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Negation of meditation--Devoid of spirituality. 32. One who is asleep and is in deep slumber is neither engaged in meritorious or immeritorious meditation. Likewise one with an inactive mind even though awake, is neither engaged in good or bad activities.
The state of a sleep-Devoid of meditation. The state of slumber - Devoid of meditation.
The inactiveness of mind even in awakened state—Devoid of meditation.
33. The minds of new born, stupified, immatured, infatuated and a slumbering person are obstructed and undeveloped. In these stages, meditation is not possible.
34. The mind which has become steady through deep concentration the accepted support is termed as meditation. The mind which is not deeply engrossed, unmanifested and wavering is not meditation.
35. The fire which is not completely extinguished becomes ablaze with fresh fuel. Likewise the immatured mind might subsequently become matured.
36. The disciple asked -My Lord; You have just depicted that the concentration of kind is meditation. As such how can physical, vocal and mental-all the three types of meditation be practised simultaneously? This is because the mind engaged in all the three types will take different objects as its support. Hence it can only be mind and not meditation.
37. Ācārya replied-One who engages oneself in physical activity with the awareness of mind and speaks with the same awareness, is said to be in 'Bhāva Kriyā'. The activity which is devoid of mental awareness is Dravya Kriyā.
38. The disciple again asked-My Lord; If you just believe that mind is meditation, then meditation will also be considered as mind as such physical and vocal meditation will be impossible. Hence you will have to accept that mind is meditation. If you do not accept this theory, then it is crystal clear that meditation is not only mental but also different from it.
39. Ācārya replied-Vatsa ! it can be said with certainty that mind is meditation, but meditation may or may not be mind. Just as 'Khadira' is a tree but a tree may or may not be 'Khadira'
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| SR No. | 524515 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 1978 07 |
| 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 |