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known, there cannot be release from the clinging to pleasurable and painful feelings arising from worldly objects. A person can subdue his self only by comprehending the pitfalls and retributions through the analytical meditation consisting of contemplation on the evil dispositions and the karmic results. 3.66 saccasa āņāe uvatthie se mehāvi māram tarati.
The intelligent monk who is loyal to the truth crosses the
domain of death. Bhāoyam Sutra 66 The aspirant who is alert to the truth i.e., injuction of the scriptures16 is wise enough to cross the domain of death. 'Injunction' means the scripture, the insight, the discriminative knowledge of the subtle, truth. Death means- 'end of life'' or 'twofold lust' viz. 'lust qua desires, lust qua cupidity. Due to submission to the untruth, infatuation or illusion is nourished, leading to the production of lust. By the very means of alertness to the commandment of the scriptures, it is possible to bring an end to the lust. 3.67 Sahie dhammamādāya, seyam samaņupassati.
The tolerant aspirant practising the discipline realizes the
highest good. Bhāśyam Sutra 67 "Tolerant'18 means habitually enduring. The aspirant who tolerates the favourable and the unfavourable situations can achieve the summum bonum by following righteousness (dharma). However, the person who is infatuated by the mundane fortune can never get an insight into the summum bonum. The summum bonum?' means the supersensuous and the transcendental bliss, welfare or well-being. Says the Daśavaikālika (4/gāthā 11): “By listening to the scripute, one knows the good, one knows the evil, and one knows both. Having known the commandment of the scripute, one should practise what is conducive to the summum bonum.20 3.68 duhao jīviyassa, parivamdaņa-māņaņa-pūyaņāe, jamsi ege
pamādeņti. Under the sway of attachment and hatred, a person strives for survival, praise, reverence and honour. Even some aspirants subject themselves to non-vigilance for achieving these ends.
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