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Meditation, Yogic Postures and Silence
I was on the verge of gliding into the inner realms of concentration The hold of the gross world had gone My aim was to realize the intensity of Mahavira's concentration and meditation 1 tuned myself to the subtle world and held a communion with Acharya Kundkund 1 queried 'You sage! Your dictum is that one ignorant of palatal discipline, sleepcontrol and posture-control is ignorant of Mahavira and ignorant of his dharma Does not Mahavira's dharma admit of meditation? -
The Master said with a smile, 'lf meartation were irrelevant whatfor the travail of disciplining the tongue, sleep and posture ?'
'Worthy sire! That arouses my doubt why your table excludes the otherwise significant-meditation'
'How could I think of neglecting meditation ? 'Why don't you, then, mention meditation in your regimen ?'
The suggested regimen is only a means to meditation What for shoula | expressly mention meditation ?
'Is not meditation a means only?'
'It is a means but with a difference A conquest of hunger, sleep and posture is a means of means
'How be it?'
'Meditation is a means of self-realization. A subduing of the faculties of hunger, sleep and posture is a means of medi
