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THE PATH OF NIRVANA OR LIBERATION
(3) Vaiyya vritya-Service-serving the distressed, fatigued and sick saints.
(4) Svadhyaya-Reading holy scriptures.
(5) Vyutsarga-Giving up attachment to body etc. (6) Dhyana-Concentration.
Concentration is of four kinds :
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(1) Arta dhyana-painful concentration as feeling sorrow etc. (2) Raudra Dhyana-wicked concentration to have pleasure in teasing others. (3) Dharma dhyana-right concentration. (4) Sukla dhyana-Pure concentration. Right concentration is of four kinds :
(1) Ajna vichaya-to meditate upon the right principles according to the scriptures.
(2) Ajna vichaya-to meditate on how to remove one's affection and hatred and karmas and how to remove wrong belief and knowledge of others.
(3) Vipaka vichaya-to meditate upon the causes of pleasure and pain, the ripening of karmas.
(4) Sansthana vichaya-to meditate upon the nature of the universe and upon the pure soul itself.
Pure concentration-is of four kinds :
(1) Prithaktva vitarka vichara. Absorption in meditation of the Self, but unconsciously allowing its different attributes to replace one another.
(2) Ekatva vitarka avichara-Absorption in one aspect of the Self, without changing the particular aspect concentrated upon.
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