not be under the influence of attachmentaversion which are formidable defects, destructive of right faith, right conduct and other virtues.
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