Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.189

c16.189

But like Manas, the Self, too, must cease to operate as a centre of experience. This end is to be pursued by several processes: (i) Elimination of all negative feelings (*antarāya*), of sorrow (*duḥkha*) and melancholy (*daurmanasya*) that usually cling to the ego-feeling [i, 31]; (ii) cultivation of a sense of universal sympathy (*maitrī*), a feeling of kindliness for all (*karuṇā*), and an attitude of indifference to joys and sorrows (*upekshā*) [i, 32, 33].