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## The Fifth Dasha
**With Hindi Commentary**
**1415**
The reason is universally accepted. If one contemplates religion with all these thoughts in mind, the soul will surely attain self-absorption. At the same time, by properly understanding the nature of living and non-living beings, one can use the teachings of the scriptures to benefit oneself and others. Religious knowledge is the root cause of self-absorption, and it cannot be achieved without religious contemplation. Therefore, it is proven that religious contemplation is indeed the root cause of self-absorption.
**(Or)** The word "शब्द" (word) should be understood here as a synonym.
If a monk, while contemplating religion, attains a state of sleep, and in that sleep experiences a different kind of knowledge, i.e., a dream, and in that dream experiences the liberation that gives unparalleled, previously unexperienced, transcendental joy, and as a result, that vision bears true fruit, then the mind attains absorption. In essence, true dream-vision leads to absorption of the mind. However, it should be noted that this absorption can only occur if the dream is like the ten dreams of the great Lord Mahavira, which are the form of liberation. If the dream leads to the attainment of worldly objects and the mind attains absorption, then it is called "भाव-समाधि" (absorption of emotions). Therefore, true dream-vision through religious contemplation is also a major cause of absorption of the mind. _In some places, the reading "सुजाणं" is also found. This means that seeing the good path and having good knowledge are the main causes of absorption._
It seems that people have imagined "inspiration" based on this. In reality, it is this true dream.
The one who undoubtedly attains correct knowledge of the self, i.e., the knowledge of remembering one's birth, remembers their past lives with the help of that knowledge. This remembrance generates a transcendental joy in the mind. Out of "हेतु-वाद" (reasoning), "दृष्टि-वाद" (seeing), and "दीर्घ-कालिक-वाद" (long-term reasoning), it is "दीर्घ-कालिक-वाद" that is the root cause of the knowledge of remembering one's birth. The soul in which the mind arises can remember its past lives through "ईहापोह" (the process of remembering past lives). This calms and pleases your mind, and it embraces detachment and dedicates itself to the welfare of its soul.