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tally perceives in meditation the state of the body every moment), (remains ever vigilant).
ANNOTATIONS 20-21. The Sadhana propounded by Bhagavăn Mahāvira essentially consists in 'remaining vigilant moment after moment'. Out of the various techniques prescribed for remaining vigilant, the prime one is to perceive in meditation with the mind's eye the phenomena and sensations taking place in one's own body. A sādhaka who concentrates his perception on the sensations of pain and pleasure ever present in the gross body, - i.e. one who discovers the state of the body every moment - remains vigilant. This meditational technique of concentration of percep
the body leads one to become introvert. Thus the gross body serves as a medium of turning the outwardly directed flow of consciousness inward.
The two subtle bodies - the taijas (i. e. the electrical body) and kar ma-body exist in the interior of the gross one and the soul is further in the interior of these two, One who practises the concentration of the perception of the phenomena and sensations of one's gross body, gradually succeeds in perceiving the subtle bodies. By further practice of this technique of meditation and training the mind for such perception, one begins to realize the current of consciousness flowing in the gross body. As the sădhaka proceeds progressively from perceptior of the gross to that of the subtle, the intensity of his vigilance increases.
२२. एस मग्गे आरिएहि पवेदिते। 22. Esa magge äriehin pavedite. 22. This Path (of vigilance) has been shown by the
Tirthankaras.
२३. उदिए णो पमायए। 23. Utshie no pamāyae. 23. One should not cease to be vigilant after having risen
up (for the sadhand of vigilance).
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