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न साम्येन विना ध्यानं न ध्यानेन विना च तत् ।
freeम्पं जायते तस्माद् द्वयमन्योन्यकारणम् ॥११४॥
Meaning: Meditation is not possible without equanimity, and firm unshakable equanimity is not possible without meditation, so both are mutually causative.
मुहूर्तान्तर्मनः स्थेयं ध्यानं छद्मस्थयोगिनाम् । धर्म्यं शुक्लं च तद् द्वेधा योगरोधस्त्वयोगिनाम् ||११५ ।।
Meaning : For the lower class of yogi (chhadmastha yogi) a concentration for a muhurta (48 minutes) is considered as dhyana (meditation). This is of two types, one is Dharma-dhyan (religious meditation) and the other is Shukla- dhyan (higher meditation). The pure have total lack of attachment and activity.
मुर्हुत्तात्परतश्चिन्ता यद्वा ध्यानान्तरं भवेत् । बह्वर्थसंक्रमे तु स्याद्दीर्घापि ध्यानसन्ततिः ॥ ११६ ॥ Meaning: At a stretch the meditation does not last more than a muhurta on one point or object.
After a muhurta the meditator is distracted. He has to start the meditation all over again, concentrating on a different point, and so on. This chain should be continued.
Attitudes
मंत्री - प्रमोद कारुण्य- माध्यस्थानि नियोजयेत् । धर्म्यध्यानमुपस्कत्तं तद्धि तस्य रसायनम् ।। ११७ ॥
Meaning: The four bhavanas ( feelings ) ; friendship, appreciation, compassion, neutrality; help when
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