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Jõānasāra
syllable as also the eulogies offered to the Tīrthankaras and others. He should deeply meditate on the meanings and significance of the Fagas etc., etc. He will thus be able to accomplish good to himself. (5) 2131
आलम्बनमिह ज्ञेयं द्विविधं रूप्यरूपि च । अरूपिगुणसायुज्ययोगोऽनालम्बनः परः ॥६॥ ॥२१४॥
ālambanamiha jñeyam
dvividham rūpyarūpi ca arūpigunasāyujya
yogo’nālambanah parah 11611 1121411 Meaning : One, depending on a form and the other on a formless are the two kinds of meditational symbolism. Identicfiation with the properties of the formless is a yoga, par excellence. (6) [214]
Notes : The yogi should select some form for meditation and then should pass on to the meditation of the formless which is excellent of the two-support (277197 ) is necessary for the beginner. Just as he progresses, he adopts a subtler method, the method of meditating on the virtues of the godlike. Compare :
आलंबणं पि एयं रूविमस्नवि य इत्थ परमु रूत्ति । तग्गुणपरिणइरूवो सुहुमो अणालंबणो णाम ||
(Haribhadrasīri's Yogavimśikā). (6) [214] प्रीतिभक्तिवचाऽसंगैः स्थानापि चतुर्विधम् । तस्मादयोगयोगाप्तेर्मोक्षयोगः क्रमाद्भवेत् ॥७॥ । २१५॥
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