*/ 400 Verses on the Middle Path by Āryadeva c. 3 rd century Part 3 | of 16 Indicating Methods for Ridding Yourself of Grasping (at the Body as) Clean (1) Even if you (make use of a pleasurable) object for a very long time, there’s never an end (when you’re totally satisfied). Like a bad doctor, the exhausting (efforts

*/ 400 Verses on the Middle Path by Āryadeva c. 3 rd century Part 4 | of 16 Indicating Methods for Ridding Yourself of Grasping (at the Body as Having) an Impossible “Self” (about Which To Feel Pride) (1) What hallowed (Arhat) in the world would develop arrogant pride thinking, “ I (am king and this land is exclusively) mine

*/ 400 Verses on the Middle Path by Āryadeva c. 3 rd century Part 5 | of 16 Indicating the Behaviour of Bodhisattvas (1) There are no actions of the Buddhas that are not causes (for benefiting others). Even their breath is issued only for the sake of (acting as a) medicine for limited beings. (2) Just as the word

*/ 400 Verses on the Middle Path by Āryadeva c. 3 rd century Part 6 | of 16 Indicating Methods for Ridding Yourself of Disturbing Emotions (1) Since pleasurable things cause desire to increase and painful things cause anger to expand, why are pleasurable things not included as ascetic practices and why are painful things included as (these) practices? (2)

*/ 400 Verses on the Middle Path by Āryadeva c. 3 rd century Part 7 | of 16 Indicating Methods for Ridding Yourself of Craving for Pleasurable Objects That People Enjoy (1) This ocean of suffering has no end at all. Childish one, why do you not generate fear at being immersed in it? (2) Your youth (of the present)

*/ 400 Verses on the Middle Path by Āryadeva c. 3 rd century Part 8 | of 16 Training Disciples (1) Just as dissimilar people will not stay close friends for long (when their attachment is gone); likewise, desire will not stay for a long time in those who realize the faults of all (things). (2) Some have attachment for

*/ 400 Verses on the Middle Path by Āryadeva c. 3 rd century Part 9 | of 16 Indicating the Meditations for Refuting Static Functional Phenomena (1) All (functional phenomena) arise as a fact of being the result (of a collection of causes and circumstances). Therefore, there’s no such thing as a static (functional phenomenon that is causeless and truly

*/ 400 Verses on the Middle Path by Āryadeva c. 3 rd century Part 10 | of 16 Indicating the Meditations for Refuting a (Static, Impossible) “self” (1) A (static, truly existent) “self” (or Ātman as asserted by you Vaiśeṣikas ) internally can be neither female, nor male, nor hermaphroditic, (otherwise you would always have to be reborn as the

*/ 400 Verses on the Middle Path by Āryadeva c. 3 rd century Part 11 | of 16 Indicating the Meditations for Refuting (Truly Existent) Time (1) When the vase has not yet come about, the vase that will be present does not exist, nor does (the vase) that will later have passed away. (Otherwise, if the past, present and