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Niyamasāra
नियमसार
स्थायी सामायिक के लिए आत्मा ही उपादेय है - Hold on to the soul for the enduring equanimity - जस्स सण्णिहिदो अप्पा संजमे णियमे तवे । तस्स सामाइगं ठाइ इदि केवलिसासणे ॥१२७॥
जिसका आत्मा संयम, नियम तथा तप में सन्निहित रहता है उसके सामायिक स्थायी है, ऐसा केवली भगवान् के शासन में कहा है।
The Doctrine of Lord Jina has proclaimed that he, whose soul (ātmā) is riveted to self-restraint (samyama), selfadoration (niyama) and self-absorption (tapa or adhyātma), attains enduring equanimity (sāmāyika or samatābhāva).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Self-restraint (samyama) is control of the senses (indriya). Selfadoration (niyama) is to get established in right faith (samyagdarśana), right knowledge (samyagjñāna), and right conduct (samyakcāritra). Self-absorption (tapa or adhyātma) is meditation by the soul (ātmā), on the soul, through the soul. (seep. 219, ante). The soul (ātmā) becomes pure when the karmic dirt clinging to it has been destroyed. Such a soul is called the cause-soul (hārana paramātmā). When the soul is riveted to self-restraint (samyama), self-adoration (niyama), and self-absorption (tapa), it concentrates on the cause-soul (kāraņa paramātmā). It is then said to attain enduring equanimity (sāmāyika or samatābhāva).
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