Agam 08 Ang 08 Antkrutdashang Sutra Sthanakvasi

Author(s): Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana, Rajkumar Jain, Purushottamsingh Sardar
Publisher: Padma Prakashan

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(2) Ekatva vitark savichar-All thoughts, attitudes and feelings are focussed on one goal. This leads to Keval-jnuna.
(3) Sukshma kriya apratipati—This is possible only for those who have acquired Kerul-jnuna but are still left with life-span determining kurmas.
(4) Samuchhinna kriya nivritti—This is possible only for those who are Avogi Kevalis or those who have no bonds of karma left.
The stage of dharina dhyan starts with gaining sumyaktva, therefore it is the first step towards liberation. shukla dhyan is the last step.
In Agums various attitudes, directions and signs of all these types of meditations have been described 6. Vyutsarga Tap (Detachment)
Vrutsarga means abandoning fondness. In this meditation fondness for everything including the body, passions, equipment and food is abandoned.
This Tup is the practice of non-fondness or total detachment.
Thus these inner Taps are the means of shedding karmas and consequent purity of soul. By practicing these liberation becomes easy.
Outer Tups are also helpful in attaining liberation. Their practice also leads 10 liberation.
ELABORATION OF PRAKIRNAK TAP Prakirnuki Tap is a type of the Tap of abstaining of food, in other wordsfasting. This is of numerous types. It has many sub-categories. Brief description of some of these is given here
1. Gunaratnasamvatsar Tap
This Tup has been defined in these words
The Tup where one complete year is filled with gems of virtues is called Gunaratnasautsar Tap. Its duration is 480 days or sixteen months. Out of which 407 days are fasting days and 73 are eating days.
Procedure-During the first of the sixteen months the seeker fasts on alternative days. During the second month he fasts for two days and eats on the third day. During the third month he fasts for three days and eats on the fourth day. During the fourth month he fasts for four days and eats on the fifth day. During the fifth month he fasts for five days and eats on the sixth day. During the sixth month he fasts for six days and cats on the seventh day.
This way the number of fasting days keeps on increasing and during the sixteenth month he eats after fasting for 16 days.
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