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44: Sramaņa, Vol 63, No. 2, April-June 2012 the most powerful penance. In the twinkling of an eye this mind pushes one to the seventh rung of hell and elevates one to man's highest destination i.e. salvation. Defining an ascetic it is said that 'an ascetic is one who has complete mastery over his mind'. 23 For mastery over mind, first necessity is the purity of thoughts. People who desire mokṣa without a pure mind are like ignorant fools trying to swim across the great ocean with bare hands.2* In Jain text we also find the types of mano-gupti while discussing the mano-gupti it is relevant to know its types also.
Types of mano gupti The Jains hold that all our mental activities can be classified into four kinds: (i) true, (ii) untrue, (iii) true and untrue, and (iv) neither true nor untrue. 25
A true activity of mind corresponds to its object. And activity which does not correspond to its object is untrue. An activity is said to be true and untrue if it is partly true and partly false. Our desires, purposes, inclinations etc. are of the fourth kind. Such activities are neither true nor untrue since they have no corresponding object. Classification of gupti is based on type of activities. So gupti is also fourfold:
i) True, ii) Untrue iii) True and untrue
iv) Mixture of what is not true and what is not untrue. Suggesting a monk in Uttarādhyayana it is said, "a monk should prevent his mind from desire for the misfortune of somebody else (samārambha), from thoughts on acts which cause misery to living beings (samārambha), and from thoughts in acts which cause their distraction (ārambha)":26
The famous text Yoga Šāstra classifies mano-gupti in different way, based on states or levels of controlling mind. According to Acārya Hemacandra there are three types of mano-gupti viz. (i) nasatkalpanā viyogi, (ii) samatábhāvini and (iii) atmaramatā. 27
| SR No. | 525080 |
| Book Title | Sramana 2012 04 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shreeprakash Pandey, Ashokkumar Singh |
| Publisher | Parshvanath Vidhyashram Varanasi |
| Publication Year | 2012 |
| Total Pages | 72 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Sramana, & India |
| File Size | 7 MB |