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## Prāśa Dṛṣṭi: Meditation, the Steady-Minded Meditator with Four Virtues
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And the soul, for the seeker of liberation, is completely contemptible - worthy of being abandoned. The rest, however, are the cause of Dharma and Śukla Mokṣa, highly praiseworthy and desirable, and for the soul, the seeker of liberation, they are completely worthy of being embraced, to be honored with the utmost respect. Or, one can understand the four types of meditation as being in the form of the body, in the form of the senses, in the form of the form, and beyond form. To understand these types of meditation in detail, the inquisitive should observe the Śrī Jñānāva, Adhyātmasāra, Yāgaśāstra, Mākṣamālā, and other such scriptures. The ultimate goal of all these types of meditation is to be established in the meditation of the pure soul. Therefore, Ātma-dhyāna (meditation on the soul) is the main meditation. Here, to truly understand the nature of meditation, it is necessary to understand the nature of the meditator, the object of meditation, etc. -
**The Nature of the Meditator**
The meditator, the person who performs this meditation, should be worthy, and for that, they should be endowed with the four excellent virtues of knowledge, faith, conduct, and detachment. They should be imbued with these four virtues, with a firm and unwavering mind. Because, through the virtue of knowledge, there is steadiness; through the virtue of faith, the mind becomes stable and unperturbed; through the virtue of conduct, the past karma is destroyed; and through the virtue of detachment, the desires and fears associated with attachment are eradicated. That is, due to detachment, the mind does not become attached to anything, and it does not have any desires or aspirations related to this world or the next, and it does not become disturbed by any kind of fear. Thus, the mind of one who is imbued with these four virtues becomes stable. And, the one who has a stable mind is the one who is worthy of meditation; others, with unstable minds, are not worthy. For the attainment of meditation, stability of mind is the first and foremost requirement. The supreme seer of the soul, Śrīmad Rājacandraji, has said in his profound statement of truth, "I will tell you when I understand, when my mind becomes stable." Similarly, the Gītā also says, "For the uncontrolled mind, yoga is difficult to attain, I believe. But for the one who has control over the mind and senses, yoga is attainable through effort." - All this truly happens in the soul imbued with the above virtues. Śrī Nemicandracārya has said in the Br̥had Dravyasaṅgraha, "If you want to know about the different types of meditation, then..."
" निश्चलत्त्रमसंमोहो निर्जरा पूर्वकर्मणाम् । सङ्गाशंसा भयोच्छेदः फलान्यासां यथाक्रमम् ॥ स्थिरचित्तः किलैताभिर्याति ध्यानस्य योग्यताम् । योग्यतैव हि नान्यस्य तथा चोक्त ं परैरपि । ” —Śrī Yaśavijayajīkṛta Adhyātmasāra
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असंयतात्मने। योगो दुःप्राप्य इति मे मतिः । વયાભના તુ ચતતા રાજ્જોડવાનુમુયત: || ”—Gītā A. 6.