Meditation

SR No.: 250209
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Akshayyashashreeji
Publisher: Z_Jayantsensuri_Abhinandan_Granth_012046.pdf
Total Pages: 2
Language: English
Classification: Article & Meditation Yoga
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MEDITATION
(Sadhwijl Akshayashrijl 'Aakha' M. A.)
Meditation is the salvation during life time. It is the liberation. In other words we can say meditation is the concentration of the mind.
Patanjaly said that the opposition of the mentality is yoga i.e. contact and the opposition of wishes is called as the penance in Jain Philosophy. We can see that these two are having very little difference. Yoga and penance both lead us towards the same aim. The tendency of mind, speech and body is called as yoga in Jain Philosophy. Patanjaly said that the connection of soul and supreme spirit is accomplishment.
Which is called as yoga in Patanjaly's words is called as penance in Jain Philosophy and same is called as Samadhi in Buddha's Philosophy.
Thus we can see that in Indian Philosophy the subject of meditation is nearly same. Because the technique of meditation is different, the definations are also different
Knowing these all, in short we can say that the concentration of the mind is the meditation. And this defination of the meditation fits in every philosophy.
Thus concentration of mind i.e. to flow in the same stream of the concentration putting an end to all the anxieties.
Contentration of mind is in good tendencies as well as in bad tendencies. In Jain Philosophy both are called as the type of meditation. One of them is auspicious and another is pordentous (ominous). The concern tradition leading the mind towards auspicity is called as the auspicious meditation and concentration leading the mind towards opposite direction is called as anxious meditation.
Many people complain that their mind does not concentrate. Whenever they want to do any religious work, their mind runs towards the home or shop or picture theatre. When they go to attend religious discourses they remember the song or story of the films. When they try to meditate, their mind goes to the shop for sailing, so they confuse how can we do devotion ? How can we meditate ? How can we learn or read or hear religious things ? Our mind does not co-operate to concentrate in these things.
Mahavira knew this thing thousands of years ago, so he divided meditation into four groups. Out of which two are auspicious and two are portenous.
When mind concentrates on bad things the meditation is the portenous one and when mind concentrates on good (spiritual) things then it is an
auspicious one.
If mind goes in portenous things during doing good activities and can stay in those bad things for a long time then it meant that mind has the habit of concentration but not in good things. It is connected very perfectly with those bad things. In picture hall most of the people succeed to concentrate their mind for three hours continuously. No ? their mind has habit of concentration in the shop for a long time. It will not wonder here or there. It means, mind has the practice of concentrating for a long time, no ? Then how is it said our mind does not concentrate ? Mind has the habit of concentration very nicely it concentrates for a long time. But it is necessary for us to bring it in auspicious things from the portenous ones and later we have to bring it in to the purity, from the auspicious. And this is the art of living, necessary.
For the practice of concentration it is necessary to give attention on breath while meditating. What is the reason of it ? Breath is a natural process of the body There is no need of my unnatural effort. Breath is such a natural process for which there is no need to do any physical or mental effort, nor we have to spend any money for it. What we have to do is only to watch it, continuity of breath helps to meditate continuously. It is the most useful thing in meditation for its continuity. As breath is the life itself. Continity of it is the sign of the life and when it stops is the sign of the death.
Very naturally one question arises in our mind what is the use of watching breath or to take help of breath in spiritual meditation ? What is the relation between breath and spirit?
The answer is this, when we watch our breath it becomes slow and steady. Because the breath becomes slow and steady our thoughts also become slow and steady. This steadyness of thoughts help to concentrate the mind for a long time and this concentration leads our mind to the spirit.
Since our mind has no habit of concentrating in good spiritual thing, it starts wandering any movement. So many people ask, "How can we concentrate our mind." I will still say these people that it is not necessary to control the mind forcibly. If one tries to control mind forcibly then it will become more rude. Don't make any effort to control it, what we have to do is only to watch it. Don't give it chance to go out of our eye sight. If we will does this, it will have no chance of wandering any where. It will understand that it's master is vigilant, now it is difficult to go any where. It will understand that it must
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