________________
166
Jaina Acara : Siddhānic aura Svarūpa
(2) S:hāna--It is to sit steady. (3) Utkatikāsana-It is to sit with both legs touching the two buttocks.
Ghcranda Sanhita says that it is to sit on toes after placing them siriniy on the ground and raising the heels. According to
Hemacandra it is accomplished when both hips touch the two heels. (4) Padmāsana—The right leg on the left thigh and the left leg on the
right thigh with palms of the hand placed on each other make this posture. Virasana—It is done in two ways as mentioned by Hemacandra, (i) lo sit with the left leg on the right thigh and the right leg on the left thigh. (ii) a person is seated on a throne with legs stretched out on the ground and from behind somebody removes the seat. Such is
this posture. (6) Dandāsana—To lie like a rod with fingers, knees and thighs
touching the ground.
Godohikāsana—It is like one sitting to milk a cow. (8) Parayarkāsana--It is to sit as if on a bedstead.
Vajrāsana means only the head and heels touch the ground. Jainism advises all to sclect their own postures.
Atāpanā means that to absorb the rays of the sun in summer with clothes put off, similarly it is to absorb the cold in winter in a nude state and in the rainy season to sit at one place without minding the sting of mosquitioes and other insects. Srutasāgaragani includes lying down at the root of a tree in the rainy season.
VI. Samlīnatā - i.e. complete absorption in the Self. The average soul is cxtrovert. It is penance alone that can turn it inward. Those who are habituated to looking within discover riches different in kind from worldly comforts. In some continents it is said that there are very big-sized birds. When they spread their wings they look like a tree. When somebody is intent on assaulting any one of them, it wraps up its wings so deftly that it is hardly visible. It retaliates with grim determination and clarity. So very cautious and alert it is. So also a spiritual aspirant should keep his vices concealed. That is the way of their extermination, because they are never to be given a free play.
Eat, drink and be merry is the philosophy propounded by materialists. They cannot see beyond their nose, but the truth is that carnal pleasures are never satisfying. The more you indulge in them, the intenser becomes the craving for them. The cycle is never-ending. Gross materials can never give lasting satisfaction and the highest state of blissfulness is ever beyond hedonists' ken. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
