Tulsi Prajna 1978 07

SR No.: 524515
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shreechand Rampuriya, Nathmal Tatia, Dayanand Bhargav
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1978
Total Pages: 142
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 3 MB

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16-17. In these two stanzas are described the main features of (1) Meditator, (2) Place of meditation, (3) Posture of meditation and (4) Support for meditation.
(1) Meditator-One who has control over the senses and has obstructed the inflow of Karmas.
(2) Place of meditation-It must be free from din and bustle and such other obstacles and also free from stony beds, insects and beasts.
(3) Posture of meditation-In all the thrce postures-standing, sitting or sleeping, one must be stable.
(4) Support for meditation-One must concentrate with an exclusive mind on an animate or inanimate object, text or its meaning, substance or its modes.
18. Some Acāryas say that meditation is exclusively mental. This is not correct. Lord Mahāvīra has said that meditation is of three kinds-Mental, Vocal and Physical.
19. Body is made up of three elements-wind, bile and cough. Of these, one which is aggravated is termed as agitated and the remaining two are never mentioned altogether. This does not mean that the remaining two elements have no entity of their own.
20. Likewise, among the three activities of the body-mental, vocal and physical, that one is named which is prominent for the time being and the rest two are neglected. Among them, one may be in existence or two may function simultaneously or both may not exist altogether.
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21. Mind may be spiritual; likewise physical and vocal organs may also be spiritual. To keep the body steady with deep concentration of mind is physical meditation. To desist from unrestrained language with deep concentration is vocal meditation. Hence the Lord has lucidly delineated three phases of spirituality.
(1) Spirituality in mind-Mental meditation. (2) Spirituality in word-Vocal meditation.
(3) Spirituality in body-Physical meditation.
In other words, restraint of mind, word and body is respectively mental, vccal and physical meditation.
22. If the concentration of mind on any particular object or its restraint is meditation, then to concentrate or restrain vocal and physical organs is also meditation.