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Meditation
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13. An aspirant engaged in spiritual contemplation should
relinquish mournful ( Ārta) and wrathful ( Raudra) meditation and practise righteous ( Dharma) and purest ( Sukla) meditation The wise declare this as significant meditation.
— Utta. Sū. 30.35 Fifty Five Equanimity (Sāmāyika )*
1. He is said to have equanimity ( sāmāyika ) who has ac
quired the knowledge of the self, who protects frightened creatures, who lives in solitude always absorbed in selfcontemplation and who is not fearful of any dangers.
— Sū. Ks. Sū. 1.2.2.17
2. He is said to be equipoised who has no desire for mun
dane fulfilment and who refrains from all activities that cause karmic bondage.
- Sū. Kr. Sū. 1.2.2.20 3. Sāmāyika is to be devoid of attachment and aversion and
to be indifferent in life and death, gain and loss, fortune and misfortune, friend and foe, joy and sorrow.
- Mū. 23
4. The oneness of soul with right faith, knowledge, self.
restraint and austerity is Samaya. Know this also as Sāmāyika.
| – Mũ. 519 * Sāmāyika means maintaining equanimity for a set period
of time, minimum for 48 minutes.
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