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Self Control: The Vital Aspect of Ascetic Life : 45 i) Asat kalpanā viyogi It means that one should not give himself up to excessive grief and the like at the demise of any one dear to him or at the loss of anything: One should reflect within himself that all the pleasures of life are only temporal. They come and go like the fleeting clouds so there is nothing permanent to be gained thereof for the well being of the soul which must strive and struggle till the highest good is realized. 2) Samatábhāvini It means continuous thinking along certain time that will bring on the equanimity of mind. He must try to realize that for monk love and hate, pain and pleasure have no value for both are but chains, one of gold and the other of ore which subject the soul to go round and round the wheel of births and deaths. Moreover, unless the equanimity of mind is attained, a soul cannot expect to have a right vision into the metaphysics of ideas and ideals without which veil of mithyātva cannot be removed.28 3) Ātmaramatā It means 'introspection' or 'self-reflection'. By this the ascetic draws in the power of his mind from the extra mental world and concentrates the same upon the soul to study the different phases it passes through. Thus it gradually creates apathy to the things of temporal character by a comparative arrest of the influx and enhances the ardent desire for a speedy deliverance from the turmoil of the life of servitude. In order to fortify the practice of the great vow of nonviolence a wise person should chase five bhāvanās. Among these five bhāvanās one is control of mind (mano-gupti).29 Ācārya Mahāprajña also gives more importance to mano-gupti. Where defining the Yoga, Patañjali says, Yoga means to stop mental modifications;3' Ācārya Mahāprajña uses the same definition in the context of gupti. According to him, to control the mental activity is gupti.?! Control of mind means to check the violent thoughts from sullying the mind. It is the mind where the seed of an action is sown, it is very necessary to keep it clean in
| 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 |