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The Nature of Padasthan Dhyana
Yoga Shastra Ashtama Prakash Sloka 45 to 56
||816. If you wish to extinguish the fire of your worldly existence even for a moment, then you should remember the first mantra, the first seven letters 'Namo Arihantaanam'. ||45||
Meaning
They prescribe two other mantras.
||817. Remember the five-letter mantra 'Namo Siddhaanam' which destroys karma, and meditate on the mantra adorned with alphabets 'Om Namo Arhate Kevaline Paramyoginie Visphuraduru Shukladhyanaagninirdagdhakarmabeejaya Prasaanant Chaturshtaya Soumyaya Shantaya Mangalavaradaya Ashtaadashadosha-rahitaya Swaha' which grants all kinds of protection. ||46||
Meaning: To destroy the eight karmas, one should meditate on the five-letter mantra 'Namo Siddhaanam', and to obtain all kinds of protection, one should meditate on the mantra adorned with alphabets 'Om Namo Arhate Kevaline Paramyoginie Visphuraduru Shukladhyanaagninirdagdhakarmabeejaya Prasaanant Chaturshtaya Soumyaya Shantaya Mangalavaradaya Ashtaadashadosha-rahitaya Swaha'. ||46||
They describe the Kar mantra with its fruits in ten slokas.
||818. Meditate on a white lotus with eight petals inside the mouth, and place the letters 'Om Namo Arihantaanam' on them in order. ||47|| ||819. Adorn it with saffron-colored, melodious, nectar-like drops, and let the nectar fall from the moon-like center of the lotus. ||48|| ||820. Contemplate the 'Hrim' Mayabeeja, which is moving in the mouth, in the middle of the halo of light, and is as bright as nectar. ||49|| ||821. Then contemplate it moving on the petals, moving in the sky, destroying the darkness of the mind, and flowing with nectar. ||50|| ||822. Contemplate it going through the hole in the palate, shining in the space between the eyebrows, with unimaginable greatness in the three worlds, like a wonderful light. ||51|| ||823. By meditating on this mantra with a pure and focused mind, the impurities of speech and mind are removed, and Shruta Jnana is revealed. ||52|| ||824. After practicing for six months, the mind becomes steady, and one sees the smoke rising from the lotus of the mouth. ||53|| ||825. After practicing for a year, one sees the flame, and then, with a special feeling, one sees the lotus face of the omniscient. ||54|| ||826. Then, one sees the omniscient directly, shining with the greatness of auspiciousness, full of all perfections, and residing in the halo of light. ||55|| ||827. Then, with the mind fixed on the self, one becomes certain, and crossing the wilderness of the world, one resides in the temple of Siddhi. ||56||
Meaning: Meditate on a white lotus with eight petals inside the mouth, and place the letters 'Om Namo Arihantaanam' on them in order. The eight groups of letters are: 1. A, Aa, I, Ii, U, Uu, Ri, Ri, Lri, Lri, E, Ai, O, Au, An, Ah, 2. K, Kh, G, Gh, N, 3. Ch, Chh, J, Jh, N, 4. T, Th, D, Dh, N, 5. T, Th, D, Dh, N, 6. P, Ph, B, Bh, M, 7. Y, R, L, V, 8. Sh, Shh, S, H. Adorn the lotus with saffron-colored, melodious, nectar-like drops, and let the nectar fall from the moon-like center of the lotus. Then contemplate the 'Hrim' Mayabeeja, which is moving in the mouth, in the middle of the halo of light, and is as bright as nectar. Then contemplate it moving on the petals, moving in the sky, destroying the darkness of the mind, and flowing with nectar. Contemplate it going through the hole in the palate, shining in the space between the eyebrows, with unimaginable greatness in the three worlds, like a wonderful light. By meditating on this mantra with a pure and focused mind, the impurities of speech and mind are removed, and Shruta Jnana is revealed. After practicing for six months, the mind becomes steady, and one sees the smoke rising from the lotus of the mouth. After practicing for a year, one sees the flame, and then, with a special feeling, one sees the lotus face of the omniscient. Then, one sees the omniscient directly, shining with the greatness of auspiciousness, full of all perfections, and residing in the halo of light. Then, with the mind fixed on the self, one becomes certain, and crossing the wilderness of the world, one resides in the temple of Siddhi. ||47-56||
Up to this point, they have described the meditation on the Mayabeeja. Now they speak about the Vijnana Vidya.
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