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the same position but the feet are twined into each other and the up-turned palms of the The posture hands are placed togəther in the centof a Jain re of the folded feet. Neither cloth image. nor ormament has any place on the images. No female image is to be in their vicinity. It is in fact an embodiment of a perfectly dispassionate mind in complete selfconcentration.
The best attitude of Yoga as given in the Illustrated Bhagavadgita ch. Vi transcribed be from a Bra- low is found in these images. Says
a work the Gita:- "With body, head and neck erect and immoveable; with eyes directed straight to the end of the nose and without trembling; with the mind kept at complete rest and fearless; keeping celebacy; subduing the heart; devoted to me ( the God); a man should rewain, with faith on me, in the state of concentration. He who thus concentrates the attention and pacifies the mind in contemplation, becomes united with me and obtains final
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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