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Dravyasamgraha
णिच्छयणयेण भणिदो तिहि तेहिं समाहिदो हु जो अप्पा । ण कुणदि किंचि वि अण्णं ण मुयदि सो मोक्खमग्गो त्ति ॥
(161) Whatever Atmā through the threefold jewel well established in itself neither perceives alien things as its own, nor gives up its own intrinsic nature, that Atmā is indeed called the absolute path to Salvation.
Chakravarti Nayanar, A., Ācārya Kundakunda's Pañcāstikāya-Sāra, p. 129-130.
Meditation progressively leads to liberation It is now necessary to work out the idea of meditation with reference to the different stages of the path of progress, as described above. Meditation (dhyāna) is of four kinds, namely: 1. ārta dhyāna which arises from the loss of an object of
desire, the association with an undesirable person or thing,
bodily suffering and envy; 2. raudra dhyāna which implies the absorption of the mind in
himsā and other forms of sin, and delighting in acts of
cruelty, falsehood, theft and the hoarding of wealth; 3. dharma dhyāna, which means meditation on such subjects
as have a bearing on the attainment of liberation from the
bondage and samsāra; and 4. śukla dhyāna, which signifies pure self-contemplation in
the highest sense.
Of these, the first two are characteristic of all deluded jīvas, and the last two of those who have acquired the Right Faith. The fourth form of meditation is, however, beyond the householder, who cannot, as such, aspire higher than devoting
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