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Niyamasăra
नियमसार
restraint (samyama). From the real point-of-view, expiation (prayaścitta) is the disposition of eliminating own (impure) thought-activities like anger (krodha), and meditating on the soul's own-qualities (nijaguna). The four passions (kaṣāya) are vanquished as follows: anger (krodha) by forbearance (kṣamā), pride (māna) by modesty (mardava), deceitfulness (māyā) by straightforwardness (arjava) and greed (lobha) by contentment or purity (sauca). The ascetic who is incessantly absorbed in the soul (ātmā), characterized by supreme comprehension (bodha), knowledge (jñāna) and thought (citta), is expiation (prayaścitta). In short, all of the excellent austerity (tapa), the cause of destruction of many karmas, that the supreme ascetics observe, is to be known as expiation (prayaścitta).
To attain the 'Three Jewels' (ratnatraya), one must meditate on the soul (ātmā) renouncing all speech-activity - auspicious (subha) and inauspicious (asubha) - and also the dispositions of attachment (rāga), etc. To attain real withdrawal-from-bodily-activity (kayotsarga), one must meditate, without-inquisitiveness (nirvikalpa), on the soul (ātmā), renouncing absorption in all external substances, including the body.
9. The Supreme Meditation परमसमाधि अधिकार
Supreme-meditation (paramasamādhi) is renouncing all speech-activity and meditating, with a disposition without-attachment (vītaraga), on the soul (ātmā). Supreme-meditation (paramasamadhi) is meditating on the soul (ātmā) with self-restraint (samyama), self-adoration (niyama) and self-absorption (tapa or adhyatma).
Without equanimity (sāmāyika or samatabhava) there is no use living in the forest, mortification of the body, fasting of various kinds, studying, and observing silence. Enduring equanimity is attained by getting rid of all sinful (savadya) activity, by practising the threefold control (gupti) and by confining the senses (indriya). Further, the disposition of calmness and composure (samya) for all living beings - sthavara and trasa - attains enduring equanimity. The soul (ātmā) that is riveted to self-restraint (samyama), self-adoration (niyama) and self-absorption (tapa or adhyatma) attains enduring equanimity. The soul (ātmā) without aberrations of attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveśa), rid of the sorrowful (arta) and the cruel (raudra) meditation, and of merit (punya) and demerit (papa), attains enduring equanimity.
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