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अडुंग जोगो
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In the Jaina scriptures there are fourteen stages of development of the virtues [Gunasthana). He who has attained to this Drishti, is said to have reached the first stage of development. That the scriptures say that even all those who have not yet reached to this Drishti, are of the first stage [Gunasthana), is an ordinary or general description.
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In the first Drishti stress is laid on observance of Yama, while in the second Drishti called Tara, observance of Niyama is imperative. Of the Niyamas [ शौच, सन्तोष, तप, स्वाध्याय and pat-form], proper practices of purity [bring on indifference for one's own body and disattachment towards other bodies; moreover, by the practices of purity, one acquires passi. vity, purity, concentration, control over senses and fitness for the introspection of his inner-self. And from contentment results the acquisition of excellent happiness; perfection of the body and the senses is acquired through religious austerities; repetition of sacred verses and Mantras leads to the blessed sight of the deity; and the meditation of God facilitates deep concentration [Samadhi].
