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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
word Rudra connotes cruelty.If we analyze the course of average human existence, we shall find that the major portion of our life isoccupied by tensions created by differnt types of pleasures and pains. In other words our mind is mostly occupied by the feelings, which are good or bad. When it is occupied by bad feelings we are either in Arta (painful) or in Rudra (cruel) mood. However, some times we are also in good mood when we think in terms of ethical and social obligations, which prompt us to lead us to virtuous path. When we are in such a mood we are in Dharma Dhyaan.
As and when we progress in Dharma Dhyaan, a stage comes when we enter into the last stage of "Shukla Dhyaan”. Shukla means pure It is the stage when our mind becomes thoughtless. This is described as “Nirvikalpa Samadhi”. It is not possible to describe this stage because human language is not capable to express it fully. To know what is meant by
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