Apporva Avasar

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra,
Publisher: USA Jain Study Group NY

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સંયમના હેતુથી યોગપ્રવર્તના સ્વરૂપલક્ષે જિનઆજ્ઞા આધીન જો; તે પણ ક્ષણ ક્ષણ ઘટતી જતી સ્થિતિમાં અંતે થાયે નિજ સ્વરૂપમાં લીન જો અપૂર્વે..૫
Let all my efforts be aimed at self control . In accordance with the direction of JINA Solely to realize the True Self. Let even these efforts diminish moment by moment Until I am totally absorbed with my true self. When...5
Here Shrimad continues the description of the 5th GUNASTHANAKA. At this stage the soul has acquired partial control over the desire for sensual pleasures.
He suggests that all efforts to disassociate soul from the activities of mind, body and speech to realize the true inner self should be carried out per the teachings of JINA (the soul and body are separate entities and I am the soul, not the body).
He adds that as concentration into true self increases, self-control becomes effortless, like second-nature, and this eventually leads to full absorption into the true self.
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