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અધ્યાત્મતત્ત્વાલક.
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various postures and Prānāyāma, etc., he begins to enjoy supreme happiness and deliglit. In this stage the practice of Dhyāna ( absorption that is the course of uniform modification of knowledge fixed only on one object at the place where the internal organ is fixed in Dhāranā. The mind is conscious of itself and the object. It, being prevented from wandering in other directions, becomes firmly fixed and steady on the import and significance of the holy attributes of Self. Desirelessness is the secret of success. Without any thought or word of help, health, wealth or craving for heavenly bliss, he meditates on the Liberated Soul and his qualities and thus achieves its objective ideal. He now realises that whatever relates to Self and its pure attributes, contributes to real bliss and anything else in relation to not-Self eventually turns into affliction and misery. All this is due to his non-attached attitude and course of Conduct) ( Asanga Anushthān). This state closely resembles Prashantavāhita stage of the Sānkhyas, Vishābhāga Parikshaya of the Buddha ; Shiva Vartma of the Shaivas and Dhruya mārga of the Yogis. While under this stage he enjoys transcendental peace and quietude. He is now within the reach of the subject of intense self-absorption ( Samādhi ).
Parā Stage.
In the preceding stage the obstacles to contemplation are partially settled down and partially uprooted, but, in this stage, they are removed in toto. So the absorption is carried out to the extent of forgetting
