Suktimuktavali 88

88

A conduit for the forest of discernment, a reviver of the bliss of tranquility, / a great boat across the ocean of worldly existence, a mass of clouds against the forest fire of passion, / a snare for the deer of the restless senses, a thunderbolt against the mountain of mighty passions, / a mare on the path of liberation—resort to contemplation; what is the use of other things? .. 87 .. / Wealth has been given away, money spent, all the words of the Jina studied, / the severe rituals performed, sleep taken repeatedly upon the bare ground, / severe austerity practiced, and even one's conduct worn down for a very long time— / yet if inner contemplation is not present in the heart, all of it is as useless as winnowing chaff. .. 88 ..