Way of Life Part 3

SR No.: 006515
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 348
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Religion
File Size: 18 MB

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THE WAY OF LIFE THE FORMLESS STATE (ROOPATHITHAVASTHA)
O thou formless one! O thou Chidanandaroopa (one who embodies the supreme bliss) ! All your Karmas were destroyed and you became the formless one and you became the nameless one. You have transcended old age and death and you have become immortal. Now, you need not be born in any of the four states of Samsar. You have become supremely blissful. You are above all maladies and anguish. You have no sorrow or agitation. Oh Paramatma! Bestow your benevolent grace upon me. Let me also be merged with you with the feeling of oneness and unity. Let the light of my soul join the resplendent light of your soul.
THE AUSTERITY OF CHAITYAVANDAN (SALUTING THE LORD) • After completing these contemplations on the three states of the Paramatma get ready to perform Chaityavandan with perfect concentration and devotion. First of all perform the Iryapath-prathikraman (utterance of the Iriyavahiya Sutra). With the edge of your upper cloth, clean the ground and then perform five Panchangapranipat or Khamasaman (saluting the Lord touching the ground with the five limbs). • Meditate upon the Chaityavandan sutra which you recited. Concentrate your mind on the meaning of the Sutras and on the idol of the Paramatma. You must concentrate on the meaning of the Sutras and the idol of the Paramatma. • Keep looking in the direction of the Paramatma. Ignore the other three directions. That means, you should never look in those directions. • While performing the Chaityavandan, you must be seated in the postures called yogamudra, muktashuktimudra and jinamudra. In other words, you have to fold your hands in three different ways. Even postures are specially efficacious in inspiring, increasing and in the purification of the emotions. If you do not know the various mudras (postures), you must learn
them from those who know them.