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|| Om Arhate Namah || | 10. Dasham Prakash
Now the nature of Rupaatit Dhyana is being explained. 869. Of the formless, pure consciousness-blissful form, the Supreme Soul. Of the immaculate, the perfected, the meditation is without form. ||1|| _ Meaning: The meditation of the formless (without body), shapeless, pure consciousness-blissful (knowledge-bliss) form, immaculate, perfected Supreme Soul, is called Rupaatit Dhyana. ||1||. 870. Thus constantly remembering, the yogi, with the support of that form. He attains oneness with it, devoid of the object and the perceiver. ||2|| _ Meaning: The yogi who constantly meditates on the form of such an immaculate, shapeless, perfected Supreme Soul, with the support of that form, attains oneness with it, devoid of the object and the perceiver, i.e., the state of being the object and the perceiver. ||2||. 871. Becoming completely surrendered to him, he merges in him thus. In the absence of both the meditator and the meditation, he attains unity with the object of meditation. ||3|| _ Meaning: When the yogi, completely surrendered to that perfected Supreme Soul, becomes absorbed in him; then, in the absence of any support, he becomes one with the soul of the perfected Supreme Soul, and in the absence of both the meditator and the meditation, he becomes one with the object of meditation, the perfected Supreme Soul. ||3||.
The meaning is being explained. 872. This state of being one with the object of meditation, is considered to be unification with it. The soul, in its indivisible form, merges in the Supreme Soul. ||4|| _ Meaning: The unification (oneness) of the mind of the yogi who practices Rupaatit Dhyana with the perfected Supreme Soul, is called Samarasibhava. This is truly considered to be oneness, by which the soul merges in the Supreme Soul in its indivisible form. ||4||. The essence is being explained. 873. From the relationship of the unperceivable and the perceivable, one should contemplate from the gross to the subtle. From the supported to the unsupported, the knower of the truth knows the truth with clarity. ||5|| _ Meaning: One should first enter into the unsupported Rupaatit Dhyana through the meditation with an object, such as the body, the feet, etc. One should contemplate the subtle, subtler objects, such as the Anahata Kala, etc., by grasping the gross objects. And one should go from the supported objects, such as the form, etc., to the unsupported object, the perfected Supreme Soul. If one practices meditation in this order, the yogi who knows the truth attains the truth in a short time. ||5||. The conclusion of the four types of meditation, Pindastha, etc., is being explained. 874. Thus, the mind of the muni, immersed in the nectar of these four types of meditation, Pindastha, Padastha, Rupastha, and Rupaatit. Having realized the truth of the world, he purifies his soul. ||6|| _ Meaning: Thus, the mind of the muni, immersed in the nectar of these four types of meditation, Pindastha, Padastha, Rupastha, and Rupaatit, realizes the truth of the world through experiential knowledge and purifies his soul. ||6||. Having explained the four types of meditation, Pindastha, etc., in order, the difference is being explained through the variations of the same type of meditation.
The types of Dharma Dhyana - 1875. From the contemplation of the command, the result, and the consequences, and the establishment. Thus, Dharma Dhyana is of four types, according to the difference in the object of meditation. ||7||
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