Sramana 2014 04

SR No.: 525088
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ashokkumar Singh, Rahulkumar Singh, Omprakash Singh
Publisher: Parshvanath Vidhyashram Varanasi
Publication Year: 2014
Total Pages: 98
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Sramana, & India
File Size: 9 MB

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42 : Śramaņa, Vol 65, No. 2, April-June 2014 external, while that of religion is internal. Whereas science takes one away from the self, religion brings him closer to the self. This closeness is meditation. Meditation is the root of religion, reality of religion. The meaning and essence of religion is meditation.
Self-Realization is the Art of Living in Present
Self-realization is the practice of living in the reality of present moment, parted from past memories and future imaginations. Generally, man is miserable, unable to accept the realities of life as it is, with ease. He attempts to change these according to his mind which is the rejection of truth of life, while meditation is the practice of truth. To accept the present moment in a positive manner is the aim of meditation. Self-Realization is the Practice of Psychic Stoppage and of Cessation Self- realization is psychic stoppage. To cease the influx of new impurity is stoppage. Meditation is soul-purification; it is process of annihilating old accumulated internal impurity. To cope with the present circumstance with equilibrium of mind is Right conduct and that is meditation. Free from any effort to retain the present situation or keep away from it, to maintain one's equilibrium is the practice of psychic equanimity and is meditation as well. Self-Realization: the process of arousing Mahavirahood
How we attain purity, how to light the inner like sun, how we become solemn like sea, how we attain the eternal state of enlightened and that of omniscience. All these virtues are inherent in us. Mahavirahood, Buddhahood and Yogahood are inherent in us but in form of seed, are slept and undeveloped. The very practice to develop these seeds is self-realization.
Self-Realization: the practice of state of Knower and Seer
Acārya Amītagati preached, “Absolute soul in form of bliss, free from entire volition- vikalpa, always remain engrossed in nature, Yogin himself knows the reality.”