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Thus, according to Śāntideva, having found it difficult to find freedom with great meaning, if we do not strive to meditate on and generate the cause for higher rebirth | Thus, according to Śāntideva, having found it difficult to find freedom with great meaning, if we do not strive to meditate on and generate the cause for higher rebirth | ||
and liberation, then there is no better method of self-deception. If we fail to train ourselves in virtue and are unable to accomplish anything positive, if we are carried away by the eight worldly concerns ( | and liberation, then there is no better method of self-deception. If we fail to train ourselves in virtue and are unable to accomplish anything positive, if we are carried away by the eight worldly concerns (gain and loss, fame and lack of fame, praise and blame, pleasure and sorrow)[LINK to glossary], our entire lives will be consumed with distractions and we will completely deceive ourselves. For Śāntideva, there is indeed no greater deception than this. There is also no greater delusion than that which prevents us from seeing what needs to be taken up on the path and what needs to be discarded. From this perspective, our awareness is weak and we can easily fall under the sway of confusion. Along these lines, the last two lines of verse 23 have also been translated in the following way: | ||
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