shatkasampatti
(ṣaṭsampatti)
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satkasampatti, satsampatti |
| Short Description: |
The six great virtues: śama, dama, uparati, titikṣa, śraddhā and samādhāna. |
| Long Description: |
the six great virtues, namely (1) śama: control of the mind; (2) dama: control of the sense organs; (3) uparati: cessation of activities related to caste, creed, family etc.; (4) titikṣā: patient forbearance of suffering; (5) śraddhā: faith in the holy scriptures and trust in the spiritual Master (guru); and (6) samādhāna: concentration and contemplation upon the Vedāntic texts and the words of the spiritual Master (guru); one of the four prerequisites for qualification as a spiritual aspirant of Vedānta; see "sadhana-catushtaya (sādhanacatuṣṭaya)." |
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| Source(s): |
Lamp of Non-Dual Knowledge, Cream of Liberation Translated by Swami Sri Ramanananda Saraswathi |
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| Related Terms: |
sadhana-catushtaya |
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