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Samayasāra
Chapter - 7 (iv) Systematic study of scriptures and concentration of attention (svādhyāya).
(v) Abandonment or renouncing the false belief such as, 'I am the body, passions and the like'; isolation of the self from the non-self (vyutsarga).
(vi) Systematic meditation-deliberate mental concentration and controlling the wandering of the mind including self-meditation (dhyāna).
Of all types of austerities, meditation is considered to be the most powerful means of nirjarā.
Process of Dissociation उवभोगमिन्दियेहिं दव्वाणमचेदणाणमिदराणं।
जं कुणदि सम्मदिट्ठी तं सव्वं णिज्जराणिमित्तं ॥१॥ uvabhogamindiyehim davvānamacedaņāņamidarāņam. jam kunadi sammaditthī tam savvam nijjarāṇimittam.. I
दब्वे उवभुजंते णियमा जायदि सुहं च दुक्खं वा।
तं सुहदुक्खमुदिण्णं वेददि अध णिज्जरं जादि॥२॥ davve uvabhujjamte niyamā jāyadi suham ca dukkham vā. tam suhadukkhamudinnam vedadi adha nijjaram jādi..2
(Sammaditthi) For the enlighened soul with right vision (indiyehim acedaņāņam idarāṇam davvāņam jam uvabhogam kunadi) the apparent enjoyment of sensuous pleasures by using animate or inanimate objects, (tam savvam nijjarāṇimittam) (in reality, become, the cause of dissociation of karma (instead of bondage).
(Niyamā) According to the law of karma, (davve uvabhujjamte) whenever (the soul) is infatuated with (sensuous] objects, (suham ca dukkham vā jāyadi) it enjoins pleasure or suffers misery; (tam udinnam suhadukkham vedadi) this pleasure or misery is the result of the rise/fruition of karma (adha nijjaram jādi) which then gets dissociated from the soul.
Exquisitive Virtue of Non-indulgence,
resulting from Enlightenment
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