Illuminator of Jaina Tenets

SR No.: 006924
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1985
Total Pages: 252
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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Sūtras 42-43 ]
Path of Emancipation
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etac chadmasthānām antarmuhūrtāvadhikam bhavati.
(Aph.) Fixing of mind (thought) on a particular object or the arrestation of the activities (of mind, speech and body) is called concentration. (XLI)
(Gloss) (Concentration means) fixing of mind (thought) in the case or those who are non-omniscient, and (it means) arrestation of activities in the case of the omniscient, there being no necessity of the concentrated thought in the latter case. It (viz. concentration) can last for a period less than a muhurta (forty-eight minutes) in the case of the nonomniscients. 89. grüya 42. dharmya-śukle.
(Aph.) (Concentration quâ tapaḥ is of two types) : 1. dharmya (pertaining to the nature of the reality), and 2. śukla
(pure). (XLII) : 73. 18TT-37910-faqtifarrafaqora gr
विचयो विपश्यना प्रेक्षा इत्यनर्थान्तरम् । वस्तुस्वभावो धर्मः । धर्मादनपेतं धर्म्यम् । ध्येयभेदादेतच्चतुर्धा-१. आज्ञा--आगमश्रुतम् P. 37914--219: 1 3. f7919: TI 8. TESTTTH-SOUT
णामाकृतिः, उपलक्षणत्वाद् अशेषाः पर्यायाः। 43. ajñā-apāya-vipāka-saṁsthānavicayāya dharmyam.
vicayo vipaśyanā prekşā ityanarthāntaram. vastusvabhāvo dharmaḥ. dharmād anapetam dharmyam. dhyeyabhedād etac caturdhā : 1. ājñā.-āgama-śrutam, 2. apāyaḥ-doşaḥ, 3. vipākahkarmaphalam, 4. samsthānam-dravyānām ākstiḥ, upalaksaņatvād aśeşāḥ paryāyāḥ. .
(Aph.) Concentration directed on the analysis of (i) the scriptural revelation, (ii) passions, (iii) karmic fruition, and (iv) forms is one pertaining to the nature of the reality. (XLIII)
(Gloss) The words analysis, introspection and perception are synonyms. Dharma means the nature of the real ; what pertains to the nature of the real is dharmya,
This concentration) is fourfold on account of the four varieties of