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JAIN JOURNAL: VOL-XLVII, NO. 1-IV JULY.-JUNE 12-13
is Ayoga i.c. the cessation of all the activities of Mind, body and speech. Sofaras the development of Jaina-Yoga studies in our times in India and abroad is concerned pt. Sukhalalji and Prof. Nathamal Tātiya have devoted a full chapter on Jaina Yoga and meditation, in their works namely ‘Samadarsi Haribhadra' and “Studies in Jaina Philosophy” respectively. Prof. R. William has written a book on Jaina Yoga, but in this book he mainly discussed the Jaina Ethics and moral code and a little about Jaina-yoga, for him Jaina-yoga means the Jaina path of emancipation Prof Padmanabha Jaini work's 'The Jaina Path of Purification’ may also be considered. In present days some works in Hindi on Jaina-yoga has also been written, in which the first and foremost works are Jaina-yoga and preksā meditation of muni Nathamalji, now Ācārya Mahāprajñaji. Dr. A. B. Dige's Ph.D. thesis on Jaina-yoga also has been published by P.V. Research Institute, Varanasi. In recent days two Ph.D. thesises namely ‘Meditation and yoga in Jaina sādhanā and Historical development of Jaina Meditation from Mahāvīra to Mahāprajña’written by two Jaina nuns under my guidence has also been published. I also written a work on Jaina Tāntrika-Sādhanā in Hindi in which I have shown the historical development and impacts of other yoga systems on Jainayoga, meditation and Jaina ritual. In these days some Ph.D.Thesis on Ācārya Haribhadra and his yoga system also written and published in Hindi. Some yoga works of Haribhadra are also published with their Hindi or Gujarati translation. Today I also received one English Translation of "Yoga Dristi Sammucaya" by Chritopher Chapple. I also remember that some English Translations of Haribhadra works are also published.
If we want to know the brief historical account of the development of Jaina yoga, its meditational methods, and its impacts of other Indian Yoga systems on it, first of all we should divide the development of Jaina-Yoga system into followig five stages :
1. Pre canonical age (before 6th century B.C.)
