Book Title: ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 02
Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies
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Drsti
1.
2.
or ignorance, and Yoga drsti is the attitude of the spiritually advanced souls. The following table enumerates the comparison of Patanjali's Astanga-yoga and Haribhadra's Yoga-drsti.22
3.
4.
5.
6.
Translation
Haribhadra
Vows
Self-control
Posture
Regulation of
Breadth
Withdrawal of
senses
Fixing of Mind
7. Concentration
8. Ecstasy
Free from
Yama - Mitra - Inerita
Niyama Tara-Anxiety
Asana Bala- Unsteadiness
Pratyahara-Sthira-Lapse of
memory
Prāṇāyāma -Diprā - Distraction Attentive hearing
Dharana-Käntä- Attraction for something else
Dhyana-Prabha - Mental disturbance
Samadhi - Para- Attachment
Accompanied with
Freedom from
prejudice
Inquisitiveness
Love for listening
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Farenga
Light
Straw
Cowdung
Firewood
Lamp
Jewel
Stars
Sun
STUDIES
Moon
22 Yogadrstisamuccaya by Acarya Haribhadra, verse 13, Shri Jaina Grantha Prakashaka Sabha, Shrirajnagar (Ahmedabad) 1939
23 Studies in Jaina Philosophy by Nathmal Tatia, P.302
The first four drstis are unsteady and fallible. The last four are steady and infallible. In the first drsti called Mitra, the soul has indistinct enlightenment like a flash. In this stage it accumulates the seeds of Yoga. It is in front of the Gordian knot and is noble in character. In the second drsti the soul exercises a bit of self control and becomes steady in spirituality. It desires to get rid of the worldly existence. In the third dṛsti the desire deepens and the soul gains control over posture and in the fourth drsti it gets control over breath. Although real spiritual progress has not yet set in, the soul tries to capture the image of the truth instead of the truth itself.23. When the soul cultivates the right faith and cuts the knot it is said to reach the fifth stage of Sthira and enlightenment has now dawned on it. In the sixth stage the soul
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