Prasamrati Prakarana

Author(s): Umaswati, Umaswami, Mahesh Bhogilal, V M Kulkarni
Publisher: Nita M Bhogilal & Others

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Praśamarati
154. The meditation of Anyatva Bhāvanā : "I am completely separate from my near and dear ones and from all other people, such as my servants and employees. I am completely separate from my wealth, possessions and indeed my very body”. He who has this understanding embedded in his mind and intellect, these bad times, can never touch him with or give sorrow, pain and unhappiness.
155. The meditation of Aśuci Bhāvanā : This body is capable of generating dirty and filthy substances (from good substances) (e. g. urine, faeces, sweat etc.). It is born of substances that are filthy and impure (i.e. the male and female secretions involved in conception). It grows and subsists also upon filthy substances (i.e. the juices which are responsible for the embryo's growth, and the juices of the digestive and other bodily systems). One should, thus, constantly meditate on the impure and unholy nature of each and every limb of one's body.
156. The meditation of Saṁsāra Bhāvanā: In this world of birth and rebirth, she who is one's mother becomes (in another life), one's daughter, one's sister, even one's wife. And the same Jīva becomes yet again one's son, one's father, one's brother and even one's enemy : (such is the long and varied relationship that one has had with others over the enormously long and numerous cycles of birth and rebirth).
157. The meditation of Asrava Bhāvanā : The falsity of one's (valued) belief and faith, the non-stoppage of activity that leads to sin, indulgence in the senses and their objects, sleep, the wrong kinds of talks and tales (all together are called Pramāda, the four great passions of anger, pride, deceit and greed in oneself and the impure activites of one's mind, speech and body, cause for him who is naturally inclined in the above manner, inflow of the eight types of Karma. Hence the wise should act in a manner