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Dravyasamgraha
जं किंचिवि चिंतंतो णिरीहवित्ती हवे जदा साहू । legure TITI AGE Data furage lui 11
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गाथा भावार्थ - जिस समय साधु निस्पृह वृत्ति धारण कर, सब प्रकार की इच्छाओं से रहित, किसी भी ध्येय पदार्थ (अरहन्त आदि) में एकाग्रचित्त होता है, उस समय उसका निश्चय से ध्यान होता है।
55. When an ascetic, while meditating on anything worth concentrating upon, gets void of all desires, he is, at that time, surely performing real meditation.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
The Soul is the real object of meditation Brahmdeva in his commentary on this verse says that in the primary stage of meditation it is necessary to think of objects other than the ego, e.g., the five Paramesthis etc. to steady the mind. When the mind becomes steady by constant practice, as aforesaid, we can arrive at the second stage, where we meditate on the soul itself. This is real meditation. In this stage one is void of the ten kinds of external possessions and fourteen kinds of internal hindrances belonging to the mind. The external possessions are lands, houses, gold, silver, wealth, rice, male and female servants, metals other than gold and silver, and utensils. A person immersed in meditation does not at all care about the attainment of all or any of these worldly possessions. At the same time, he is bereft of delusion, inclination towards the three kinds of sexes, laughter, attachment, aversion, sorrow, fear, hatred, anger, pride, illusion and greed. These cause the loss of equilibrium of the mind. A person being void of
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