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To be firm and enduring. Fear of transmigration and desire for freedom. Giving up deceitfulness. Being dedicated to the path so taken. Giving up influx of karma. Purification of sins and blemishes. Complete renunciation of pleasures. Steadfast practice of the vows. Steadfast practice of other disciplinary regulations. Complete bodily detachment. Giving up non-vigilance i.e. carelessness. To be alert and aware. Taking to virtuous and pure contemplations. Giving up the fear of death. Being alone in the company of the self. To expiate for one's sins and shortcomings. To be constantly engaged in the study of the self and scriptures, even at the time of death.
Thus we see that in Jaina agamas the term Yoga connotes different meanings:
• Meditation (dhyāna) blessing
Tapa (austerity) Caritra (conduct) Saṁvara (stoppage of influx of karma) Nirjarā (annihilation of karma) Adhyātma (spirituality) Bhāvana (contemplation) Samatā (equanimity) etc.
The Jaina Āgamas give a detailed description of dhyāna, which is the 7th Anga of the eightfold Pātañjala-yoga. Dhyāna may be inauspicious and auspicious. Ārta Dhyāna and Raudra Dhyāna are mournful and cruel concentrations, which are inauspicious, and Dharma Dhyāna and śukla Dhyāna are virtuous and pure concentrations, which are auspicious. Each has
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