SAUCHAT SWA- ANG JUGUPSA PARAIR ASAMSARGAH
BY DOING-PERFECTING EXTERNAL CLEANLINESS ONE DEVELOPS DISPASSION
TOWARDS OWN BODY AND ALSO OTHER BODIES.(OR TRIES TO AVOID
CONTACT WITH OTHER BODIES)
One by one we are told the effects or the benefits of dong the YAMAS AND THE NIYAMAS.So We are told to keep our physical body clean.In this Sutra we are told the effect of doing so . In each of previous Sutras we were told as to what happens when we follow different DOES. So when one keeps his body CLEAN , he realizes that this body is mortal , and this body changes and this body deteriorates and ends with death. We have seen that if we see someone daily we don't realize the changes that occur in their appearance daily . But someone who has not seen them in long time suddenly makes a comment that 'you have lost weight ' or' you have lost hair '. So when one cleans the body carefully , we realize the developing wrinkles, or loss of hair or weight gain etc. But when we realize that ultimately all these changes lead to demise and death of physical body. The he develops dispassion towards the body.
This also has the effect on our thinking about the other person's physical bodies . What looked very attractive , sexual now does not look so . This does not mean that we don't love or admire or have no feelings . But the physical attraction lessens and our liking is at much different level.
One of the obstacle in the path of meditation is the mind wandering all over . So the lack of physical attraction helps us to concentrate more easily .(Each one of the other YAMAS have the same purpose.)
BY DOING-PERFECTING EXTERNAL CLEANLINESS ONE DEVELOPS DISPASSION
TOWARDS OWN BODY AND ALSO OTHER BODIES.(OR TRIES TO AVOID
CONTACT WITH OTHER BODIES)
One by one we are told the effects or the benefits of dong the YAMAS AND THE NIYAMAS.So We are told to keep our physical body clean.In this Sutra we are told the effect of doing so . In each of previous Sutras we were told as to what happens when we follow different DOES. So when one keeps his body CLEAN , he realizes that this body is mortal , and this body changes and this body deteriorates and ends with death. We have seen that if we see someone daily we don't realize the changes that occur in their appearance daily . But someone who has not seen them in long time suddenly makes a comment that 'you have lost weight ' or' you have lost hair '. So when one cleans the body carefully , we realize the developing wrinkles, or loss of hair or weight gain etc. But when we realize that ultimately all these changes lead to demise and death of physical body. The he develops dispassion towards the body.
This also has the effect on our thinking about the other person's physical bodies . What looked very attractive , sexual now does not look so . This does not mean that we don't love or admire or have no feelings . But the physical attraction lessens and our liking is at much different level.
One of the obstacle in the path of meditation is the mind wandering all over . So the lack of physical attraction helps us to concentrate more easily .(Each one of the other YAMAS have the same purpose.)
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