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અધ્યાત્મતત્ત્વાલાક.
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દૃષ્ટિ છે. આસન સુખકારી અને સ્થિર હાવું જોઈએ. આ દૃષ્ટિમાં કાની અગ્નિના કણસમાન દર્શન ( ખાધ ) માનવામાં આવ્યું છે. અતએવ પૂર્વ દૃષ્ટિની અપેક્ષાએ આમાં કંઇક વધુ દૃઢ દર્શીન હેાય છે. ”-૯૪
महांश्च तत्त्वश्रवणाभिलाषः क्षेपो न योगस्य पथि प्रयाणे । असाधुतृष्णाSenggon-acarenana ftyi yå anssaaqifacfta||89|||
At this stage one feels an ardent desire for hearing the religious truth (nine categories). Ficklemindedness vanishes and so it does not obstruct the path of Yoga; and on account of the absence of evil desires and of haste he attains to the fixed and comfortable seat. (95)
Notes:-The next step in the path of Yoga is Asana (posture); it derives from a to sit. It means a particular mode of sitting. There are various postures such as Siddha, Padma, Chacra, Kurma, Mayura, Vira, Svastika, Bhadra, Sinha, Mukta and Gomukha and others. Placing the left ankle on the right thigh and right ankle on the left thigh and keeping the body erect while sitting is the posture
chacra'. All these various postures are fully treated in the books on Yoga which may be conveniently referred to. But generally the posture must be stable and easy. One practising Yoga has to undergo a series of exercises physical and mental for a long time.
Under ordinary course of things, the soul being under the influence of the body and surrounding circumstances, the study of the physical and spiritual law is essential. The power invested in the soul is
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