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4) Suppose someone whose voice is familiar to you like your Gurumaharaj is sitting at a close distance and is speaking, we see only his moving lips but we listen to his words. This is called Antas shravan (internal hearing).
5) Imagine that you are at the Samvasaran. Countless Arihantas are seated there. Over their heads, there are countless Sidhas. In front of the Arihants, there are countless Acharyas, Upadhyayas and Sadhus. After imagining this sight, we go on saluting them by turns. In this manner, the Japa of the Namaskar Mantra is carried out. Of the two Padasthajapas, these are the Roopasthajap and the Padarthjap. After that, to enter meditation, you must carry out the meditation on the Arihant in this manner. You must take up every story of the glorifications of the Arihants and visualising those ideas and the form, you must carry out those meditations.
6) Even at the time of Chaityavandan and Prathikraman, you have to visualise the idea found in the related sutras. Keeping it before your mind, you have to dedicate yourselves to it. For example: While uttering the couplet; Je A Aiya Siddha. You must realise that on your left side there are countless Thirthankars. In the same manner, you must think that there are countless prospective Thirthankars on your right side and that the present 20 Thirthankars are visualised in the Samavasaran with the 8 Prathiharyas. You must salute them with mind, voice and body. If you do not know the meaning of the couplet you must write out mentally the four lines and read them out. This is the 5th Tapadhyan.
Questions:
(1) Explain the 4 kinds of meditation.
(2) What meditation should be carried out in
(1) Viragvichaya (2) Bhavvichaya (3) Upayavichaya (4) Hetuvichaya ?
(3) How should we carry out Roopasthadhyan, Padasthadhyan, Antardarshan and Antahshravan ?
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