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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
The result is that Gita has a place for varieties of philosophical thanking like Dwait, Adwait, Jnana, Dhyana, Karma and “Atmaupamyata”.
The subject of Atmaupamyata means a prindiple which regards all as one's own self or which seeks to establish one's own identity with all sentient beings. This chapter presents to us sufficient materials on this subject, which practically reproduces some basic thinking of Jainism. It is for this reason that this chapter is known as “Atma Samyam Yoga', Shri Shankara and Shri Chinmayanadji prefer to describe it as “Dhyana Yoga" because it refers to many details of the performance of Dhyana (meditation). This chapter consists of 47 verses and principally their discussion is in relation to Atma (soul) and its spiritual advancement and even the verses about Dhyana are for that purpose. Therefore it would be proper to identify this chapter as “Atma Samyam Yoga".
Now let us examine how this chapter corroborates Jain perspectives.
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