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Sutra 2.9: Clinging to life
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Sutra 2.9: Clinging to life

Latent samskaras carry memory of previous deaths, arousing fear.

Chapter 2: Sadhana pada.

स्वरस्वाहि विदुषोऽपि समारूढोऽभिनिवेशः ॥९॥

sva-rasa-vāhī viduṣaḥ api samā-rūḍhaḥ abhiniveśaḥ ||9||

"Flowing on by its own potency, established all the-same even in the wise, is Love of Life."

The purpose of this sutra is to explain the that the clinging to life and fear of death arises due to samskaras that carry the memories of previous deaths.

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