________________ 42 Citta-Samadhi : Jaina Yoga samyag-darsana (right vision) that is identical with the fourth gunasthana. Even as the person born blind can see the world as it is on the sudden acquisition of the eye-sight, so can the soul having experienced the vision see the truth as it is such vision is comparable to the stambhara prajna of Yogadarsana.? 2. At the second stage, there arises the memory of one's own past lives as a result of the practice of meditation. Such memory did never arise in him before at any time. This is known as pubbenivasa-nussatinana (memory of the past lives) in Buddhism, which is the result of meditation. In the Yogadarsana, this is called junmakathanta-sambodha (the memory of the whereabouts of past lives) that arises on the achievement of steadfastness in the vow of non-possession (aparigraha-sthairye janma-kathanta- sambodhah). The meditation on the samskaras (impressions) can also lead to the memory of the past lives. 3. At the third stage, there arise veritable dreams that were never experienced before. The tradition says that Lord Mahavira saw ten dreams before attaining kaivalya, which symbolized his future achievements. The Buddha also is reported to have dreamt five dreams before attaining sambodhi.? The importance of dream for the steadiness of the mind is recognized in the Yogadarsana8: svapnanidrajnanalambanam ca, that is, the mind of the yogin who has seen a beautiful image of Siva in dream or has a memory of deep pleasant sleep develops steadiness in meditation. 4. At the fourth stage, there arises an unprecedented vision of deities, divine supernormal powers, divine radiance, divine majesty. In the Yogadarsana, it is said that a yogin is able to meet his desired deities by means of svadhyaya 'recitation of scripture' (svadhyayad isgadevata-samprayogah). Again in murdhajyotisi siddha-darsanam10, it is said that the yogin, by concentrating his mind on the light of the susumna, gets the vision of emancipated souls who live in the region between the earth and the heaven. 5. At the fifth stage, there arises clairvoyance (ohinana, Skt. avadhijnana) which did never arise before. This is comparable to the dibbacakkhunana of the Buddhists. 11 In the Yogadarsana, 12 it is said that extra-sensory perception of
