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HOW DID THE TRADITION OF MEDITATION VANISH?
Why in the Middle Ages did obstacles arise That made the crop of meditation untimely
wither? How it blossomed anew in congenial
atmosphere When irrigated with devotion's water pure! Dhyana-Yoga reassessed right and proper; A technique evolved with labour; now the
path's clear.
Q. In Jain philosophy an important tradition of medi- tation was in vogue. Lord Mahavir was the living symbol of that tradition. In his time hundreds of munis were its eminent practitioners. The successor-acharyas and munis further developed this tradition. How then, did this pure tradition get discontinued? What obstructed
it?
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