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6. When the conscience is freed from sensual pleasures, the reflection of the soul can be seen in it.
- Bha. Ā. 74
7. Meditation is perfected when the thought process becomes pure and sublime.
- Daśāśru. Sū. 5.1
8. A person whose mind is absorbed in meditation is not
perturbed by miseries born of passions nor those born of jealousy, dejection, grief and other mental anxieties.
-- Dhyāna. 103
9. To give up all fallacies and to be absorbed in the contemplation of the self is supreme Dharma Dhyāna.
- Kā. A. 482
10. The irresolute and fleeting mind which is difficult to be
controlled and conquered becomes steadfast and tranquil by meditation
— Ātma. 9
11. To concentrate one's mind upon one subject is meditation.
- Āva. Ni. 1499
12. Of the four kinds of meditation, mournful ( Ārta Dhyāna)
and wrathful ( Raudra Dhyāna ) cause birth and death in mundane existence and righteous or analytic ( Dharma Dhyāna) and purest ( Sukla Dhyāna ) are instrumental in emancipation.
— Dhyāna. 5
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