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Then The Blessed One, having dwelt in Uruvelâ as long as he wished, proceeded on his wanderings in the direction of Gayâ Head, accompanied by a great congregation of priests, a thousand in number, who had all of them aforetime been monks with matted hair. And there in Gayâ, on Gayâ Head, The Blessed One dwelt, together with the thousand priests.    And there The Blessed One addressed the priests:--  "All things, O priests, are on fire. And what, O priests, are all these things which are on fire?    "The eye, O priests, is on fire; forms are on fire; eye-Consciousness is on fire; impressions received by the eye are on fire; and whatever sensation, pleasant, unpleasant, or indifferent, originates in dependence on impressions received by the eye, that also is on fire.    "And with what are these on fire?    "With the fire of passion, say I, with the fire of hatred, with the fire of infatuation; with birth, old age, death, sorrow, lamentation, misery, grief, and despair are they on fire.    "The ear is on fire; sounds are on fire; . . . the nose is on fire; odors are on fire; . . . the tongue is on fire; tastes are on fire; . . . the body is on fire; things tangible are on fire; . . . the mind is on fire; ideas are on fire; . . . mind-Consciousness is on fire; impressions received by the mind are on fire; and whatever sensation, pleasant, unpleasant, or indifferent, originates in dependence on impressions received by the mind, that also is on fire.    "And with what are these on fire?    "With the fire of passion, say I, with the fire of hatred, with the fire of infatuation; with birth, old age, death, sorrow, lamentation, misery, grief, and despair are they on fire.    "Perceiving this, O priests, the learned and noble disciple conceives an aversion for the eye, conceives an aversion for forms, conceives an aversion for eye-Consciousness, conceives an aversion for the impressions received by the eye; and whatever sensation, pleasant, unpleasant, or indifferent, originates in dependence on impressions received by the eye, for that also he conceives an aversion. Conceives an aversion for the ear, conceives an aversion for sounds, . . . conceives an aversion for the nose, conceives an aversion for odors, . . . conceives an aversion for the tongue, conceives an aversion for tastes, . . . conceives an aversion for the body, conceives an aversion for things tangible, . . . conceives an aversion for the mind, conceives an aversion for ideas, conceives an aversion for mind-Consciousness, conceives an aversion for the impressions received by the mind; and whatever sensation, pleasant, unpleasant, or indifferent, originates in dependence on impressions received by the mind, for this also he conceives an aversion. And in conceiving this aversion, he becomes divested of passion, and by the absence of passion he becomes free, and when he is free he becomes aware that he is free; and he knows that rebirth is exhausted, that he, has lived the holy life, that he has done what it behooved him to do, and that he is no more for this world."    Now while this exposition was being delivered, the minds of the thousand priests became free from attachment and delivered from the depravities. - Quoted from the Mahâ-Vagga

We would approach You two, O (Ye) primeval ones in the house of this Thy holy Fire, O Ahura Mazda, Thou most bounteous Spirit! Who brings pollutions to this (Thy flame) him wilt Thou cover with pollutions (in his turn). But as the most friendly do Thou give us zeal, O Fire of the Lord! and approach us, and with the loving blessing of the most friendly, with the praise of the most adored. Yea, may’st thou approach to aid us in this our greatest (undertaking) among the efforts of our zeal. The Fire of Ahura Mazda art thou verily; yea, the most bounteous one of His Spirit, wherefore Thine is the most potent of all names (for grace), O Fire of the Lord! And therefore we would approach Thee, (O Ahura!) with the help of Thy Good Mind (which Thou dost implant within us), with Thy (good) Righteousness, and with the actions and the words inculcated by Thy good wisdom! We therefore bow before Thee, and we direct our prayers to Thee with confessions of our guilt, O Ahura Mazda! with all the good thoughts (which Thou dost inspire), with all the words well said, and the deeds well done, with these would we approach Thee. And to Thy most beauteous body do we make our deep acknowledgments, O Ahura Mazda! to those stars (which are Thy body); and to that one, the highest of the high, [such as the sun was called]! - The Zend Avesta

(In Daath) Know therefore this day, that Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei (as Abba and Aima) thy Elohim (the Shin of the world to come) is he which (as consuming fire) goes over before thee; (thus) as (a new Shin) a consuming fire he shall destroy them (your wicked horny egos), and he shall bring them down before thy face (Tiphereth): so (with consuming fire) shalt thou drive them out (from within you), and destroy them quickly, as Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei (the Shin of the world to come) has said unto thee.    
Yet, speak not thou (proudly) in thine heart, after that Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei  thy Elohim (the Shin of the world to come) hath cast them out (as consuming fire) from before thee, saying, for my righteousness Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei (the Shin of the world to come) hath brought me in to possess this land (new Nephesh): but for the wickedness of (your present Nephesh in) these (your) people (or animal egos) Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei (the Shin of the world to come) doth drive them out from before thee. Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land (body): but for the wickedness (fire) of these people (which are your Nephesh, your animality) Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei thy Elohim (the Shin of the world to come) doth drive (the lustful fire of) them (your animal egos, your Nephesh) out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei (the Shin of the world to come) swore unto thy fathers (your Monad, your Inner Shin), Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Chesed, Geburah and Tiphereth; or Atman, Buddhi Manas). 
(In Daath) Know therefore, that Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei (as Abba and Aima) thy Elohim (the Shin of the world to come) gives thee not this good land (new Nephesh in Assiah) to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a horny beheaded people. - Deuteronomy 9: 3-6

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