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<h4>How to Abandon the Afflictions</h4> | <h4>How to Abandon the Afflictions</h4> | ||
Having developed conscientiousness in regard to the faults of the afflictions, in verses 43 to 48 Śāntideva then explains the process through which we challenge and eventually overcome them. | |||
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Here, Śāntideva tells us, one should hold tight to the antidotes and destroy the afflictions by meeting them head on in battle. But the third line of this verse seems rather curious. How could it be that defilement could halt defilement? In his commentary, Gyaltsab Je [LINK to text pdf p. 137] illuminates this doubt. | |||
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|quote-text=There is attachment to the antidotes and anger towards what is to be abandoned, and also there is resentment or holding a grudge towards those objects of abandonment. But since all of these are also afflictive emotions shouldn’t they be something to be abandoned?<ref>Gyaltsab Dharma Rinchen, ''Entrance Way for the Children of the Conquerors: An Extensive Explanation of the Bodhicaryāvatāra, Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa'i ram shad rgyal seas 'jug ngogs'' (Taiwan: Gaden Jangtse Thosam Norling Dratsang, 2007), 129.</ref> | |||
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