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DHYANA
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Dharma-dhyana is of four kinds : Ajna-vichaya, Apayavichaya, Vipaka-vichaya and Samsthana-vichaya.
Ajna-vichaya is the contemplation of the categories as laid down in the Jaina scriptures according to the instruction of the omniscient Jinas. These should be believed and accepted on the authority of the words of the Jinas as they never speak what is false.
Apaya-vichaya is the contemplation of means by which the karmas are destroyed. It should be contemplated that persons are lost if they do not attain the three jewels, viz., Perfect faith, Perfect knowledge and Perfect conduct, as laid down by the omniscient.
Vipaka-vichaya is the contemplation that creatures enjoy pleasure and pain as fruits of their karmas, and Samsthana-vichaya is the contemplation of the arrangement of the universe.
Sukla Dhyana arises in a soul when it is void of action, beyond the influence of the senses and being meditative of itself is not conscious that it does so.
Sukla Dhyana is of four kinds: Prithaktva-vitarkavichara, Ekatva-vitarka-vichara, Suksmakriya-Pratipati and Vyuparata-kriya-nivritti. In the first there is a transition of contemplation while in the second the contemplation is in the same state. In the third there is action of the body in a very subtle state while in the fourth the same is absent altogether.
In Tattvarthadhigama Sutra we have a similar description of Dhyana.
The commentator Brahmadeva says that Dhyana can also be divided in another manner into four classes, diz., (1) Pindastha, (2) Padastha, (3) Rupastha and (4) Rupatita.
Pindastha Dhyana is the contemplation of oneself and bas “five Dharanas, i.e., fixing the mind on five things. They are (1) Parthivi, (2) Agneyi, (3) Maruti, (4) Varuni and (5) Rupavati. The Yogin should imagine or place before his mind a vast ocean of milk, hushed and tranquil and
without waves. He should then imagine a lotus with a thouShree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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