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category of pure meditation. In the second category the activity in the body medium is stopped and that in speech and thought remain. Those having only subtle activity in physical media belong to the third category. Where there is absolutely no activity it is said to be the fourth category of pure meditation.
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Meaning The wise say that as the stability of mind is called meditation in case of those nearing perfection, the total absence of physical movement is meditation in case of the perfect.
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कर्मजरण हेतोर्वा । शब्दार्थ बहुत्वाद्वा जिनवचनाद्वाप्ययोगिननो ध्यानम् ॥१२॥
Meaning The hypothetical state of the mentally, verbally, and physically inactive perfect beings is termed as meditation; may be due to the inertial effect of their long established practice or due to the awakening of the soul resulting in shedding of the karmas, or due to any of the other meanings the word Dhyana conveys or simply because it has been so mentioned in the scriptures by the omniscients.
श्राद्ये श्रुतावलम्बनपूर्वे पूर्वश्रुतार्थसम्बन्धात् । पूर्वधराणां छद्मस्थयोगिनां प्रायसो ध्याने ।। १३ ।।
Meaning The first two categories of the pure meditation are generally attained by only the near omniscients through the meditative absorption of the
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