Saturday, September 13, 2014

Panchadashi 1.9

That love, for our sake, can be directed towards another. But the notion of loving someone else for our own sake does not work. Due to this, self love alone is the supreme love. This alone proves the supreme bliss of the self.

Love is seen towards a son etc. that is different from oneself. Such love should not be considered as natural due to some delusion. This love arises in a son. etc. for one's own sake. None of it is natural. As opposed to this, love that people have for the self does not arise for anyone else. It is only for our self. Since it is without adjunct (or without parts), this self love has been called the supreme (or paramount) love. This proves that the seat of supreme love, the self, is of the true form of supreme bliss.

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